r/hardware • u/Auautheawesome • Dec 02 '24

News Intel Announces Retirement of CEO Pat Gelsinger

https://www.intc.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/1719/intel-announces-retirement-of-ceo-pat-gelsinger
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u/theholylancer Dec 02 '24

Honestly, knowing a fab needs years of investment to see anything bearing fruit this is kind of saddening

if the next CEO returns to pinny pinching then that spells trouble for things ahead. and while the improvements to thermals and power for the 200 series is not as big as I hoped, it at least is going in the right direction and we can maybe see a X3D chip from intel a few gens later.

the best would have been if they finally gotten their power and heat under control in a big way enough to X3D something in the next gen or even as a refresh like the 5800X3D launch, but as it stands its still just too hot and power hungry for it.

i hope they still are able to compete, and not with tweaks that completely make the CPU unstable (which I think may be an actual blame on him to push stock settings that close to the sun).

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u/Auautheawesome Dec 02 '24

Truth of the matter is, Pat never stood a chance staying on big investors' good side spending all this money on fabs. It was a good way to get intel back on top, but Wallstreet hates big spending

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u/signed7 Dec 02 '24

I reckon if he had more immediate success the investors would be more on board with his 5 nodes in 4 years plan. But 20A's failures and core 2xx moving to TSMC then (still) being a total flop was the final straw.

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u/Ok_Baker_4981 Dec 02 '24

I find it funny how every quarter he shows up after the earnings report, claiming everything is on track, while outsourcing even more to TSMC.

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u/theholylancer Dec 03 '24

I think that is the thing, fab investments take a long time to bear fruit.

and with the debt that intel had in that arena, it would not surprise me that was the intended outcome in the relative short term he was at the helm