Fixing Intel Foundry Is Like Stopping Tripping Down The Stairs

Technical Debt and Intel's Challenges

Technical debt is a significant issue, as acknowledged by IT managers, programmers, system administrators, and end users.

If you save money in the short run by not keeping up, you always end up paying with interest when you are backed into a place where you do have to catch up.

Intel's situation can be likened to this. The company has come close to irrelevancy due to a combination of foolishness, arrogance, and honest mistakes. Historically, Intel was a prominent chip manufacturer that also designed chips, with its foundry primarily serving the company's own products group.

The foundry and products groups at Intel operated like two interdependent but separate companies.

Author's summary: Intel faces significant challenges in its foundry business.

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