Intel Corp yesterday reinforced its determination to strengthen its partnerships with Taiwan’s ecosystem partners including original-electronic-manufacturing (OEM) companies such as Hon Hai Precision Industry Co (鴻海精密) and chipmaker United Microelectronics Corp (UMC, 聯電).
“Tonight marks a new beginning. We renew our new partnership with Taiwan ecosystem,” Intel new chief executive officer Tan Lip-bu (陳立武) said at a dinner with representatives from the company’s local partners, celebrating the 40th anniversary of the US chip giant’s presence in Taiwan.
Tan took the reins at Intel six weeks ago aiming to reform the chipmaker and revive its past glory. This is the first time Tan visited Taiwan as CEO of Intel.
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“Execution” is the key to reviving Intel, he said.
Tan yesterday reiterated his determination to change the company’s culture by recalibrating on two fronts — building the best products and satisfying customers, which he has done at Cadence Design Systems Inc during his 15-year tenure as president of the company from 2009 to 2021.
To build the right central processing units and right products, Intel has to expand its engineering team, given that it has lost talent over the past few years, Tan said. The company has made progress in recruiting new employees, he said.
In terms of “delighting” customers, Tan said his first priority is to spend time with customers since he joined Intel as he did at Cadence. He said he has visited 1,500 customers during the first month with Cadence and he planned to take a similar approach at Intel.
“I listen to customers. A lot of big customers all want Intel to be strong again. That gave me the motivation to come to work,” Tan said. “You are going to see a new Intel. We are going to be very humble working with you, listen carefully,” Tan said.
Though Intel is facing “a few issues,” the company still holds sizable market share with 85 percent of the PC chip market and 55 percent of data center chip market, Tan said. Intel still can expand and build its strength on top of the solid foundations, he said.
"Give me some time, I will build a world-class technology company,” he said.
“Taiwan ecosystem plays a very important role in Intel’s past and the future success. So we are looking forward to your partnership. I've deeply appreciated your partnership in the last 40 years and I’m looking forward to the next 40 years,” Tan said.
Chairmen of Intel’s local partners — including Hon Hai’s Young Liu (劉揚偉), Asustek Computer Inc’s (華碩) Jonney Shih (施崇棠), Acer Inc’s (宏碁) Jason Chen (陳俊聖) and Mitac Holdings Corp’s (神達控股) Matthew Miao (苗豐強) — appeared in a video expressing their strong partnership with Intel.
ASE Technology Holding Co (日月光投控) chief operating officer Tien Wu (吳田玉) and UMC copresident Jason Wang (王石) were also featured in the video.
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