Ex-Intel lead silicon engineer Jim Keller says Intel may not make as much money as it used to earn historically, but selling the company or some of its businesses is not a way to unlock shareholder value, but rather a fire sale of a company that has high chances to prosper. Jim Keller, a legendary chip designer and now the chief executive officer of Tenstorrent, a promising AI processor developer, took to Twitter to express his views on the latest news of a potential split or sale of Intel.
"You build value by having a great goal and a team that loves working to the goal," Keller wrote in an X post. "Intel built the fastest CPUs on the best process [technologies]. This [Handling Intel's businesses to third parties] is not unlocking shareholder value, it is a fire sale. It makes me sad."
"[…] I think a great Intel is worth $1 trillion. Seems a little careless to throw it away," he added later.
