Bill Gates stepped away from the computer industry more than a decade ago, but the former Microsoft CEO still keeps an eye on things. He believes that Intel has lost its way.
Intel has been going through a tough time lately Shares of the chipmaker fall, its most powerful processors have system failures, new generation unpopular, AMD displaces Intel In December, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger resigned after decades of continuous service with the company. Intel has always been one of Microsoft’s most important partners, so it is not surprising that Bill Gates spoke about the company’s problems in an interview Associated Press.
«I’m amazed that Intel has actually lost its way [gone astray],» Gates said.
«They missed the AI chip revolution. With their manufacturing capabilities, they don’t even use the standards that NVIDIA and Qualcomm consider easy».
«I thought Pat Helsinger was very brave when he said, «No, I’m going to fix the design, I’m going to fix the manufacturing». I hoped for his sake, for the sake of the country, that he would succeed. I hope that Intel will recover, but at this stage it seems difficult for them».
Bill Gates’ words seem hard, but there is still hope for Intel. The next generations of processors can «shoot», and the second generation of video cards can be called successful. However, the industry is now making money not on ordinary client computers and not on not-so-rich gamers. NVIDIA graphics cards calculate AI, and AMD processors start to dominate in data centers. It is important for Intel to respond to these challenges.
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