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Dec 2024
20m 12s

The Chip Business Is Booming. Why Isn’t ...

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL & GIMLET
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Intel—the company whose chips were “inside” your ‘90s desktops—has fallen behind in recent years. Now, the CEO hired to turn things around is suddenly out. WSJ’s Asa Fitch explains how the once-dominant chip brand lost its edge.


Further Reading:

- He Was Going to Save Intel. He Destroyed $150 Billion of Value Instead. 

- Intel Co-CEOs Outline Strategy Following Pat Gelsinger’s Ouster 


Further Listening:

- America’s Answer to the Chip Shortage 

- Why Washington Went to Wall Street to Revive the Chips Industry 


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