Comments on: Intel Cuts Jobs out of Embarrassment http://jeffreylin.net/2006/09/02/intel-cuts-jobs-out-of-embarrassment/ Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:43:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Trevor McDonut http://jeffreylin.net/2006/09/02/intel-cuts-jobs-out-of-embarrassment/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Trevor McDonut Sun, 01 Oct 2006 19:30:56 +0000 http://www.jeffreylin.net/2006/09/02/intel-cuts-jobs-out-of-embarrassment/#comment-24 'fraid I'm gonna have to call this as well. Intel has put in hours, gone on painful diet, and now has the products and the future pathway to leave AMD in the dust - apart form severs and the bargain basement. It's not nice that techies feel the most pain - but this is the way the world is and we a basically used to it. ‘fraid I’m gonna have to call this as well.

Intel has put in hours, gone on painful diet, and now has the products and the future pathway to leave AMD in the dust - apart form severs and the bargain basement.

It’s not nice that techies feel the most pain - but this is the way the world is and we a basically used to it.

]]> By: SlashAndBurn http://jeffreylin.net/2006/09/02/intel-cuts-jobs-out-of-embarrassment/comment-page-1/#comment-23 SlashAndBurn Tue, 05 Sep 2006 08:43:43 +0000 http://www.jeffreylin.net/2006/09/02/intel-cuts-jobs-out-of-embarrassment/#comment-23 I too am an intel employee and your data is f*cked up. I know engineers who work on the new products. You don't have a freaking clue. The duo core was a drop back to an older cooler faster running Intel core. The speed was gained through the symmetrical processing. As far as I'm concern your credibility is in the crapper. BTW Sacramento's only newspaper is the Bee, not the Mercury. I too am an intel employee and your data is f*cked up. I know engineers who work on the new products. You don’t have a freaking clue. The duo core was a drop back to an older cooler faster running Intel core. The speed was gained through the symmetrical processing. As far as I’m concern your credibility is in the crapper.

BTW Sacramento’s only newspaper is the Bee, not the Mercury.

]]> By: nahn http://jeffreylin.net/2006/09/02/intel-cuts-jobs-out-of-embarrassment/comment-page-1/#comment-22 nahn Tue, 05 Sep 2006 03:46:52 +0000 http://www.jeffreylin.net/2006/09/02/intel-cuts-jobs-out-of-embarrassment/#comment-22 Colin - I don't disagree that Intel's products are far better then AMDs (except at the time being AMDs servers are better). I never said anything about products. I was simply saying that management has not maintained thier promises to keep hiring in check. And that is a fact! The latest number is 12,000. At least that will be the external number published. --nahn. Colin - I don’t disagree that Intel’s products are far better then AMDs (except at the time being AMDs servers are better). I never said anything about products. I was simply saying that management has not maintained thier promises to keep hiring in check. And that is a fact!

The latest number is 12,000. At least that will be the external number published.

–nahn.

]]> By: Colin http://jeffreylin.net/2006/09/02/intel-cuts-jobs-out-of-embarrassment/comment-page-1/#comment-21 Colin Sun, 03 Sep 2006 18:00:01 +0000 http://www.jeffreylin.net/2006/09/02/intel-cuts-jobs-out-of-embarrassment/#comment-21 Any "technical professional" worth their salt would exhibit a better understanding of the situation. You are framing the problems with your opinions, not with facts. You only have to read the latest CPU reviews, and the design history, all of which is public - to understand that Intel's products are currently 40% faster than AMD's (and not reverse engineered). If you don't believe me, go look at the benchmarks and the design diagrams. If you really are a technical professional, than they will be easy for you to understand - and will render your whole post mute. Any “technical professional” worth their salt would exhibit a better understanding of the situation. You are framing the problems with your opinions, not with facts.

You only have to read the latest CPU reviews, and the design history, all of which is public - to understand that Intel’s products are currently 40% faster than AMD’s (and not reverse engineered).

If you don’t believe me, go look at the benchmarks and the design diagrams. If you really are a technical professional, than they will be easy for you to understand - and will render your whole post mute.

