Intel lays off 1000 managers, Epic games declares intel evil

[TrinireturnofGamez]

 While intel is set to take back some of its market share , things are tight  at intel  headquarters , a year of aggressive pricing and R&D is taking its toll , intel has been literally giving away processors that would normally cost much more in order to prevent AMD from doing to much damage ..
   http://www.redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=17570&hed=Intel+Sheds+1%2C000+Jobs&sector=Industries&subsector=Computing

Intel’s Transformation
Intel said Thursday it’s cutting about 1,000 managers as part of its plan to broadly restructure the company, which has experienced a falling market share and stock price.

Intel, based in Santa Clara, California, is undergoing the large-scale transformation that was promised by CEO Paul Otellini in April. Mr. Otellini, who became the chief executive in May of last year, said he would examine every part of the company and cut spending by $1 billion this year

 
   

   http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=33009

 The VP of Epic games has declared that intel is holding back gaming by  pushing down inferior IGPs into the market.. I'v had firsthand experience of how bad these things are... Trying to get Half Life 1 : counterstrike running on it resulted in crashes and system lockups... It would run unreal 2004, but by the time the system loaded a level
(10 minutes) the game would have already finished..   
  On another note ,my neighbours integrated X300 plays counterstrike : source and half life 2 with no problems.. and runs Warcraft at many times the speed .

[TriniXaeno]

Well it is sad to see Intel letting people go. HP did so in a similar fashion recently.

Hundreds as well, if not thousands.

Though I disagree with Epic. While intel's integrated graphics surely suck for 3D gaming, they are fit for purpose. That is, dog cheap graphics for basic windows use.

Not exactly stifling the gaming industry. It is the largest media based business in the world already. lol @ holding back.

In fact, I'd say they are keeping nvidia and ati in the game with their inferior IGP offerings. Imagine if Intel threw on some Nvidia 7600GS level performance chips on those boards, gratis.

Very very few people would need to buy a discrete graphics card to play 90% of the games on the market.

(crickets chirping in the distance)

That silence you just heard was the death of the low and mid end graphics card market, taking the industry with it.

Not exactly a lucrative market but it definitely makes up the bulk of Nvidia/ATI graphics card sales.

As the old addage goes....be careful what you wish for....

[TrinireturnofGamez]

 i'm not asking intel  to put ati and nvidia out of the market ,all we want is  basic functionality , around x300 and 5200 performance...

[W1nTry]

But umm isn't it like Intel's plan to get back more seriously into the discrete market? so Trini might get is wish soon... however this is also the basis of the STILL continuing rumours that AMD will buy ATI... this would be in keeping with Intel getting more into the discrete market as their IGPs suck and AMD has none of it's own. ATI would solve this and make conroe/crossfire much more uncomfortable.

[Crixx_Creww]

to solve that

intel should crush amd with its wallet and outbid ati.
buy them
then close them down.
that would be supperrr thanks forr assskinggg

[TriniXaeno]

lol

discrete is one thing....integrated is another.

discrete would be welcome. Three companies fighting for the 3D performance crown would be great.

Intel overpowering their integrated line up would snuff out a large portion of the discrete graphics market which I personally think would be bad for the industry as a whole.

That said, Nvidia's nforce mobo was great with their onboard geforce 2 so they could compete with intel on that level. As can ATI, since they also produce solid integrated graphics. So maybe it won't be such a bad thing after all.