Intel's new CEO Lip-Bu Tan conducted his very first earnings call with the usual roll call of investors and banking bigwigs yesterday. Along with promising to bash the company into shape, including "flattening" the management structure and requiring everyone to turn up to the office four days a week, Tan tantalisingly revealed his aspiration for "partnership with the industry leader" in AI.
More specifically, on Intel's plans for AI hardware and the role of x86 chips, Tan said, "We’re going to look for partnership with the industry leader to build a purpose-built silicon and a software to optimize for that platform."
