Intel EVP is optimistic about 2021 - not concerned about competition from Apple and AMD
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Fox2232
Would not it be better if they released big.LITTLE to mobile 1st?
Error8
Krzanich was also optimistic and look where it got him...
disco
LOL, Intel CEO lives in his own BIGlittle bubble. 😉
cucaulay malkin
2020 was the worst possible year for them and they still turned a profit
I imagine he would be optimistic about 2021 too if they predict it's going to be better
anticupidon
Every tsunami start with a small droplet, a small movement across the whole ocean. Only when it's too late you realize how important is to pay attention and not be too optimistic.
Always on guard keeps your seat, not sleeping on laurels.
But it will be fun to watch this, I bought a lot of popcorn...
moo100times
Intel is being buoyed by distance working and the general demand covid and home working has brought to the tech industry. Next year isn't going to magically improve from this situation, so no doubt they will sell their wares.
Astyanax
Undying
Let them be optimistic its a good thing. We them to make good cpus and gpus.
Fox2232
Silva
AMD can't meet demand for their products, wile Intel is selling everything they can make.
I'd say his optimism isn't wrong, AMD may have compelling products but unless they can fill the shelves with them...
schmidtbag
Well yeah obviously Tiger Lake laptops are selling well. It's basically the first design Intel made that isn't yet another overclocked Skylake refresh. Who'da thought that people are more likely to buy/upgrade when there's actually something worth upgrading to?
Intel somehow hasn't realized that the only reason their outdated tech has been seeing sales is because that's all people have been able to afford, and the recently lowered prices have finally made them more interesting.
H83
MonstroMart
Not concerned? Like that time where Steve Ballmer was not concerned about the iPhone?
mackintosh
You can't expect a CEO to tell you the truth these days. They're expected to be bullish all the time. He's just a product of current management culture. That said, Intel are still selling literally everything they produce, so he's got a point. It'll be years before they are in any real trouble, and there is no way they will fall behind for that long. This is Intel in 2020, not Cyrix in 1996.
nevcairiel
"Intel Executive Vice President Gregory Bryant"
Those words don't spell CEO like the headline says... (The Intel CEO is currently Bob Swan)
MonstroMart
moo100times
I think it's important to also note that pc hardware sales is not a zero sum game (less now than ever), but rather a continually expanding market - and probably faster now than ever before considering large emerging economies with purchasing power as well as home working.
A lot of companies also still use Intel stuff by default e.g. NHS in UK.
Large organisations often take a while to shift their tech standard, especially if there isn't a concerted top down effort.
Borys
They will launch this series at the same or higher AMD prices with 10% less performance with higher TDP consumption... poor Intel... 2021 will be even worst than 2020...
Intel... the looser´s choice!
mackintosh
Not the first time Intel has found itself on the back foot, and just like they rebounded from Prescott with Conroe, they will come back from this with something just as good. Maybe as soon as Alder Lake.
cucaulay malkin