Yesterday, we reported that Intel officially announced that its CEO, Bob Swan, will be leaving office in February this year. He will be replaced by long-time Intel staff and former CTO, Pat Gelsinger. Although Gelsinger will not take office until next month, he is already making preparations. According to recent reports, Gelsinger’s target is Apple. He wants to make sure that Intel makes chips that are better than Apple’s PC chips.
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According to a local newspaper in Oregon, Intel held a company meeting with all employees yesterday and Gelsinger attended the meeting. Gelsinger told Intel employees that Intel must provide the PC ecosystem with better products than Apple produces. Of course, he didn’t explicitly refer to Apple and called it a “lifestyle company” in Cupertino.