Intel CEO Tan Rips Up Former CEO Gelsinger’s Playbook, Brings Talent Back And Strips Silos To Salvage Data Center Business

Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan said the company lost data center leadership under Patrick Gelsinger and is now rebuilding its organization to recover.

Tan said he has brought back key talent, reduced silos, and tightened engineering oversight to improve execution.

He argued AI growth will keep CPUs important even as workloads shift, supporting Intel’s server and data center recovery.

Intel is also working to lift 18A process yields, a key step in improving manufacturing quality and competitiveness.

The turnaround of Intel’s data center business is critical as it faces pressure from AMD and other rivals.