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Intel told its manufacturing employees Wednesday that it has chosen a successor to Ann Kelleher, head of the chipmaker’s technology development and its top Oregon executive.
CEO Pat Gelsinger said Kelleher’s successor is Navid Shahriari, who jointly runs Intel’s design engineering operation from Arizona. Gelsinger didn’t say how much longer Kelleher will remain with the company.
I hate that choice, terrible choice. I can think of 6 names off the top of my head that are actually worthy successors. Now maybe what they meant as the CTO of mother Intel, in which case sure knock yourselves out. What I do know is that Intel chip designers shouldn't be allowed to step anywhere near a TD site. Making processes subservient to design is how you get another slide into decay/starving of resources in TMG.
Maybe relates to IF becoming a separate group company of the wider Intel? Back at the beginning of the year they said that by EOY they should be done making their separate legal entity. If Ann is the CTO or CEO of IF, I suppose she can't be the CTO of Intel corp (nor should she be if all that would be left in the mother ship for the time being is Intel products, Altera, Labs, etc).
I hate that choice, terrible choice. I can think of 6 names of the top of my head that are actually worthy successors. Now maybe what they meant as the CTO of mother Intel, in which case sure knock yourselves out. What I do know is that Intel chip designers shouldn't be allowed to step anywhere near a TD site. Making processes subservient to design is how you get another slide into decay/starving of resources in TMG.
Maybe relates to IF becoming a separate group company of the wider Intel? Back at the beginning of the year they said that by EOY they should be done making their separate legal entity. If Ann is the CTO or CEO of IF, I suppose she can't be the CTO of Intel corp (nor should she be if all that would be left in the mother ship for the time being is Intel products, Altera, Labs, etc).
That's definitely a better picture than what was presented by the article: "CEO Pat Gelsinger said Kelleher’s successor is Navid Shahriari, who jointly runs Intel’s design engineering operation from Arizona. Gelsinger didn’t say how much longer Kelleher will remain with the company."
I'm not convinced this is a legitimate company announcement. It's nowhere to be found on the Intel Newsroom page, and a search does not reveal any other press articles. Something smells fishy.
I'm not convinced this is a legitimate company announcement. It's nowhere to be found on the Intel Newsroom page, and a search does not reveal any other press articles. Something smells fishy.
Is it sourced due to leaks? The Oregonian is a legitimate newspaper and Mike Rogoway is a well respected business reporter. I don’t think he would make things up.
Is it sourced due to leaks? The Oregonian is a legitimate newspaper and Mike Rogoway is a well respected business reporter. I don’t think he would make things up.
I was at the press lunch during the Intel Foundry event and Ann was asked about the 5N4Y schtick. She smiled and shrugged her shoulders. It was the best laugh of the event. So maybe she was not on the same page as Pat?
Intel is not denying this so it is probably true and I expect it will happen sooner than later, as in Q1 2025. No reason to have a lame duck technology development chief. Nice spin on words though. Should make getting fired a little easier.
I was at the press lunch during the Intel Foundry event and Ann was asked about the 5N4Y schtick. She smiled and shrugged her shoulders. It was the best laugh of the event. So maybe she was not on the same page as Pat?
Intel is not denying this so it is probably true and I expect it will happen sooner than later, as in Q1 2025. No reason to have a lame duck technology development chief. Nice spin on words though. Should make getting fired a little easier.
Hold on a moment. I thought you'd said how impressed you were with Intel's technology progress only a few days ago. But today Ann Kelleher's "not delivering" and is a "lame duck". I know we're living in the crazy, volatile world of Intel news and leaks, but I'm having trouble reconciling these two views.
I have zero knowledge of the situation (and don't have an Oregonian subscription to read all this). But my guess would be that Ann Kelleher has delivered pretty well in tough circumstances (exactly how much of that is down to her decisions and leadership I have no idea), but a sacrificial exec is needed right now and she's the most easily disposable.
Some pure speculative guesses why
-Politics
-18A didn't win customers for Foundry, and that buck stops at Ann
-Post-18A requires a new approach to succeed
-Cutting headcount means senior people too
Some pure speculative guesses why
-Politics
-18A didn't win customers for Foundry, and that buck stops at Ann
-Post-18A requires a new approach to succeed
-Cutting headcount means senior people too
Some pure speculative guesses why
-Politics
-18A didn't win customers for Foundry, and that buck stops at Ann
-Post-18A requires a new approach to succeed
-Cutting headcount means senior people too
Hold on a moment. I thought you'd said how impressed you were with Intel's technology progress only a few days ago. But today Ann Kelleher's "not delivering" and is a "lame duck". I know we're living in the crazy, volatile world of Intel news and leaks, but I'm having trouble reconciling these two views.
I have zero knowledge of the situation (and don't have an Oregonian subscription to read all this). But my guess would be that Ann Kelleher has delivered pretty well in tough circumstances (exactly how much of that is down to her decisions and leadership I have no idea), but a sacrificial exec is needed right now and she's the most easily disposable.
I am impressed at what Intel has accomplished but I never bought into the hype of the 5N4Y nonsense. Again, I compare Intel to Samsung not TSMC. The rest of the world is pitting Intel against TSMC and that penguin will never fly. I guess I should say Ann did not deliver on the expectations set by Pat but she certainly exceeded my expectations which were pretty low based on Intel 10nm.
Intel has a viable 3nm process. And 18A also seems to be shaping up nicely. So I don't know why they needed to remove her.
Seems like a bad idea to me.
The process people seem to be doing good for a change. The chip design guys are more of a mixed bag. Lunar Lake seems to have delivered, but it is a bit of a niche product, while their main product the Arrow Lake seems to be a flop. At best they launched it before having mature software support for it. Royal Core got cancelled for cost reasons, so that is another missed opportunity.
She is younger than I am so probably not retirement. Officially it might be the way Intel goes but it should have been properly announced rather than leaked. She may be going back to Ireland and working for Intel there? Hopefully she sticks around.
Navid Shahriari, Intel senior vice president, will serve as the new co-GM leading DEG and focusing on data center products. Shahriari joined Intel in 1989 and has served in many engineering and technical leadership positions, with a reputation for driving disciplined engineering and execution excellence. Most recently, he has led the Manufacturing and Product Engineering (MPE) organization.
I almost feel it was like having Bob Swan being appointed CEO and Stu Pann on the Foundry side.
It is odd that a non fab person, non TD person is being brought in to lead a most challenging hard thing that Samsung, GF, and many others have failed.
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