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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Intel's board to shrink from 14 to 11 as three directors will not seek re-election later this year.

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

 

[dalek1234]

Only three of them? I would expect all fourteen.

 

[rgd1101]

why did they have healthcare professionals in the first place?

 

[abufrejoval]

why did they have healthcare professionals in the first place?

Because they buy a lot of Intel hardware?
Having your customers on-board probably didn't seem like a bad idea.
In a normal mature industry, even less so.

But...

 

[rgd1101]

Because they buy a lot of Intel hardware?
Having your customers on-board probably didn't seem like a bad idea.
In a normal mature industry, even less so.

But...

they don't need to be on the board. just a contact for the sales department

 

[thestryker]

why did they have healthcare professionals in the first place?

The assumption by industry folks is that they were likely proxies for large investor groups. The board makeup has been a problem for well over a decade.

edit: just for emphasis, and the pre-paywall bit is more than sufficient https://www.fabricatedknowledge.com/p/the-death-of-intel-when-boards-fail

 

[Reverend_Clint]

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.

 

[abufrejoval]

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?

 

[Reverend_Clint]

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.

 

[abufrejoval]

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.

It was really meant as a joke. But that never works in posts...

 

[nogaard777]

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.

 

[chipperlet]

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!

 

[beyondlogic]

why did they have healthcare professionals in the first place?

because there idiots to the highest bidder now that the ship is sinking there running