Re: more Intel bad news

On 28 Jun 2025 10:09:44 +0100 (BST), Theo
<theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:

Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> wrote:

On 28/06/2025 1:04 am, john larkin wrote:

 
https://www.theverge.com/news/693528/intel-automotive-business-shutdown-layoffs
 
Is Intel the next DEC?

 
Seems unlikely. DEC essentially ignored personal computers. Intel isn't
making that kind of mistake - it's a big player in a complicated market,
and while it clearly didn't make the right choices in the automotive
business market, there are lots of other markets where it still seems to
be doing well.

>
They're outsourcing marketing to Accenture.  Surely marketing should be a
core competency for any substantial company?  You need to understand the
product and the customers, and I can't see how a third party agency is going
to do that better than the company itself?
>
Ah, Accenture has an AI.  That makes it alright then.  All fine, most fine,
nothing to see here.
https://www.techradar.com/pro/intel-set-to-transfer-marketing-jobs-to-ai-that-could-ironically-be-running-on-intel-processors
>
Theo

Intel doesn't need PR or marketing; they need good semiconductors.

Intel spent $110 billion on stock buybacks that they should have spent
on technology.

They messed up phones, DRAM, flash, CISC, RISC, ARM, EUV, FPGAs, and a
bunch of other stuff. They are run by rich moron bean counters now.
When your compensation is mostly the value of your stock options,
complicated things like transistors are an annoyance.