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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 sjsdaiuasgdia »

tptacek wrote: post #103
CamperBob2 wrote: post #87

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Dude, he altered a weather map with a Sharpie on live TV.

The theory behind this Constitution thing is as if, after altering the weather map, the weather changed .

I remember this blog post coming across HN when it was posted: https://rachelbythebay.com/w/2025/07/07/support/

It's a good story, but what I'm remembering and is relevant here is this:

> At some point, I realized that if I wrote a wiki page and documented the things that we were willing to support, I could wait about six months and then it would be like it had always been there.

Authoritarians and fascists recognize this potential to create new "truths". If you say it enough, it's the truth. If you change things and say it's always been that way, then it was. If you're willing to drag through the mud, fire, prosecute, imprison, harm, or kill those who push back, fewer people push back. Even if everyone "knows" it's false, it no longer matters - most operate as if it is true.

Let's not forget that years later, Trump felt the need to inflict revenge on NOAA employees connected to sharpiegate: https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/two-high-rankin...

That's why this shit makes people nervous, why people are on edge about information changing on government websites for no apparent reason. Trump has repeatedly shown a willingness to inflict his view of reality on others, with force, and without regard for facts.

You trivialize it at your own peril.

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

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Post by burnt-resistor »

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…

The king, I mean unitary executive, has opinions and power to do all things without regard to law, without critical thinking or consideration if they are beneficial or harmful to humanity, and without boundaries.

This is why Tim Apple presented Dear Leader with a 24K gold award and so was rewarded by a tariff exclusion.

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

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Post by burnt-resistor »

tgma wrote: post #111
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…

This administration (and the previous one) have been paying billions of dollars to chip companies to make fabs in the United States. Trump in particular is essentially trying to make sure Intel lives despite market forces. It is effectively a quasi-nationalized entity akin to major military-industrial complex entities. Given that, we are not talking about a random private entity. A US President making such statement…

"Strategic" companies like Boeing and Intel get socialism for corporations and rich people, but then decry "socialism" and "communism" for everything and everyone who isn't rich.

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

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Post by like_any_other »

tlogan wrote: post #90
everfrustrated wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If true, questions should also be raised about the Board who must have signed off on any conflicts of interest.

> If true … I don’t know about his investments, but one fact is clear: he was CEO of Cadence Design Systems, which has just pleaded guilty to federal charges for exporting technology to China. That alone should make him ineligible to lead a company with major government contracts. If he resigns (and he will), the board should go with him.

Lets not be hasty in condemning him - some "cross pollination" is probably standard in this business. I'm sure there are plenty of Chinese high-tech companies, with CEOs named something like Jack Smith, or Andrew Callahan, that were caught exporting technology to the USA.

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

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Post by deaddodo »

threatripper wrote: post #224
deaddodo wrote: post #110

Earlier quoted context omitted.

AMD also received many Hail Marys as a result of Intel’s anticompetitive behavior. Directly via payouts Intel and partners had to make, and indirectly via companies being more willing to work with them for their GPU expertise and better (out of desperation) licensing/purchase agreements. Intel can’t rely on the same. They haven’t been directly impacted by another larger company, they rely too much on a single technol…

AMD could not afford their own foundries anymore. The same is likely to happen to intel. The CPU business may be sold off to some other company, so x86 and intel will "survive" for sure but they will rely on other fabs to produce and they will milk the legacy cow instead of holding the overall performance crown.

Did you completely ignore the last paragraph?

As I said, AMD survived by going into a lean pivot out of desperation. Intel has that opportunity as well, but the deck is stacked against them due to their size and over-reliance on specific IPs.

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

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Post by skywhopper »

everfrustrated wrote: post #58
Alupis wrote: post #4

Some context is available here: https://apnews.com/article/intel-trump-cotton-yeary-tan-2061... FTA: “In March 2025, Intel appointed Lip-Bu Tan as its new CEO,” Cotton wrote in the letter. “Mr. Tan reportedly controls dozens of Chinese companies and has a stake in hundreds of Chinese advanced-manufacturing and chip firms. At least eight of these companies reportedly have ties to the Chinese People’s Liberation Army.”

If true, questions should also be raised about the Board who must have signed off on any conflicts of interest.

I mean, given that Tom Cotton wrote it, I would be surprised if it were true in any meaningful sense.

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

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Post by almostgotcaught »

goatlover wrote: post #36
dkenyser wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

The MAGA right has demonstrated they have no principles other than whatever Trump wants at that given moment. We'll see whether the Epstein files is truly an exception to that.

47% of Republicans would still vote for Trump even if he were implicated in Epstein's crimes:

https://leger360.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/U.S-Politics...

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

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Post by tptacek »

sjsdaiuasgdia wrote: post #231
tptacek wrote: post #103

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The theory behind this Constitution thing is as if, after altering the weather map, the weather changed .

I remember this blog post coming across HN when it was posted: https://rachelbythebay.com/w/2025/07/07/support/ It's a good story, but what I'm remembering and is relevant here is this: > At some point, I realized that if I wrote a wiki page and documented the things that we were willing to support, I could wait about six months and then it would be like it had always been there. Authoritarians and fascists recognize…

I am trivializing the LOC Constitution page thing and nothing you can say is going to make me stop, because the conspiracy theory behind it doesn't make any sense. By continuing to defend it, you're making my point for me about this Intel story (where malfeasance would make sense!).

But we're going around in circles and should probably just let this go.

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