The ghost of Pat Gelsinger hung heavily over Intel's fab plant in Arizona earlier this month as journalists from around the world gathered for Intel's annual Tech Tour, and I can tell you now that he was laughing his ass off in triumph.
Gelsinger, Intel's former CEO, was unceremoniously jettisoned by Intel's board late last year, and while he technically resigned, it was widely reported that if he hadn't, he'd have been fired. During his tenure, which some in the business world called "disastrous", Gelsinger bet heavily on chip manufacturing through Intel Foundry to the tune of tens of billions of dollars.
