Replies to post #14793 on Intel Corp (INTC)

[Elmer Phud]

chipdesigner

It could be that his no longer working for Intel allows him to speak honestly about Itanium.

It could be.

I'm sure that by the original vision Itanium today is a failure, but this isn't 10 years ago, this is today. Looking forwards instead of backwards Itanium is one of only 2 highend options and it is at least as compelling as Power5.

[bjmasnick]

I knew Dave House way back in the early days of the 8080, 8086. He was a big deal in Intel but his path up to the top was either blocked or he was offered a good deal elsewhere and he left. I am surprised to hear that he was the greenlight for the Merced or Itanium since I thought he left Intel earlier. I used to design products that used (believe it or not) the 8008, the 8080 and the 8086. On several occaisions I met Dave House to talk about our purchases and to learn about coming developments in microprocessors. I remember being quite surprised when he left Intel. My recollection (which could easily be faulty) was that he left Intel in the late 1980s or the VERY early 90s.

Burt

[tecate]

Could you point to a site that say he was the green lighter? just him? all by his lonesome? I mean really doesn't AMD employees have anything better to do?

[Amy J]

RE: "House is credited with creating and launching the "Intel Inside" campaign."

Oh really?

RE: his claim about being involved with Itanium

I am nearly certain he was never involved with Itanium. Is he credited for it?

RE: " It could be that his no longer working for Intel allows him to speak honestly"

Or, once he left Intel possibly he no longer had to speak honestly? (This is a question)

A little story I heard. One evening his wife and him were in line at a restaurant just ahead of a highly respected, hard-working mid-level Intel engineer (who had started at Intel way back when there were only 100 employees but not as an engineer, she knows Grove quite well though she doesn't brag about that) she said a simple hello to House and his wife. Apparently because this engineer had a down-to-earth polite style, the couple seemingly made the wrong assumption they could be arrogantly rude to her for absolutely no valid reason. The couple's response was certainly not what you would expect out of an Intel executive.

I recall meeting him myself and was puzzled how he didn't carry himself like other Intel execs. His communication skillsets puzzled me for an Intel exec.

I think he may have ticked off enough of the hard-working people and some rather key execs and workers. I sort of doubt Grove liked him.

Whomever wrote up his bio, may want to consider redoing it a tad. Sometimes marketing people can get a bit carried away when they write bios for execs and that can create more harm than good for a person's image.

Regards,
Amy J