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A message from Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan to all company employees

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Re: A message from Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan to all company employees

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Post by gibbitz »

jjcm wrote: post #5

It's honestly wild that a sitting US president is calling out specific company CEOs. The fact that it was done in a tweet-esque post is even more concerning. I'd expect that something like this would have been accompanied by a proper investigation and writeup stating the administration's perspective on why, but instead it's just "he's highly CONFLICTED". I don't debate his history at Cadence Design is concerning from…

Meh, Trump wants someone as loyal and willing to spy on us as he thinks this guy was for China. I love how the right detests regulation but is okay with arbitrarily monkeying directly in the management of a company like this with no rules around it. No company is safe under this guy.

Re: A message from Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan to all company employees

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Post by sjsdaiuasgdia »

bgwalter wrote: post #13
rco8786 wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don’t recall a sitting President publicly calling for the CEO of either of those companies to resign. Please let’s not sanewash what is happening right now.

President Obama: https://www.politico.com/story/2009/03/gm-ceo-resigns-at-oba... Sen. Warren: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/embroiled-scandal-wells...

The GM CEO had presided over a time when GM got into such bad shape they needed a government bailout, and had to come back asking for even more government money.

The Wells Fargo CEO presided over a major scandal involving customers being signed up for services they never agreed to.

What has the Intel CEO presided over during his short tenure that measures up to those?

Re: A message from Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan to all company employees

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Post by [deleted] »

jjcm wrote: post #5

It's honestly wild that a sitting US president is calling out specific company CEOs. The fact that it was done in a tweet-esque post is even more concerning. I'd expect that something like this would have been accompanied by a proper investigation and writeup stating the administration's perspective on why, but instead it's just "he's highly CONFLICTED". I don't debate his history at Cadence Design is concerning from…

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Re: A message from Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan to all company employees

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Post by tengwar2 »

emchammer wrote: post #20
rpcope1 wrote: post #15

What are the odds this ends with Intel getting nationalized? I think it's really looking kind of non-zero now.

Thank god Apple has been putting their eggs in their home-woven ARM basket. Now I just wish that they had a CEO who was above golden-trophy ass-kissing.

Partly home-made. Arm Holdings is British-based, but owned by Softbank Group (Japanese).

Re: A message from Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan to all company employees

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Post by dkenyser »

gibbitz wrote: post #21
jjcm wrote: post #5

It's honestly wild that a sitting US president is calling out specific company CEOs. The fact that it was done in a tweet-esque post is even more concerning. I'd expect that something like this would have been accompanied by a proper investigation and writeup stating the administration's perspective on why, but instead it's just "he's highly CONFLICTED". I don't debate his history at Cadence Design is concerning from…

Meh, Trump wants someone as loyal and willing to spy on us as he thinks this guy was for China. I love how the right detests regulation but is okay with arbitrarily monkeying directly in the management of a company like this with no rules around it. No company is safe under this guy.

Correction: The right detests regulation on the things they like at that given moment.

If it doesn't affect them directly, or they can't perceive how it will affect them directly, they simply do not care.

Re: A message from Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan to all company employees

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Post by gdiamos »

tengwar2 wrote: post #24
emchammer wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thank god Apple has been putting their eggs in their home-woven ARM basket. Now I just wish that they had a CEO who was above golden-trophy ass-kissing.

Partly home-made. Arm Holdings is British-based, but owned by Softbank Group (Japanese).

Arm makes a specification and standard (the ARM ISA).

Apple licenses that and develops their own chip, which is then manufactured by TSMC.

So I guess if Intel dies the US will still have a few good CPU design firms, but no manufacturing

Also note that Foxconn (China) assembles the iPhones

Eg https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-iphone-factory-foxconn...

Re: A message from Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan to all company employees

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Post by tptacek »

sjsdaiuasgdia wrote: post #22
bgwalter wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

President Obama: https://www.politico.com/story/2009/03/gm-ceo-resigns-at-oba... Sen. Warren: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/embroiled-scandal-wells...

The GM CEO had presided over a time when GM got into such bad shape they needed a government bailout, and had to come back asking for even more government money. The Wells Fargo CEO presided over a major scandal involving customers being signed up for services they never agreed to. What has the Intel CEO presided over during his short tenure that measures up to those?

Vastly increased attention on semiconductor companies as national security assets coupled with fairly extensive business relationships with companies controlled by America's chief geopolitical rival.

Re: A message from Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan to all company employees

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Post by hinkley »

emchammer wrote: post #20
rpcope1 wrote: post #15

What are the odds this ends with Intel getting nationalized? I think it's really looking kind of non-zero now.

Thank god Apple has been putting their eggs in their home-woven ARM basket. Now I just wish that they had a CEO who was above golden-trophy ass-kissing.

Amd64 has other vendors.
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