Tuesday, October 19th 2021
Intel's CEO Blames Predecessors for Current State of the Company, Wants Apple Business Back with Better Processors
It's funny how new company CEOs always seem to blame their predecessors for whatever went wrong and it seems like Pat Gelsinger is no different, as he's throwing shade at his predecessors for not having been engineers. At the same time, he's set his mind on winning Apple back as a customer, as all Intel apparently has to do "is create a better chip than they can do themselves", with they being Apple here.
It should be pointed out that Intel hasn't had an engineer at the helm of the company since 2005, so the question is how far back Pat Gelsinger wants to throw the blame, although a guesstimate would be back to at least 2012/2013 when Paul Otellini stepped down. That said, in an interview with Axios, it's stated that "while he acknowledges the need to prove himself, Gelsinger said he will rebuild the company's credibility with its customers so that if they say they need a million of some chip by Monday, the order will be there by Sunday night."
That's a lofty goal during the current circumstances, although it seems like he has an ever bigger goal in mind and that is to get Intel back in with Apple, although technically the company isn't "out" as yet, since the Mac Pro and the 27-inch iMac are still Intel based. Gelsinger said Apple "did a pretty good job" with its new SoCs, although this was before the M1 Pro and M1 Max were announced, so it would be interesting to hear what he thinks about the new chips. It's hard to see Apple going back to Intel, especially in the mobile space, unless Intel can somehow beat Apple's own processors when it comes to both performance and power efficiency.
For those of us that have been around for a while and that have followed Intel, it's hard to see how Intel is going to deliver a competitive product, since the company is infamous for its comparatively poor power efficiency compared to Arm based SoCs and there's a reason why Intel no longer is competing in the smartphone market space. So what does Gelsinger plan to do in the meantime? Well, it looks like he's going to be busy making sure Intel makes better and more appealing products. You can watch part of the interview below.
Sources:
Axios, Axios
It should be pointed out that Intel hasn't had an engineer at the helm of the company since 2005, so the question is how far back Pat Gelsinger wants to throw the blame, although a guesstimate would be back to at least 2012/2013 when Paul Otellini stepped down. That said, in an interview with Axios, it's stated that "while he acknowledges the need to prove himself, Gelsinger said he will rebuild the company's credibility with its customers so that if they say they need a million of some chip by Monday, the order will be there by Sunday night."
For those of us that have been around for a while and that have followed Intel, it's hard to see how Intel is going to deliver a competitive product, since the company is infamous for its comparatively poor power efficiency compared to Arm based SoCs and there's a reason why Intel no longer is competing in the smartphone market space. So what does Gelsinger plan to do in the meantime? Well, it looks like he's going to be busy making sure Intel makes better and more appealing products. You can watch part of the interview below.
74 Comments on Intel's CEO Blames Predecessors for Current State of the Company, Wants Apple Business Back with Better Processors
I thought they were still making record profits??
edit ever time I see his picture it looks more like bill gates every time?!?
A) In most jobs, you have 90 days to get settled, while being able to legitimately blame your predecessor for anything & everything that is wrong. After that, it is ALL ON YOU & what/how you go about identifying/addressing/fixing the problems...
B) Having an Engineer as CEO/CTO wouldn't hurt, but that won't solve all your problems. It would have to be someone who also has sales, marketing, supply chain, and production expertise all wrapped into one...
C) Foget 'bout the fruity boys, that ship has sailed & aint comin back, not unless you can somehow come up with a gazillion or so dollars to buy them out lock, stock & barrel....... ie finance a hostile takeover.... better yet, buy sammy or qualcrom so you can actually mfgr the stuff you say you can engineer....
D) If you can design a better SOC/cpu/gpu etc, then just friggin do it already, and at a reasonable price too...... your customers (consumers) have been waiting on this for, like, 30 years or so...and stop stringing everyone along year after year after year after year with only baby step miniscule performance increases with each new release....
I guess I could go on & on, but that's enuff for one post......
rant over, returning you to your regularly scheduled programming now, hehehe :)
Probably was though this time:)
If it doesn't work out as intended in a considerable amount of time: "We're making money. Investors are happy anyway" (and nobody inside the company calls him out on it)
I want competition, so Intel actually being back would be great. I just love tech, I'll be interested in a product regardless of if a CPU is AMD or Intel or Qualcomm or Apple. But I really hope that he's not just trying to mirror others, and blazes his own actual path.
Yes, they are indeed beholden to their customers too because that's where all the money the investors/shareholders are expecting to see comes from.
If there is no money coming in because they pissed off the customers, the shareholders/investors start to panic and there will be hell to pay.As for a way back, I'm like the rest of you as in I don't see how either but at the same time I also know not to use the word "Never".
Some of the strangest shiite happens when the word used to summon it (Never) is spoken.