Pat Gelsinger, the new CEO of Intel. Photograph: Yuya Shino/Reuters
Pat Gelsinger, the new CEO of Intel. Photograph: Yuya Shino/Reuters
Sat 10 Apr 2021 11.00 EDT
It’s a truism that it takes a long time for a supertanker to change course; even if the captain spots trouble ahead it may be too late to avoid it. For the last few years, that’s the metaphor that has come to mind whenever Intel was mentioned. For as long as most of us can remember, it has been the lumbering supertanker of the silicon chip business because its central processing units (CPUs) powered most computers.