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Intel Should Prioritize AI Over Foundry Services Transition, Says TSMC Founder
December 10, 2024 – At a recent event for the launch of his autobiography, TSMC founder Zhang Zhongmou expressed his views on Intel’s current situation, stating that the company should have focused on artificial intelligence rather than attempting to transition into a chip foundry role. According to Reuters, Zhang, who is also known as Morris…
Intel to Unveil ‘AI Inside for a New Era’ at CES 2025
December 6, 2024 – Intel announced its participation in the upcoming CES 2025, revealing plans to host a keynote address on Monday, January 6, 2025, at 8:30 a.m. Pacific Standard Time. According to the official press release from Intel, the theme of the keynote will be “AI Inside for a New Era,” which will focus…
Intel Considers Former Board Member Lip-Bu Tan Among Potential CEO Candidates
December 4, 2024 – Following the announcement of CEO Pat Gelsinger’s retirement, Intel has initiated a review of several external candidates, including former board member Lip-Bu Tan, for the top job, according to sources familiar with the matter. The discussions regarding the new CEO are still in their early stages, and no candidate has been…
Intel CEO Visits Musk’s xAI Datacenter, Highlights Xeon CPU’s Role
November 30, 2024 – Following his visit to Elon Musk’s Memphis Supercomputing Center, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger expressed his admiration for the xAI team and promoted the company’s Xeon CPUs. In a post on social media, Gelsinger revealed that xAI had chosen Intel Xeon processors for its head nodes, which are responsible for managing resource…
US Government Cuts Intel’s Subsidy: Dropping from 8.5BilliontoBelow8 Billion
November 25, 2024 – According to informed sources cited by The New York Times, the Biden administration in the United States is planning to reduce the initial 8.5billionallocationfromtheChipsandScienceActgrantedtoIntelCorporation.Thefundingamount,whichwasannouncedearlierthisyear,isexpectedtobecuttobelow8 billion. This change in conditions takes into account a $3 billion contract obtained by Intel to produce chips for the U.S. military. The U.S. government’s decision to…
Chip Industry Shakeup: Apple, Samsung, and Qualcomm in Bidding War for Intel
November 02, 2024 – Reports indicate that in the race to acquire Intel, not only is Qualcomm deeply interested, but Apple and Samsung are also throwing their hats into the ring. For Qualcomm, which is currently embroiled in a dispute with Arm, the prospect of owning x86 IP is particularly enticing. Meanwhile, Apple, which already…
Intel Reveals Shift from MoP: Future Processors to Diverge from Lunar Lake’s Integrated Memory Design
November 01, 2024 – During the 2024 third-quarter earnings call, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger confirmed that future processor generations, including Panther Lake, Nova Lake, and their successors, will not directly integrate memory within the package, unlike the Lunar Lake processors. For clarification, Intel’s Core Ultra 200V “Lunar Lake” series processors utilize a Memory on Package…
Intel to Lay Off Hundreds at Polish R&D Center
October 30, 2024 – According to a report by the Warsaw Business Journal on October 29, citing documents submitted by Intel to the local labor office, the technology giant is planning to lay off hundreds of employees at its research and development center in Gdansk, Poland. In response to the report, an Intel spokesperson in…
Intel CEO Expresses Frustration Over Delayed Chip Act Funding
October 28, 2024 – According to a report by The New York Times, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger has expressed “frustration” over the delay in disbursement of funds from the U.S. government under the Chips and Science Act. Gelsinger and U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo recently sat for an interview to discuss issues related to the…
Intel Taps Navid Shahriari as New Head of Process Technology Development
October 26, 2024 – According to a report by Oregon Live, Intel has notified its employees on Wednesday local time that Navid Shahriari has been selected to succeed Ann Kelleher as the head of the Technology Development (TD) department. In a statement, Intel clarified, “Ann is not leaving. Given the significance of Technology Development, we…