The memo said that the exclusive intelligence CEO lip-bu tan flattened the leadership structure, named the new AI leader.
Stephen Nellis
San Francisco (Reuters) – Smart's new CEO lip -bu tan is flattening the semiconductor giant's leadership team, with important bargaining groups reporting directly to him, according to a memo from Tan seen by Reuters.
Intel also promoted Sachin Katti, chief of network chips, to chief technology officer and head of artificial intelligence, the memo shows.
The change in leadership is the top move under Tan, who held the top job last month and turned over the ancient Silicon Valley chip maker after years of problems. Intel's data centers and AI chipsets and its personal computer chip group will report directly to him.
They were previously supervised by Michelle Johnston Holthaus, who remains CEO of Intel's products, whose work will expand into new areas.
“I wanted to roll up my sleeves with the engineering and product team so I could learn what I needed to strengthen the solution,” Tan wrote. “When Michelle and I were pushing this work, we planned to develop and expand her role in more details in the future.”
Tan's reshuffle has promised a streamlined version of the legendary American chipmaker, having been turbulent for a long time in the California-based Santa Clara.
The last head left last year after a year of manufacturing and product lapses with the board about how to reverse the company. The biggest challenge is to face the rise of NVIDIA, which has become the main supplier of AI chips.
“Slowly suffocating” innovation
Despite gaining several AI chip startups, Intel has not reached a coherent strategy to challenge NVIDIA and put aside its latest attempt in January, a bargaining chip called Falcon Shores. Developing a new AI strategy will belong to Katti.
Tan's email said Katti “is expanding his role to include the role of chief technology and the company's AI official. As part of this, he will lead our overall AI strategy and AI product roadmap, as well as Intel Labs and relationships with the startup and developer ecosystem.”
According to the memo, Stanford University, who is also a professor at Stanford University, will succeed Greg Lavender, who retired from Intel.
The CEO wrote that Intel is looking for a new head of government affairs, and he will also report to Tan, “below the importance of government affairs in a complex global environment.” Previous Bruce Andrews, who worked in the Department of Commerce under then-President Barack Obama, left Intel after the November U.S. election.
