Long post , bit of a clutter

sorry in advance!
Intel have some BIG problems right now (not in any particular order) , let me list a few of what i think are the glaring ones (omitting the process issue...too long to discuss that one).
1) They are extremely margin driven - You cannot make big changes (which cost a lot of money) due to the additional cost -> Die size increase eats margins , more engineers cost money , better engineers cost money, so for years Intel just kept at it , now things are changing and they need to increase spending which management does not like , which in turn makes the needed changes way too slow.
2) Focus - the company used to be very focused on X86 design , they lost that focus in a big way.
3) Talent - Intel cannot get the best EE/ Chip designers / Uarch engineers to work for them anymore (mainly the new/mid experienced ones), they just dont pay enough (AMD pays better , not to mention the new players on the block ,which of them there are many) , they are perceived as the losing team now days , it adds to the lost of Focus , where even the good engineers they do have (and they do) are stretched thin.
Not helping is the fact that all the latest managers are coming from outside of Intel , making the good mid level managers look elsewhere as they are not being considered for the bigger roles.
4) Leadership - too many ORG changes (really too many to count), no real leader , high level managers are WAY too hands OFF , and are not involved in the core work of the org they run , mid level managers get blamed a lot but who can actually prosper in an ORG that changes every year.
5) Competition - They failed to crack any other market they tried to compete in , with substantial investments mind you (biggest fails were the cell/modem business and tablet/phone market , upcoming failures could be the GPU and AI , but jury is out on those yet), in their own backyard they are getting beaten up now days , and AMD will not stop , better Talent , better process (now and future looking) and much more FOCUS & Leadership , In the other backyard that they missed completely things are heating up (pun intended) , margins will not stay the same if they want to be competitive and this create another pressure point for the company to solve (we can discuss this in a different post.
Now to the main topic of this thread

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Good luck to Jim Keller in his next challenge , he is a great leader with unique style , and has what it seems a "following" hhhh , the amount of comments i see on the internet that makes him to be some kind of ultra mega genius that just goes around companies and fix and invent amazing silicon as he goes by is comical

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I would say this , being a great leader (which he is) in a chip organization is the single most important position in the org , and it has nothing to do with actually developing a Uarch or designing the chip it self , but this is a different topic for a different day , which you guys might not even care to discuss !
Personally I thought he might be able to change things for the better in Intel , mainly bring back the FOCUS and also importantly be able, due to his status in the CPU world influence the management decisions of the company , he is a guy who could say to the CEO , "listen we are behind , we need money for better engineers , we need you guys to allow me to increase the die size to stay competitive even if it costs us some margin" and actually be taken seriously.