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Title: Intel Ousts CEO of Products, Ending 30-Year Career

Link: https://slashdot.org/story/25/09/09/213214/in...

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Tom's Hardware: Intel has removed
its chief executive officer of products, Michelle Johnston Holthaus, as part
of a major shake-up of the executive branch of the embattled chip firm,
according to Reuters. This is part of new CEO Lip-Bu Tan's plan to reshape
the company under his leadership, flattening the leadership structure so he
makes more of the important decisions about day-to-day operation. [...]
Holthaus is the latest high-profile figure at Intel to get the axe, ending a
30-year career at Intel, but a mere 10 months in her CEO of products role,
and a temporary position as co-CEO after the previous CEO, Pat Gelsinger,
suddenly left in 2024. "Throughout her incredible career, Michelle has
transformed major businesses, built high-performing teams and worked to
delight our customers," Tan said in a statement. "She has made a lasting
impact on our company and inspired so many of us with her leadership. We are
grateful for all Michelle has given Intel and wish her the best." Intel has
said Holthaus will remain with the company in an advisory role, but her
position will not be filled by anyone else. What Intel is doing, though, is
bringing in executives from elsewhere, including one who worked at Tan's
previous endeavour, Cadence. Srinivasan Iyengar joined the company in June
and will take on the role of head of a new central engineering division. This
group will focus on developing a new custom silicon business for external
customers. Although Intel's fabrication business has been one of its worst-
performing in recent years, and there are still talks of it selling large
portions of it, it's found a new lease of life following U.S. government
investment and Bu Tan's leadership. With Iyengar's new role, though, it's
possible we'll see Intel designing chips for customers, rather than merely
producing them. That could see it compete against the likes of Broadcom and
Marvell. With Tan pushing for a faster, leaner business overall, Iyengar will
report directly to him in his new role. Intel also announced that it had
acquired the services of former executive vice president of solutions
engineering at Arm, Kevork Kechichian. He'll begin heading Intel's datacenter
group, and brings years of experience at ARM, NXP Semiconductor, and
Qualcomm.

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