News Intel's board gets industry-focused as three directors will not seek re-election — badly needed shift to deeper tech experience

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When I was there we had to explain that SO-Dimm won't work on desktop boards because the people in charge had non-tech degrees from Bangalore.
 
When I was there we had to explain that SO-Dimm won't work on desktop boards because the people in charge had non-tech degrees from Bangalore.
SO-DIMMs work just fine on desktop boards: you just need adapters... €11 on Amazon.
Adapters for the opposite directions are much harder to find or make fit.

So are you saying it's all your fault because you explained wrongly?
 
Why on earth would Intel use cheap Chinese adaptors for engineering samples? No I'm saying they had people in charge of programs with no tech background. They constantly screwed up simple things like DDR4 vs DDR5. Or H vs U vs N skus of Alder Lake.
 
Oh so NOW the board wants to focus on technology? Would have been nice if they'd realized that years ago when they hired Pat to refocus on the product.

Everyone wants to blame everything on Pat but he performed a near miracle bringing IFS from well behind TSMC to parity in a few short years and they re-retired him just before it starts getting turned into products. Now when Pat's fruits start to ripen someone else will get credit because the board doesn't understand how long the product cycle is in this business. The only real mistake Pat made was he should have started cutting the fat from day 1. Intel was already flailing and it would have softened the landing a lot more. Lisa Su didn't turn AMD around in 6 months either.

This is a perfect example of why I was saying they didn't need to replace Pat, they needed to replace the board that isn't technology focused so much as investor focused. That's what got Intel where it is to begin with and if the suits aren't on board the CEO can only do so much.
 
How bizarre is it that people think that the so-called non-tech directors (I guess electrical engineering isn't tech) are responsible for Intel's failures yet Frank Yeary's been there longer than anyone else? 7 CEOs after Frank joined the board--Intel trading almost exactly where it was 10 years ago. Coincidence? Good luck Lip Bu and the new "tech" focused board members!