As a result of these reviews, I learned today that Intels senior management has determined that they will be ending their SoFIA projects (specifically 3Gx, LTE, LTE2) as well as their Broxton SoC for smartphones and tablets.
Who actually buys discrete modems these days? Is it just Apple?
Intel needs new CEO. Before year ends.
What is the broader vision and strategy?
Sorry but this plant manager as ceo is so last decade it hurts.
Poach Lisa Su from AMD???
Pretty much just Apple in smartphones, yeah.
Yikes. I know Apple are the biggest smartphone vendor out there, but keeping the entire modem business going in the hope that you'll catch one customer's eye sounds like a high risk move.
Intel's entire mobile business is a joke, and their continued attempts to dupe investors into thinking there is a material market for cellular connectivity outside of integrated APs for smartphones & slim modems is sad to watch.
They could sell it to Apple, try to recoup some of their losses.
Apple doesn't buy other people's trash.
Intel mobile has always smelled bad from the very beginning in 2008. Complacency was obvious, benchmark tricks abundant, and so on.Intel's entire mobile business is a joke, and their continued attempts to dupe investors into thinking there is a material market for cellular connectivity outside of integrated APs for smartphones & slim modems is sad to watch.
I know a few who will likely lose their job, definitely sad and not their faultI feel very bad for the people who are going to lose their jobs because of these product cancellations. They are not responsible for the consistently poor management decisions made here.
Burrrrrn.
Seriously though, if Apple wanted an in-house modem, what would be their other options? I guess they could buy up multiple small companies/start-ups, get the smart people they need, and build it up organically, much like they did with CPU development.
I know a few who will likely lose their job, definitely sad and not their fault
Intel mobile has always smelled bad from the very beginning in 2008. Complacency was obvious, benchmark tricks abundant, and so on.
I wonder if Atom will survive this (out of embedded stuff such as a modem CPU or as a CPU replacing ARM cores in FPGA).
That's the problem. Apple should stop leeching talented people from businesses that make real (fundamental) technology like Intel with their $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.Apple has been quietly hiring cellular talent for a long time, a lot of ex-Broadcom mobile folks, for example, now call Apple "home."
If they want to do it organically, it will be expensive but it can be done no question.
Seriously, Apple has ZERO problem attracting top talent. Silvermont/Airmont lead CPU architect is now at Apple, so is the Haswell lead architect. A lot of other ex-Atom and ex-Core guys & gals are at Apple, too.
That's the problem. Apple should stop leeching talented people from businesses that make real (fundamental) technology like Intel with their $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.
That's the problem. Apple should stop leeching talented people from businesses that make real (fundamental) technology like Intel with their $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.
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