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Intel underinvested and made the wromg investments for years. (x86 phones, optane etc). Global foundries tapped out of competing at 7nm because it was too capit
by throwaway48476 2y ago
Intel underinvested and made the wromg investments for years. (x86 phones, optane etc). Global foundries tapped out of competing at 7nm because it was too capital intensive. Pat knew that to compete would take hundreds of billions with a payoff years away. That's just the way the industry is but they didn't give him enough time.
Intel under pat didn't take seriously the threats either and acted like a big company instead of a scrappy startup. They didn't fight for the customer and deliver value. Notable examples are feature locked CPU's and SRIOV disabled GPUs and low VRAM.