Apparently Gelsinger is a workaholic that's burning people out. Not sure that the short-term gains are worth it in the middle of a mentally-grueling pandemic, but that's the word on the street.
I don't think you get it. Burned out people usually do more harm than good in organizations. It was probably this that caused them f-up the move to EUV so badly.
they shouldn't. a bad work-life balance would only lead to more mistakes in the long run.
imo what they need are a dedicated, experienced PMs with flexible and dynamic bureaucracy. honestly idk how Intel's inside works (no pun intended), but if it's a dog eat dog world where every department are fighting for credits instead innovation, well... we all already knew what will happen.
weird that the "word on the street" goes from intel is complacent and not working hard enough, to intel's new ceo is working too hard and hurting the company for short term gains.
"word on the street" must be word from gamblers betting on competing company stocks.
Perhaps part of this extra-hard work will entail a reasonable, rather than preposterous handling of things like AVX-512 in Alder Lake. Things like that make me buy much more into the ‘not working hard enough’ option.
Actually, some companies went from dog-meat to golden doing this. Porsche is good example. The opposite direction is quite possible. IBM is a classic case.
I'm a little disappointed by this decision from Gelsinger, whom I thought kept his engineer's mind. Bryant is not the problem; the problems were complacent accountant CEOs for way too many years.
Intel's problem is a mediocre 10 nm process when everybody is ready to move to 5 nm and beyond. It is only saved by the chip crises, long-term contracts and TSMC not being able to produce more than it already does.
The 10 nm problems preceded Bob Swan's CEO-ness by 3 years minimum. That disaster gets laid at the feet of former CEO Brian Krzanich and the fab leadership team. BK came up thru the ranks as a 'fab guy' but was more interested in Arduino and making TV shows.
So my boss was like, yeah sure you got cold and you have a little bit of temperature, but we really have to finish this project in time. Zero understanding, can you believe this? https://brutalio.us
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Silver5urfer - Monday, January 10, 2022 - link
More marketing than engineering, this is a bad direction for Intel. I wonder if it's related to the CA quota bill for top C ranks.lmcd - Tuesday, January 11, 2022 - link
Apparently Gelsinger is a workaholic that's burning people out. Not sure that the short-term gains are worth it in the middle of a mentally-grueling pandemic, but that's the word on the street.bug77 - Tuesday, January 11, 2022 - link
Given Intel's current position, shouldn't people over there burn themselves out working?Amandtec - Tuesday, January 11, 2022 - link
I don't think you get it. Burned out people usually do more harm than good in organizations. It was probably this that caused them f-up the move to EUV so badly.Fulljack - Wednesday, January 12, 2022 - link
they shouldn't. a bad work-life balance would only lead to more mistakes in the long run.imo what they need are a dedicated, experienced PMs with flexible and dynamic bureaucracy. honestly idk how Intel's inside works (no pun intended), but if it's a dog eat dog world where every department are fighting for credits instead innovation, well... we all already knew what will happen.
whatthe123 - Tuesday, January 11, 2022 - link
weird that the "word on the street" goes from intel is complacent and not working hard enough, to intel's new ceo is working too hard and hurting the company for short term gains."word on the street" must be word from gamblers betting on competing company stocks.
Oxford Guy - Wednesday, January 12, 2022 - link
Perhaps part of this extra-hard work will entail a reasonable, rather than preposterous handling of things like AVX-512 in Alder Lake. Things like that make me buy much more into the ‘not working hard enough’ option.wrkingclass_hero - Tuesday, January 11, 2022 - link
It absolutely is.yeeeeman - Tuesday, January 11, 2022 - link
Great, replace an engineer with a management person. This has to be a "good" move.Amandtec - Tuesday, January 11, 2022 - link
Actually, some companies went from dog-meat to golden doing this. Porsche is good example. The opposite direction is quite possible. IBM is a classic case.Amandtec - Tuesday, January 11, 2022 - link
There should be a general moratorium on senior executives using 25 year old heavily Photoshopped pics.Arnulf - Tuesday, January 11, 2022 - link
LOL my thoughts exactly - that's one damn boyish 60-yo veteran of the industry :-DOxford Guy - Tuesday, January 11, 2022 - link
I am more in favor of a moratorium on neck napkins and penguin suits.at_clucks - Wednesday, January 12, 2022 - link
Both pictures are the newcomers. The ones with one foot out the door are not pictured in this article.Silma - Tuesday, January 11, 2022 - link
I'm a little disappointed by this decision from Gelsinger, whom I thought kept his engineer's mind.Bryant is not the problem; the problems were complacent accountant CEOs for way too many years.
Intel's problem is a mediocre 10 nm process when everybody is ready to move to 5 nm and beyond. It is only saved by the chip crises, long-term contracts and TSMC not being able to produce more than it already does.
geek eyes - Friday, January 14, 2022 - link
The 10 nm problems preceded Bob Swan's CEO-ness by 3 years minimum. That disaster gets laid at the feet of former CEO Brian Krzanich and the fab leadership team. BK came up thru the ranks as a 'fab guy' but was more interested in Arduino and making TV shows.Yorsky - Saturday, January 15, 2022 - link
So my boss was like, yeah sure you got cold and you have a little bit of temperature, but we really have to finish this project in time. Zero understanding, can you believe this? https://brutalio.us