Is Intel’s CPU business crumbling under the 7nm pressure from AMD?

Intel, the chip giant and x86 extraordinaire, is finding its 10nm process node shrink neither easy nor cheap. The past year has been incredibly rocky for the tech company, with reactive product launches, supply issues, and the beginnings of a downward spiral that financial institutions and some of Intel’s largest clients have started to take notice of. What a difference a single process node makes. But will Intel be able to bounce back? Intel’s long-standing CEO, Brian Krzanich, is now long gone, its 10nm Cannon Lake parts severely delayed - or possibly cancelled in desktop form - security bugs run rampant through speculative execution, and its server business shows cracks as the company’s 14nm manufacturing reaches terminal velocity well under demand. Intel seriously can’t catch a break and it’s not a company used to being in the hot seat, either. Intel has long thrived on being far ahead of any competitors, blinkers on, and charging ahead into the next breakthrough. But now that it’s under threat, it doesn’t look like Intel has much in the way of a coherent plan to deal with the newfound pressure. It’s become a reactionary company, chopping and changing products to deal with the realities of a market it’s looking out of touch with all of a sudden.

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