Execution at its best 😂🤣 http://www.fudzilla.com/news/mobile/44109-apple-looking-to-increase-qualcomm-modem-orders
How will 7560 cancellation affect iCDG?
It is no longer a question of "if" but just a matter of "when" and "how" 7560 will he cancelled, because we have no realistic avenue towards getting it done in time for the customer. So how will it affect 7560? Site closures? Or across-the-board... — read more
Intel looking to grow its IoT segment
Intel is planning to truly tap into Internet of Things. Sound like a good idea, if we can actually keep the progress in this segment going as well as it has been in the past two years, and further add to it... — read more
INTEL = IN(dia)Tel?
Just learned that the last non Indian manager in my counter part in MUC is now being removed from his role. Before Murthy, no Indian in my reporting line till BK. After Murthy, BK is only non Indian in my reporting line. Is this a new boy scout trend... — read more
"Doing More With less! "
This is the title of cormac's webcast tomorrow. The more is 5G in addition to everything else. Less is 30% layoffs.
I'm just dying to see the next ACT on July 28
Perp walks are here again!
Murthy has lost his pervasiveness
When Murthy joined and cancelled the contra revenue shenanigans I had hope. I thought we would see a new line of Qualcomm killing socs within 6 months. But nothing just talk and big words from a vey big man.
The World Would Be A Better Place Without Intel Mobile
Intel profits would be $2.5bn higher. The talented engineers would work on something else in the world. The iPhone would have 1000 Mbps instead of 450.
Posts deleted
Did the lawyers get to this site? Several interesting posts have been deleted.What is the freaking point in having anonymous submissions if only the BS posts remain and the useful ones deleted?
The irony is not lost
http://www.pcworld.com/article/3207630/components-processors/amds-ryzen-3-lineup-brings-competitive-quad-core-cpus-to-the-masses.html
Why Intel Is Falling as AMD, NVIDIA Surge
http://www.investopedia.com/news/why-intel-falling-amd-nvidia-surge/
WJW ... Nobody cares about Intel anymore!
https://www.google.com/amp/s/seekingalpha.com/amp/article/4087289-intels-ho-hum-strategy-generating-returns
It's all over for Intel
A supercomputer for $270. Ryzen 1700. 8 cores. 16 threads
My boss on partial vacation
My Boss, who is a US Citizen is in Bangle for next 7 weeks. He expects his direct reports to take calls here early evenings, is this kosher? Plus I know he took his wife and kids, the two of them traveled biz class. I hear they have a nice Bunglow... — read more
If Intel is so bad, how come we had $60 Billion in sales in 2016?
If Intel is so bad, how come we had $60 Billion in sales in 2016? So, roughly five billion per month. A bit over a billion per week. $0.3 billion per business day, every single one... or about $0.16 billion per calendar day, every single one... And... — read more
Another Intel 5G fail
The 5G specs will be complete end of the year. Qualcomm will showcase its new 5G modem in February at MWC. Intel will be still arguing about who will do the work by then.
No Layoffs
No layoffs in the foreseeable future. This Board is full of crap.
New CFO is bad news
We stopped focusing on our business and solving real business issues. Everyone is working on various CFO initiatives - path to this, path to that...We already had many unnecessary, low value add meetings and reportings, the new CFO have multiplied... — read more
Salary Raise from Grade 3 to Grade 5
Hey everyone. For all those people who started as grade 3 and got a promotion what was your salary boost? I'm currently making around 70k and I'm aware RCG grade 5s make about 95k in Chandler. I'm wondering if the raise will bring me up to 95k when I... — read more
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) Takes the Lion Share of the Server Market Over Intel Corporation (INTC)
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/advanced-micro-devices-inc-amd-172305933.html The signs are here. Layoffs are inevitable. Get used to it.
You know those old white men you laid off
Yup those were the ones that knew about process and processor design. You don't find them in Bangalore. They stuck around getting ssl4 in Hillsborough because their kids were in school and it's a cottage industry. Good luck Intel you'll need it.
Xeon vs Epyc FUD by Intel
http://wccftech.com/intel-replies-amd-naples-hpc-glued-togather-desktop-dies-zen/
PC market share
Graph says it all: https://www.cpubenchmark.net/market_share.html
Ever Shrinking Benefits
List a benefit that has been reduced or eliminated since 2007... SPP reduced to 5% max
grade 8 salaries
How much is a grade 8 making - tcomp in TMG? I left 1 yr ago, salary higher but SO and bonus not quite as good. But job quality much higher and stress level significantly lower thanks
3 Companies Rewriting the Rules of Data Centers
Surprise, surprise. Intel is not one of them. https://www.fool.com/investing/2017/07/13/3-companies-rewriting-the-rules-of-data-centers.aspx
Intel stock the same price as it was in July 1999. WOW, just Wow!
18 years of dead money.
Partners vs customers
Intel has a lot of 5G partnerships with the likes of Ericsson and Nokia at the equipment manufacturing side. Qualcomm is actively lining up customers for its x50. "Definition of insanity is to do the same thing over and over again expecting a... — read more
Not improving efficiency
In Intel, every team is bigger than what is required. Years of market domination and naked profiteering has bred lot of inefficiency. All the job cuts that happen also are not improving efficiency but just reduce work. Managers are so incompetent... — read more
More bullets from Ashraf - 3 Signs Intel Corporation Needs New Management
Chipzilla has execution issues, it's being overtaken by competition, and keeps taking its eye off the ball https://www.fool.com/investing/2017/07/12/3-signs-intel-corporation-needs-new-management.aspx
Not specifically Intel related - but after the "high tech employee" lawsuit...
... All tech company's employees are directly affected and inexorably interconnected because "hey - Where ya gonna go?". I thought I saw some posts about this relative to Intel lately. Article source at bottom: "Most recently, Breitbart Texas... — read more
Investors shrug as Intel launches its biggest leap in server chips ‘in a decade’
Nobody cares about Intel anymore. https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2017/07/12/intel-corp-intc-xeon-server-chips-market-share.html
Sad but true
What's the big deal? From all I have heard, Qualcomm has already gathered a huge customer base for X50, while Intel has a couple of "strategic partners". So that race is already lost. Again. Doesn't matter anymore if Intel has a competitive product... — read more
Fab monkey Brian from the fab cashes out
All Insider Trades Trading Date Name Title Type Shares Traded Price 2 Jul 2017 Krzanich (Brian M) Chief Executive Officer Sell 10,313 $33.69 2 Jul 2017 Krzanich (Brian M) Chief Executive Officer Buy 10,313 $12.99 2 Jul 2017 Krzanich (Brian M) Chief... — read more
VPG software group in Folsom got a hit this week
Few groups under VPG software were served notice this week to find jobs in two months. Luckily my group escaped. The jobs have been shifted to Mexico from Folsom. I heard that VPG hardware will take some reductions. The reason they gave is budget... — read more