The Intel Trinity

Sultan AlmutairiNov 11, 2014

Chapter 41: Memory loss

Chapter 42: Andy Agonistes

Memory Chip Market

Intel was the industry leader in memory–chip sales

Mid -1980s, were devastating years of Intel’s

financials

Early 1982, the market crashed pushed Grove and

Moore to get out of the memory business. Timeline

In 1982, Intel had been the 2nd semiconductor

In 1984, revenues were $ 1.63 billion

In 1985, revenues fell to $1.36 billion

In 1986, Intel lost $ 173 million

What was holding Intel back?

Technology drivers.

Full product line.

Differences between Intel and other companies

Intel still maintained R&D and capital expenditures.

Intel had the microprocessor contract for the IBM PC

and it’s clones.

80386 microprocessor

32 bit microprocessor.

275,000 transistors.

Run multiple software programs.

Intel’s threats

Intel had several competitors for its own microprocessor.

Advanced Micro Devices.

Big Changes

Intel won a dispute with Japanese giant NEC.

The US semiconductor industry saw an improvement in

the first quarter in Intel’s profit.

Andy Grove became a chief executive officer of Intel

In 1987, Andy Grove received the Engineering

Leadership Award from The IEEE.

Reflection

Intel had strong leaders that helped Intel to

survive.

During the crisis, Intel’s leaders made strategic

decisions by taking responsibilities when they

made risk actions.