Allen
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Intel May Postpone Manufacturing Decision, Emphasizes Beating Apple
Intel’s new CEO, Pat Gelsinger, has wasted no time. While he won’t take over from Bob Swan until February, he’s already addressed Intel’s workforce in an all-hands meeting.
Intel told assembled employees that it might wait to announce any change to its manufacturing plans until Gelsinger is onboard. This is an interesting wrinkle to the overarching manufacturing situation, and it implies that Intel wants a CEO with an engineering background to examine the situation and possibly make the decision.
When i read Gelsinger was to become CEO, I wondered why they would "stick him" with the prior CEOs decision to use TSMC in place of Intel manufacturing (for some things).
Now, maybe they will "unstick" him. During my career, I noticed "non-technical" managers were not as good at making technical decisions as managers with a "technical" background (duh).