Pat Gelsinger has been the CEO of Intel for 11 months, and throughout that time, it has been evident that he has a proclivity for speaking his mind, even when it isn’t always the wisest course of action (as evidenced by his recent spat with Intel’s partner, TSMC).
Gelsinger created an instructional film for his LinkedIn followers to commemorate his nearly one-year stay and tie it in with New Year’s celebrations. He did, however, use the occasion to say that AMD is now “in the rearview mirror” in the consumer market, having fallen behind Intel. That’s how Gelsinger intends the technology competition to continue under his leadership, as you can see in the video below.
Gelsinger gave a brief overview of the current circumstances to start his discussion about 11 months and 11 noteworthy things looking back at 2021 and forward to 2022. According to the Intel CEO, his new leadership has sparked a frenetic pace of transformation and change at Intel, as the rest of the globe adjusts to new work and life habits. Gelsinger’s upbeat remarks continue, with him presenting his perspective on how everyone may achieve their goals.
Gelsinger is more than candid in indicating AMD will now play second fiddle in the x86 processor sector (2:40 in the above video) during his talk surrounding the sixth category:
“Alder Lake. All of a sudden…Boom! We are back in the game,” exclaims the impish tech CEO. “AMD in the rearview mirror in clients [consumer market],” he adds, “and never again will they be in the windshield; we are just leading the market.”
These words pertain to Alder Lake’s strong performance and performance-per-dollar in desktop PCs, which has propelled Intel to the top of the CPU Benchmark Hierarchy and our list of Best CPUs for Gaming. However, the influence of Alder Lake on the laptop market has yet to be apparent, even though laptops account for a much bigger part of the market than desktop PCs. We won’t have to wait long to find out how it works out, as Alder Lake-powered laptops will be available next month.
Gelsinger’s speech also emphasizes his long-term goals, such as launching five nodes over a four-year timeline. The Intel 7, Intel 4, Intel 3, Intel 20A, and Intel 18A nodes are on track, according to Gelsinger, with the latter set to appear in “early 2025.”
Gelsinger concluded his holiday message to Intel coworkers by vowing to be the best he can be for all of the company’s 100,000 employees, promising that he is still as excited about Intel’s future as he was when he first joined the company many years ago — and when he rejoined 11 months ago.
Intel is undoubtedly energized in the wake of its recent victory in the desktop PC market, but the AMD vs Intel war rages on in laptops and the server sector, not to mention AMD’s Zen 4 Ryzen 7000 CPUs, which will be available for desktop PCs later this year. Given Gelsinger’s predilection for harsh speech, we can expect lots of pyrotechnics in the coming year as Intel attempts to reclaim the lead over its archrival.
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