According to foreign media reports, Intel announced today that the company in the two most prominent executives decided to leave the company, this once again shows the chip giant in the chaos after a management shake-up, as well as in defeat in the process of mobile equipment on the market.
Bloomberg said, citing people familiar with the news for Intel smartphone chip sales affairs, vice President of Aicha Evans on April 1 has handed in his resignation. In just five days, three departure is not soliciting idea "head".
Executives at departure analysis
Kirk Skaugen - Intel client computing division general manager
Kirk Skaugen is one of the outgoing of the two executives, as the manager of Intel's internal well-respected its widely Intel outside observers as the most likely to become the next CEO, in March this year, Intel has also announced it will be in May of CES keynote address on Asia 2016, so the resignation came very suddenly. On the news, Intel shares also fell 1.39%.
Intel said:
"Responsible for PCS and mobile devices chip sales, senior vice President of Kirk Skaugen, is due to the pursuit of other better career opportunity and decided to leave Intel."
Kirk Skaugen joined Intel in 1992, has led Intel's server chip and PC chip business, now in charge of client computing group, including Intel PC, tablet, mobile phone, etc.
During his tenure, Kirk Skaugen had push super, dual function tablets, and other products. Because China's supply chain in the smartphone, tablet, such as the rise of the market, it also specifically for China high subsidies policy to promote the development trend of dual function tablet.
According to market research firm IDC, though Intel's PC sales fell by nearly 11% in 2015 years, but Kirk Skaugen, under the leadership of the department of revenue fell by only 1%.
It is reported that currently responsible for Intel mobile chips, head of the Navin Shenoy will take his place on April 8.
Doug Davis - Intel Internet division general manager
Another senior executive is responsible for Intel iot chip sales transaction, senior vice President of Doug Davis, but he is not to resign, but chose to retire at the end of 2016.
Doug Davis joined Intel in 1984, the hours worked for 32 years, successively engaged in manufacturing, hardware, software, etc. 54, Doug Davis, who is responsible for the original embedded chip business, the business is now renamed as the Internet of things. In the fourth quarter of last year, the business income increased by 6%.
Intel says he will continue to remain in position now, until the company to find a suitable replacement.
Aicha Evans, vice President of Intel's mobile phone chip business
Aicha Evans joined Intel in 2006, can be called one of the most senior black female executives chip industry. In the past year, Aicha Evans was promoted to head of Intel mobile phones and then had MWCS represents the Intel 2016 the company in the field of mobile development planning.
In the personnel changes of the pain?
Intel CEO Brian Krzanich was took office in 2013, according to people familiar with the news that he has in the past few years, push forward the reform of the personnel, has been completely broke the pattern of traditional internal promotion of the company. Lead to Intel began to more senior managers, introduced from outside the company, analysts generally believe that, this may be executives are the most important factor of departure.
Is one of the most sensational event in November 2015 to hire worked as executive vice President at rivals qualcomm's Venkata Renduchintala for the new "user and Internet business and system architecture of" President, after Intel CEO Brian Krzanich second-in command, under his lead, Intel inside began a series of adjustment.
Intel CEO Brian Krzanich
According to the people familiar with the matter, Venkata Renduchintala made after the arrival of some of the work report directly to Brian Krzanich, Intel executives feel unprepared. To join, because he is pretty so out of thin air in Kirk Skaugen and Doug Davis positions above creates a new position.
The two executives departure is also Shared by Brian Krzanich and Renduchintala announced in the mail. In addition, due to his strict management system, all the rights of the executives was weakened to some extent, which could make some Intel executives feel not adapt to, and it is widely thought to be triggered by the departure of the tide.
The Intel spokeswoman Laura Anderson's position is:
"When there are new arrival of the managers and lead to a change in management system, existing managers to reassess its plans and goals, this is a very common thing, isn't it."
In recent years, with shrinking PC market and the mobile Internet opportunities missed, Intel is seeking transformation, also shows its current development strategy "don't give up phone, power is focused on the Internet of things" trend - hope to be able to in the field of uav, the Internet of things, such as smart home to find new business opportunities.
And allow Intel to the comfort, along with the development of cloud computing market, Intel chips in the center of the data obtained a large number of orders, which avoided the revenue decline significantly.
Even so, the main business (PC) chip market slump, Intel's results also is not very good:
Earnings in the fourth quarter of 2015, according to Intel in the fourth quarter on revenue of $14.9 billion, increased 1% year-on-year, net income was $3.6 billion, fell 1%.
So, analysts generally believe that, although the two executives may be voluntary redundancy, but Venkata Renduchintala may be the driver behind the unrest, the management because of its hope to make business better performance.
Research firm Endpoint Technologies Associates is responsible for the observation of Intel Roger Kay, an analyst said:
"When the situation becomes worse, will certainly need someone to when the back pan. But as for the fallen exactly is who, that depends on the selection of alternative list."
