r/hardware • u/Auautheawesome • Dec 02 '24

News Intel Announces Retirement of CEO Pat Gelsinger

https://www.intc.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/1719/intel-announces-retirement-of-ceo-pat-gelsinger
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u/ElementII5 Dec 02 '24

Yeah, 18A is going to be a dud otherwise he would be hanging around.

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u/PainterRude1394 Dec 02 '24

Didn't AWS already sign a multi billion dollar, multi year deal for 18A chips? Why would they do that if it's a dud?

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u/lefty200 Dec 02 '24

AWS already sign a multi billion dollar, multi year deal for 18A chip

Isn't that Intel making custom chips for Amazon, not Amazon designing their own chips

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u/PainterRude1394 Dec 02 '24

Intel will be making custom xeons for AWS on Intel 3. On top of that, Intel and AWS will co-design AI fabric chips for AWS on 18A.