]]> By: JeffreyLin.Net http://jeffreylin.net/2006/09/02/intel-cuts-jobs-out-of-embarrassment/comment-page-1/#comment-20 JeffreyLin.Net Sun, 03 Sep 2006 15:25:12 +0000 http://www.jeffreylin.net/2006/09/02/intel-cuts-jobs-out-of-embarrassment/#comment-20 <em><strong>Colin-</strong></em> What about my "opinions" that disqualify me as a "technical professional"? The recent Duo chips and new Tulsa server chip in the Xeon family are all taken from AMD's playbook. I call having a product very similar to your competitors with just "slight improvements" a result of reverse engineering. If Intel are designing these products from scratch rather than reverse engineering these, then it is far worse because they are spending far too much time and resources to reinvent the wheel. For Intel to remain competitive and reclaim its Top Dawg position, it can't keep playing catch-up (like microsoft has been with the Zune music player), but it has to be more innovative. <strong>SammySushi and Nahn</strong>- I don't know why the responsibility hasn't been placed on Craig Barrett and the rest of management, I know I do. Obviously they know they have problems as far back as 1998. So, for whatever reason they didn't address it, whether it be negligence or carelessness, it points to bad management. No matter how great the technology, you can't have a winning company with bad management. Colin-
What about my “opinions” that disqualify me as a “technical professional”? The recent Duo chips and new Tulsa server chip in the Xeon family are all taken from AMD’s playbook. I call having a product very similar to your competitors with just “slight improvements” a result of reverse engineering. If Intel are designing these products from scratch rather than reverse engineering these, then it is far worse because they are spending far too much time and resources to reinvent the wheel. For Intel to remain competitive and reclaim its Top Dawg position, it can’t keep playing catch-up (like microsoft has been with the Zune music player), but it has to be more innovative.

SammySushi and Nahn-
I don’t know why the responsibility hasn’t been placed on Craig Barrett and the rest of management, I know I do. Obviously they know they have problems as far back as 1998. So, for whatever reason they didn’t address it, whether it be negligence or carelessness, it points to bad management. No matter how great the technology, you can’t have a winning company with bad management.

]]> By: nahn http://jeffreylin.net/2006/09/02/intel-cuts-jobs-out-of-embarrassment/comment-page-1/#comment-19 nahn Sat, 02 Sep 2006 23:47:11 +0000 http://www.jeffreylin.net/2006/09/02/intel-cuts-jobs-out-of-embarrassment/#comment-19 I totally agree with the Craig Barrett comment..... the majority of the blame rests on him but no body seems to notice. It was in 1998 that Intel began a regular cycle of layoffs. It was shortly after the 1998 layoffs that Craig said that Intel wasn't watching its hiring rates and that he would never let it get out of hand again. Well, he didn't and now every employee is at risk. He should step up and and admit it was him that placed Paul and the company in such a spot. His platform strategy is also failing. I totally agree with the Craig Barrett comment….. the majority of the blame rests on him but no body seems to notice. It was in 1998 that Intel began a regular cycle of layoffs. It was shortly after the 1998 layoffs that Craig said that Intel wasn’t watching its hiring rates and that he would never let it get out of hand again. Well, he didn’t and now every employee is at risk. He should step up and and admit it was him that placed Paul and the company in such a spot. His platform strategy is also failing.

]]> By: SammySushi http://jeffreylin.net/2006/09/02/intel-cuts-jobs-out-of-embarrassment/comment-page-1/#comment-18 SammySushi Sat, 02 Sep 2006 17:15:33 +0000 http://www.jeffreylin.net/2006/09/02/intel-cuts-jobs-out-of-embarrassment/#comment-18 Why, oh why, is Craig Barrett not being taken to task for his dismal leadership and failed strategy?? Analysts are commenting that it failed, but they aren't putting his name by their comments. Why, oh why, is Craig Barrett not being taken to task for his dismal leadership and failed strategy?? Analysts are commenting that it failed, but they aren’t putting his name by their comments.

]]> By: Colin http://jeffreylin.net/2006/09/02/intel-cuts-jobs-out-of-embarrassment/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Colin Sat, 02 Sep 2006 16:13:41 +0000 http://www.jeffreylin.net/2006/09/02/intel-cuts-jobs-out-of-embarrassment/#comment-17 "...those of us in society who have invested the most time and energy to become technical professionals..." Based on your above satements about R&D, reverse engineering and your opinions on the "real problem"- you obviously do not qualify as a "technical professional". Go back to your Circuit City computer aisle, dipshit. “…those of us in society who have invested the most time and energy to become technical professionals…”

Based on your above satements about R&D, reverse engineering and your opinions on the “real problem”- you obviously do not qualify as a “technical professional”.

Go back to your Circuit City computer aisle, dipshit.

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