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Intel is laying off over 15,000 employees and will stop ‘non-essential work’ (www.theverge.com)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/technology

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So they got all that money from Uncle Sam's CHIPS Act only to lay off 10,000 employees and make themselves "lean". Govt funded unemployment.

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[–] jordanlund 48 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Probably just keeping the staff needed to replace all the 13th and 14th gen CPUs.

[–] TheGoldenGod 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I really hope they plan on fixing the problems with those generations. 🤞

[–] glimse 43 points 1 month ago (2 children)

They aren't fixing shit since the problem is unfixable

[–] TheGoldenGod 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I suppose I should’ve phrased it as, compensating. Seeing as they are still being sold.

[–] ChicoSuave 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

American companies don't compensate unless legally obligated.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And then they send you a $10 Uber Eats card.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

They just want you to wat out of their hand so you don't have a standing to sue.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The problem is fixable in microcode -if- it hasn't already caused damage to the CPU. Most CPUs are fucked.

[–] BassTurd 23 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The micro code fix is to throttle the CPU. It's only kind of a fix.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

And the "fix" (big foam helmet) is not even out yet. They don't have the chips to replace them all right now and are still selling more. You can help yourself by setting the clock speed (no boost) yourself.

Oh and after the foam helmet gets put on they will still sell these using the old higher specs.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It sounds like a workaround, not a fix. And it's not clear that it stops the processor degradation, rather than just slowing it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

There's no such thing as stopping processor degradation, it's just that it usually takes so long that nobody cares anymore.