The company’s chief engineering officer Murthy Renduchintala is leaving after Intel said it would have to delay its 7nm chips to late 2022, early 2023.
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Intel is changing leadership of the company’s chip division in the wake of its 7-nanometer technology stumble.
The company is bidding adieu to chief engineering officer Murthy Renduchintala, who is going to officially depart on August 3rd and guided Intel’s semiconductor business. His division, the “Technology, Systems Architecture and Client Group,” is now going to be separated into five different teams, whose leaders will report directly to Intel CEO Bob Swan.
The most significant promotion involves Ann Kelleher, who currently heads the company’s manufacturing operations. She’ll now lead Intel’s development on 7nm and 5nm chips, the key technologies necessary to keep the company competitive.
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In a statement, Intel’s CEO said the changes were made “to accelerate product leadership and improve focus and accountability in process technology execution.
