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Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan Restructures Leadership to Prioritize AI and Engineering

Tan flattens management, centralizes chip group oversight, and appoints Sachin Katti as Chief Technology and AI Officer in a bid to revitalize Intel.

A smartphone with a displayed Intel logo is placed on a computer motherboard in this illustration taken March 6, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
A sign is shown at the entrance to the headquarters of Intel Corporation in Santa Clara, California.
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Overview

  • Lip-Bu Tan has streamlined Intel's leadership structure, placing key chip groups—including data center, AI, and PC divisions—under his direct control.
  • Networking chip leader Sachin Katti has been promoted to Chief Technology and AI Officer, tasked with leading Intel's AI strategy and product roadmap.
  • Tan criticized Intel's bureaucratic inefficiencies, stating they have stifled innovation and slowed decision-making within the company.
  • The leadership overhaul reflects Tan's commitment to fostering a hands-on, engineering-driven culture to regain competitiveness against rivals like Nvidia.
  • These changes mark Tan's first major actions as CEO, building on his mandate to address Intel's prolonged challenges in manufacturing and AI strategy.