(Corrects paragraph 4 to show that Michelle Johnston Holthaus remains Director General of Intel Products)
By Stephen Nelis
The new CEO of San Francisco (Reuters) -Intel, Lip-Bu Tan, flattened the management team of the semiconductive giant, with groups of important fleas which reported directly, according to a note from Tan Venture by Reuters.
Intel has also promoted the chief of the Sachin Katti networking flea to become the chief of technology and chief of artificial intelligence, according to the memo.
Leadership changes are the first major movement under Tan, which took the first job last month, to transform the venerable manufacturer of flea of Silicon Valley after years of problems. The Intel data center and the AI chip group, as well as its group of personal composition chips, will go directly to Tan.
Previously, they were supervised by Michelle Johnston Holthaus, who remains Chief Executive Officer of Intel Products and whose work will extend to new regions.
“I want to roll up my sleeves with engineering and product teams so that I can learn what is necessary to strengthen our solutions,” wrote Tan. “While Michelle and I conduct this work, we plan to evolve and expand her role with more details to come in the future.”
Tan's reshuffle, which promised a leaner version of the legendary American flea manufacturer, follows an extended period of agitation at Intel based in Santa Clara, California.
The previous chief left last year after disagreements with his board of directors on how to transform the company after years of manufacturing and faux of the products. A higher challenge is to face the rise of Nvidia, which has become the dominant supplier of IA fleas.
Become “focused on engineering”
Despite the acquisition of several IA Chip startups, Intel failed to settle for a coherent strategy to challenge Nvidia and, in January, exceeded his last attempt, a chip called Falcon Shores. The development of the new AI strategy will now fall in Katti.
Tan's email says Katti “extends his responsibilities to include the role of chief technology and the AI officer for the company. As part of this, he will direct our global AI and AI roadmap, as well as Intel laboratories and our relationships with starting and developer ecosystems”.
Katti, who is also a professor at the University of Stanford, will succeed Greg Lavender, who retires from Intel, according to the memo.
In recent years, the Intel management team had included many commercial unit chiefs, technical leaders are often layers below the CEO. Tan's memo said three longtime technical frameworks – Rob Bruckner, Mike Hurley and Lisa Pearce – will now go to Tan.
