Subj : Re: Intel's potential exit from advanced manufacturing
To   : Accession
From : Nightfox
Date : Thu Jul 31 2025 17:14:37

  Re: Re: Intel's potential exit from advanced manufacturing
  By: Accession to Nightfox on Thu Jul 31 2025 06:46 pm

 >> overclocked it. I have a liquid CPU cooler in it, and I was thinking

 Ac> Like an AIO (All in one) cooler (which is what I use), or a full blown
 Ac> water cooling system with tubes and shit?

It's an AIO.

 Ac> As for the 3080 TI, yikes dude. Unless you bought it recently, did you pay
 Ac> almost as much as you could build a gaming PC for it? I have a 3060 in
 Ac> each of my PCs, and there's no issues yet. When I start to notice any
 Ac> games slowing down, I'll upgrade to a 5060 (or maybe even a 6060 if it
 Ac> makes it that long). That way I can get about 5 years per card while still
 Ac> spending less than what it would cost for a XX80 TI series card in a 10
 Ac> year period. ;)

Yeah, I suppose for the price of the 3080 TI, perhaps a (low-end?) gaming PC could be built..  I bought it in early 2022, and by then, prices were starting to come down a bit and they were becoming available again, and I figured why not..  I was coming from a 2070 Super though, so it was a fairly significant upgrade, and I figured I'd still be keeping my PC around for a while.  It's a bit crazy how expensive GPUs became for a while though..  When I bought it, I was on a wait list with EVGA, and and at the time, I didn't know if GPUs were going to get cheaper or become more available, so when one became available, I decided to buy one.

 Ac> Didn't one of their big shots just step down somewhat recently? I can't
 Ac> imagine it's only one person close to the top of the food chain, though..
 Ac> and I'd rather blame the people in charge than the peons out there making
 Ac> the chips. They had plenty of chances to make changes, and they didn't.

Intel has had several CEOs in the past several years.  Not long before I left Intel (2019ish), their CEO Brian Krzanich was basically let go from Intel - They say it was because they found out he had a relationship with a subordinate, but I heard from some people the real reason was because he wasn't improving Intel's manufacturing like they'd hoped.  Then Bob Swan stepped in as interim CEO, then became permanent CEO, but he was only there from 2019 to 2021; then Pat Gelsinger from 2021 to 2024, then it looks like David Zinsner & Michelle Johnston 2024-2025, and now Lip-Bu Tan is Intel's current CEO.

Nightfox
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