I like it when the old gang comes together and blends with new talent.
New Intel CEO rehiring retired CPU architects
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Re: New Intel CEO rehiring retired CPU architects
#22Earlier quoted context omitted.
> My secondhand understanding was that Intel was losing top talent due to pressure to pay closer to median industry compensation. Top engineers recognized they were underpaid and left the company. This is what happens when you're run by bean counters who don't understand your core business or industry.
In the same/similar vein it never ceases to amaze me how employers don't provide their employees with the best tools possible (within reason) to do their jobs. A company will give a developer a low/mid-range laptop/desktop pinching every penny they can then turn around any pay them a huge salary... Like do they not understand that running into RAM/CPU limits makes the developer less effective? I've had jobs where I'v…
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Re: New Intel CEO rehiring retired CPU architects
#23VMware seemed to make a lot of progress refocusing their business under Pat, perhaps he can do something similar for Intel.
Re: New Intel CEO rehiring retired CPU architects
#24Except he didn't re-hire him. As noted in the article itself, the architect was already in negotiations since November. Also, new CEO doesn't step in until next month. Clickbait title.
The effect of Gelsinger taking the CEO role pushed a hire that was on the fence into accepting the role. It means he's having an affect already. That's what the title is meant to convey.
Re: New Intel CEO rehiring retired CPU architects
#25This is an encouraging move. My secondhand understanding was that Intel was losing top talent due to pressure to pay closer to median industry compensation. Top engineers recognized they were underpaid and left the company. I've been part of a similar downhill slide at a smaller company in the billion dollar revenue range. To be blunt, once the [mediocre] MBAs start realizing that the engineers are getting paid more…
Reading all comments grilling MBAs in HN is one of my guilty pleasures. I think I need to collect them all and put them in one place.
Re: New Intel CEO rehiring retired CPU architects
#26Earlier quoted context omitted.
> My secondhand understanding was that Intel was losing top talent due to pressure to pay closer to median industry compensation. Top engineers recognized they were underpaid and left the company. This is what happens when you're run by bean counters who don't understand your core business or industry.
In the same/similar vein it never ceases to amaze me how employers don't provide their employees with the best tools possible (within reason) to do their jobs. A company will give a developer a low/mid-range laptop/desktop pinching every penny they can then turn around any pay them a huge salary... Like do they not understand that running into RAM/CPU limits makes the developer less effective? I've had jobs where I'v…
Mine gave me a top of the line MacBook Pro, fully loaded.
Then loaded so much security crap on it that all cores are maxed out without me even touching machine. Base vim nearly unusable. Then they made it so I could only access things via a double Remote Desktop tunnel.
Basically an expensive space heater.
3 months of nothing done until security software suffered an unfortunate accident.
Re: New Intel CEO rehiring retired CPU architects
#27This is an encouraging move. My secondhand understanding was that Intel was losing top talent due to pressure to pay closer to median industry compensation. Top engineers recognized they were underpaid and left the company. I've been part of a similar downhill slide at a smaller company in the billion dollar revenue range. To be blunt, once the [mediocre] MBAs start realizing that the engineers are getting paid more…
Steve Jobs, already legendary for avoiding paying engineers for their contributions, organized an industry-wide cartel to hold down wages, and he never had an MBA.
It's a bad leadership thing, not an MBA thing.
Re: New Intel CEO rehiring retired CPU architects
#28It appears INTC is serious about correcting the wrongs and doing it right. I’d be worried if I am Lisa Su at AMD.
Err. shouldn't the real competitors be viewed as ARM and M1?
Exactly. It would be a bit of a gamble, as it may undercut their x86 lines, but as a hedge against the success of ARM/M[1,2,...], they may do themselves a favor to attempt a project to implement RISC-V.
They don't have much to lose, as AMD is already killing their x86 lines anyway.
Re: New Intel CEO rehiring retired CPU architects
#29Except he didn't re-hire him. As noted in the article itself, the architect was already in negotiations since November. Also, new CEO doesn't step in until next month. Clickbait title.
The effect of Gelsinger taking the CEO role pushed a hire that was on the fence into accepting the role. It means he's having an affect already. That's what the title is meant to convey.
That's not what the title says. A title like they would say "New CEO attracting retired CPU architects"
Re: New Intel CEO rehiring retired CPU architects
#30It appears INTC is serious about correcting the wrongs and doing it right. I’d be worried if I am Lisa Su at AMD.
Err. shouldn't the real competitors be viewed as ARM and M1?
Note that AMD has an abandoned K12 plan. They still have an ARM license AFAIU. And like what Fujitsu did to their SPARC to produce A64FX, swapping the frontend may make it possible to support an ARM instruction set without much modifications to the backend. So if they will, AMD would make an ARM chip