GlobalFoundries VP Quits, Joins Intel In Battle Against ARM
Jon Carvill, former vice president of communications at GlobalFoundries, has just joined Intel in a media relations capacity with a title that is not public yet.
Carvill came originally from ATI's public relations team, joined AMD in 2006 as part of the ATI acquisition and jumped on the opportunity to lead the communications team of AMD's manufacturing unit when it was spun off in 2008. Carvill said that Global Foundries always treated him well and he left because of personal reasons.
At Intel, Carvill said he will be working in media relations focused on Intel's products for the smartphone and tablet market, which we assume will involve Intel's rivalry with ARM. Intel has quite a bit of work to do to bring compelling tablet/smartphone products to market and show that it can compete with ARM. Intel's reputation has taken some hits with rather blurry predictions how many tablets with Intel processors will be arriving this year - and Oak Trail is certainly not the savior Intel was hoping for.
There is no doubt that Carvill and the Intel PR team at Intel has a big challenge ahead. GlobalFoundries has not yet announced a replacement for Carvill.
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Personal reasons meaning "intel paid me more."
in reality he just liked the idea of working for Will.I.Am
Don't tell me this is the "big announcement" we have been waiting for in the Bulldozer sticky!!
I lol'd when I read "and Oak Trail is certainly not the savior Intel was hoping for." While Intel's endeavor into the mini-moble market will be a long one, I hope they don't loose sight on their bread-and-butter market.
what an Ugly name "Oak"
Who is this guy and why is this news?
@Mario75
about as stupid as appointing will.i.am as creative director and getting pointers from Apple maybe......
Grammar fail. It should be have instead of has.
look at all those amd fanboys - they hate everything whats not green and red LOLno wonder your amd cant make proper products withouts problems,amd fanboys suit amd pefectly hahahacant wait when that Shovel aka bullllldozzzzer buldoze amd.what are stupid name - Bull Doze er?
and this statement makes you any better but then again you are fan trolling so see ya.
anyway I wish the guy good luck in his new job because he's going to need it.
Some random guy takes a job at intel and this is somehow tech-worthy news? Probably made headlines because he is in public relations and has friends in the media.
A talking head jumped ship. Big deal.
Grammar fail. It should be have instead of has.
Grammar fail.
Grammar failure.
I'm sure AMD could just as easily fill this spot with a bobble head doll, PepBoys seems to be doing well with this tactic!
Personal reasons meaning "intel paid me more."
nothing wrong with that
It could be. I'm always a bit surprised when I hear about this as I would assume most/all VPs have a non compete clause in their contract. (can't work for X years for a competitor/same industry.) Granted he was in media and probably didn't have a lot of knowledge about upcoming products or how the engineering on them was done. But I'm still surprised it happens as often as it does.
It could be. I'm always a bit surprised when I hear about this as I would assume most/all VPs have a non compete clause in their contract. (can't work for X years for a competitor/same industry.) Granted he was in media and probably didn't have a lot of knowledge about upcoming products or how the engineering on them was done. But I'm still surprised it happens as often as it does.
I think the big reason for that is him working for global founderies, and technically not directly for AMD. Basically makes him more the worker than the leader. Anyways, I wish this guy the best over at Intel. They're struggling jumping into the graphics market and want to try to compete in the ARM market. 2 big battles at once like that, hope this isn't gonna turn into another P4 incident. I like competition on all levels, don't get me wrong, just don't know if they really understand the type of market they're jumping into.
Two words MOBILE GRAPHICS what a score for intel
Lol, Intel vs ARM? Total Annihilation is coming true ^^:
"What began as a conflict over the transfer of consciousness from flesh to machines escalated into a war which has decimated a million worlds. The Core and the Arm have all but exhausted the resources of a galaxy in their struggle for domination. Both sides now crippled beyond repair, the remnants of their armies continue to battle on ravaged planets, their hatred fueled by over four thousand years of total war. This is a fight to the death. For each side, the only acceptable outcome is the complete elimination of the other."
So Intel is hiring more PR guys to battle ARM. We'll be hearing more barking and less biting.
Wish he'd go to the desktop cpu department instead and invent meaningful model names like amd does.
what an Ugly name "Oak"
Maybe it'll start us out on our quest to capture Pokemon? XD
I wonder how much more Intel is paying him.
Maybe it'll start us out on our quest to capture Pokemon? XD
LOL
Personal reasons meaning "intel paid me more."
LOL
Also intel is far more certain to still be around in 5 years time.