‘Stay tuned’ for Intel’s plans on humanoid robots, Lip-Bu Tan told the audience on Monday as the company’s Intel Vision conference got under way.
Two weeks is admittedly not a lot of time in a new job. But time isn’t really on Lip-Bu Tan’s side.
Tan became Intel’s new chief executive on March 18 and has already started laying out some of his vision for the storied-but-troubled chip giant. In a letter to shareholders filed with the company’s annual report Thursday, Tan spoke of the need to “up our game” to make Intel’s products more competitive in the crucial market for artificial-intelligence systems. He also said he was “equally focused” on building up the foundry business—where Intel manufactures chips designed by other companies.
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