通信世界網消息（CWW）1月13日，據英特爾官網消息，英特爾任命科技行業領袖Pat Gelsinger為新CEO。Pat Gelsinger此前在VMware擔任CEO。前任CEO Bob Swan任職CEO直到2月15日。英特爾預計將超過其之前溝通的2020年第四季度營收和每股收益(EPS)。第四季度的完整業績將如期於2021年1月21日發布。英特爾的7nm加工技術已經取得長足進步，將在1月21日財報電話會議中做出更新。
英特爾今天宣布，董事會已任命40年科技行業領袖Pat Gelsinger為新執行長，於2021年2月15日生效。Gelsinger也將加入英特爾董事會，他將接替鮑勃•斯旺(Bob Swan)擔任執行長，斯旺將於2月15日卸任。
今天的聲明與英特爾2020年的財務表現無關。英特爾預計2020年第四季度的營收和每股收益將超過2020年10月22日發布的預期。此外，該公司在7nm製程技術方面取得了長足進展，並計劃在2021年1月21日發布第四季度和2020年全年業績時進行更新。以下是 Pat Gelsinger致Intel的信。
More: Note from Pat Gelsinger to Intel
Gelsinger is a highly respected CEO and industry veteran with more than four decades of technology and leadership experience, including 30 years at Intel where he began his career.
「Pat is a proven technology leader with a distinguished track record of innovation, talent development, and a deep knowledge of Intel. He will continue a values-based cultural leadership approach with a hyper focus on operational execution,」 said Omar Ishrak, independent chairman of the Intel board. 「After careful consideration, the board concluded that now is the right time to make this leadership change to draw on Pat’s technology and engineering expertise during this critical period of transformation at Intel. The board is confident that Pat, together with the rest of the leadership team, will ensure strong execution of Intel’s strategy to build on its product leadership and take advantage of the significant opportunities ahead as it continues to transform from a CPU to a multi-architecture XPU company.」
「I am thrilled to rejoin and lead Intel forward at this important time for the company, our industry and our nation,」 said Gelsinger. 「Having begun my career at Intel and learned at the feet of Grove, Noyce and Moore, it’s my privilege and honor to return in this leadership capacity. I have tremendous regard for the company’s rich history and powerful technologies that have created the world’s digital infrastructure. I believe Intel has significant potential to continue to reshape the future of technology and look forward to working with the incredibly talented global Intel team to accelerate innovation and create value for our customers and shareholders.」
「The board and I deeply appreciate Bob Swan for his leadership and significant contributions through this period of transformation for Intel,」 continued Ishrak. 「Under his leadership, Intel has made significant progress on its strategy to transform into a multi-architecture XPU company to capitalize on market shifts and extend Intel’s reach into fast-growing markets. Bob has also been instrumental in reenergizing the company’s culture to drive better execution of our product and innovation roadmap. He leaves Intel in a strong strategic and financial position, and we thank him for his ongoing guidance as he works with Pat to ensure the leadership transition is seamless.」
「My goal over the past two years has been to position Intel for a new era of distributed intelligence, improving execution to strengthen our core CPU franchise and extending our reach to accelerate growth,」 said Swan. 「With significant progress made across those priorities, we’re now at the right juncture to make this transition to the next leader of Intel. I am fully supportive of the board’s selection of Pat and have great confidence that, under his leadership and the rest of the management team, Intel will continue to lead the market as one of the world’s most influential technology companies.」
Most recently, Gelsinger served as the CEO of VMware since 2012, where he significantly transformed the company into a recognized global leader in cloud infrastructure, enterprise mobility and cyber security, almost tripling the company’s annual revenues. Prior to joining VMware, Gelsinger was president and chief operating officer of EMC Information Infrastructure Products at EMC, overseeing engineering and operations for information storage, data computing, backup and recovery, RSA security and enterprise solutions. Before joining EMC, he spent 30 years at Intel, becoming the company’s first chief technology officer and driving the creation of key industry technologies such as USB and Wi-Fi. He was the architect of the original 80486 processor, led 14 different microprocessor programs and played key roles in the Core and Xeon families.