[HN Gopher] Intel CEO Fast-Tracks Turnaround Bid with $20B Inves...
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       Intel CEO Fast-Tracks Turnaround Bid with $20B Investment Plan
        
       Author : kyrra
       Score  : 12 points
       Date   : 2021-03-23 21:06 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | kyrra wrote:
       | One key part of this is buried half-way in:
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       | > Intel said under its enhanced outsourcing plan, it would ask
       | others--including Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. TSM
       | -1.95% and Samsung Electronics Co. --to make crucial components
       | of its chips. The move takes advantage of a design approach Intel
       | and others have embraced: making semiconductors in a Lego-brick-
       | like manner. Mr. Gelsinger said the company would, in some cases,
       | outsource the core components of its central processors, the
       | brain of a computer.
        
         | hinkley wrote:
         | Worked so well for Boeing that they called it a huge mistake
         | and swore never to do it again.
        
           | mc32 wrote:
           | Everyone has to make their own mistakes to learn.
        
         | gigatexal wrote:
         | He seems to be pragmatic. If there's anyone that can
         | reinvigorate Intel it's going to be Pat.
        
       | xiphias2 wrote:
       | I suspect that ARM will be a real competitor as well for x86 in
       | the future, that will make the turnaround even harder than what
       | it looks like, even with great execution. (Writing from an M1
       | MacBook Pro)
        
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