News Intel appoints two new board members with semiconductor backgrounds following Gelsinger exit

[Admin]

Intel strengthens board of directors with two new members from ASML and Microchip.

Intel appoints two new board members with semiconductor backgrounds following Gelsinger exit : Read more

 

[Jimbojan]

The new board members are worthless as they cannot do anything about what Intel does.

 

[Mama Changa]

The new board members are worthless as they cannot do anything about what Intel does.

The board appoionts the CEO, so hopefully now with tow more technical people on the board they will help make a more pragmatic choice than appointing a pure MBA type person.

 

[thestryker]

Intel lost two board members with heavy semiconductor experience so don't expect these to actually tip the scales at all.

 

[ezst036]

Considering the nature of Intel's woes, a former CEO of ASML might have some impact.

Might.

 

[JamesJones44]

Intel lost two board members with heavy semiconductor experience so don't expect these to actually tip the scales at all.

These two new members come from Semiconductor backgrounds which is better than the background most of the remaining board members have (software and finance).

 

[thestryker]

These two new members come from Semiconductor backgrounds which is better than the background most of the remaining board members have (software and finance).

What's your point? The board lost two members with similar backgrounds and these two simply replace those. It doesn't change the shape of the board at all it just means it didn't get worse.

 

[bit_user]

If this is true, Gelsinger absolutely needed to be tossed out on his bum:

Intel Foundry Fails To Impress Once Again, 18A Process "Yield Rates' Are Reported To Be Only 10% Making Mass-Production Impossible

Intel's 18A process, a node that is said to be a "turning point" for Intel Foundry, is now being said to feature only 10% yield rates.

wccftech.com

Do you feel lied to? I do.

Gelsinger was too ambitious. He should've been trying to do only half of what he did. 5 nodes in 4 years? I'd be more than happy with 3 that actually work!

 

[thestryker]

If this is true, Gelsinger absolutely needed to be tossed out on his bum:

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Intel Foundry Fails To Impress Once Again, 18A Process "Yield Rates' Are Reported To Be Only 10% Making Mass-Production Impossible

Intel's 18A process, a node that is said to be a "turning point" for Intel Foundry, is now being said to feature only 10% yield rates.

wccftech.com

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Do you feel lied to? I do.

Gelsinger was too ambitious. He should've been trying to do only half of what he did. 5 nodes in 4 years? I'd be more than happy with 3 that actually work!

This is almost certainly untrue and Ian Cutress' take on it is likely the correct one.

The reason why I say it's untrue: they were on the record speaking about how the node is done and they're just working on standard node optimizations now. If the yields really were that bad there would be some heavy lifting yet to be done as that would make them worse than the unusable Samsung GAA nodes. Lying right after your CEO is ousted would be extremely dangerous for many reasons.

Here's a piece on Pat's firing and the board which was posted after the UBS AI/Tech Conference (there's plenty of info in the non-paywalled section): https://www.fabricatedknowledge.com/p/the-death-of-intel-when-boards-fail

 

[Kamen Rider Blade]

Here's a piece on Pat's firing and the board which was posted after the UBS AI/Tech Conference (there's plenty of info in the non-paywalled section): https://www.fabricatedknowledge.com/p/the-death-of-intel-when-boards-fail

My god, the amount of Board Members who don't know SQUAT about SemiConductors, much less computers or computing.

Hell, if that's who is running the Board at Intel, I think us Forum members would do a better job if we took their spots.

-_-

 

[JamesJones44]

What's your point? The board lost two members with similar backgrounds and these two simply replace those. It doesn't change the shape of the board at all it just means it didn't get worse.

That's my point, they could have appointed 2 new members with finance backgrounds. It's not great, but better than it could be.

 

[magbarn]

Only in corporate board rooms of America can you fail upwards like these muppets who are Intel's board. They even have a Boeing failure as one of their members.

 

[bit_user]

They even have a Boeing failure as one of their members.

How about the medical school professor? No obvious business experience, not to mention tech. I wonder if people like that are just a puppet for someone else or a seat-filler who's there on behalf of some big investor and just votes however they say.

 

[magbarn]

How about the medical school professor? No obvious business experience, not to mention tech. I wonder if people like that are just a puppet for someone else or a seat-filler who's there on behalf of some big investor and just votes however they say.

Yeah at this point they're basically corporate YES people for the investor "activists" that pushed them onto the board.