Intel ousts its chief engineer, shakes up technical group after delays

Re:Intel ousts its chief engineer, shakes up technical group... by jedberg on Monday July 27, 2020 @08:55PM (#23971152)

It's important to note that the number of manufacturing jobs has fallen significantly. Manufacturing has gotten way more efficient since the 40s, so a lot fewer people are necessary.

That's why it's so politicized. Manufacturing is about 12% of GDP. That 12% used to go to a lot of people. Now it goes to the few people who own all the factories and the robots inside them.

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Re:Intel ousts its chief engineer, shakes up technical group... by baybal2 on Monday July 27, 2020 @09:03PM (#23971209)

> Manufacturing has gotten way more efficient since the 40s,

It's both yes or no for USA:

1. Fever businesses at all in the sector

2. USA has an extremely strong slant towards expensive capital goods, in very entrenchable industries: aerospace, defence, weapons, medical, industrial vehicles, and machinery

3. All of the above is increasingly made with imported, off the shelf parts

4. USA has "industrial" companies who manage to report giant manufacturing outputs in accounting statements, but known to not have a single running manufacturing plant.

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Re:Intel ousts its chief engineer, shakes up technical group... by treis on Monday July 27, 2020 @09:39PM (#23971415)

Do you have an example of 4?

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Re:Intel ousts its chief engineer, shakes up technical group... by AlphaSite on Monday July 27, 2020 @09:52PM (#23971515)

I don't think its quite that extreme, but Boeing, car companies etc all extremely large amounts of subcontracting.

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Re:Intel ousts its chief engineer, shakes up technical group... by chrisjarvis on Monday July 27, 2020 @09:11PM (#23971259)

thanks, that's important to note and definitely explains why it is politicized.

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