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Why Did Intel Fire CEO Pat Gelsinger?

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20 pointsRachelF11 comments

Is it even certain he was fired vs just deciding to retire? I understand how it may look like he was fired, but this article is all predicated on something that might not have happened.

A Bloomberg article says that he was told in a board meeting that he had a choice: Resign or be fired. He opted for the former, but really, he was fired.

I don't have a free link but an article in The Economist thinks this is highly likely, given the abruptness and the absence of a successor.

The actual analysis is behind a subscriber paywall.

  > Either way, why? Well after some digging, SemiAccurate was told the reason and it is, err, stupid.
  > Note: The following is analysis for professional level subscribers only.
  > (article ends)

But it's also super confusing, is it written already? Is it coming soon? Shouldn't there be a link or some sort of indication?

If only 200's processors have TWO CORES MORE :>> And some memory added too. Guess benchmarks would be "possitive" :)

i had a sense from afar that this was the reality, but if even half of this stuff is true it is very, very damning. and, sadly, highly unsurprising.

Have you read the paywalled content? Can you summarize?

Here: https://archive.is/316Ps

This is the same content available directly. It also includes the teaser that the actual reason is only available to subscribers.

TLDR: Because they lost $16.6 billion dollars with no hope of a turn around insight.

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