I think we're going to see major shakeups over the next ~10 years from both companies. Old models of design are quickly reaching their limits. Heterogeneous cores and multi-die designs are just the start. It's an exciting time!

reaching the performance limit would be a blessing in disguise

Factoring in say 10x-100x repetition code for for error correction, existing silicon tech is already damn near to the launder limit. General purpose CPU and GPU architecture has some data flow logistics it could optimize, but ASICs are pretty much at the performance limit already.

It just seems like they are struggling as a company.

Please have some sympathy for the pathetic workers who have to work overtime to keep up because management failed to keep progress for the new and exciting.

Sometimes this competition thing is a distraction. Like now there is an emergency meeting for the three year roadmap to shrink to 1 year and with less innovation than they planned it to have, and the actual three year roadmap becomes 5 years because of wasted energy for short term gains.

Thats how business works. If people dont want to work at intel because of this thats ok too. Its the society we created and its worked out really well in the CPU industry for 50+ years now.

I know that is how some businesses work. But workers have more sight. Some would pander for the philosophy of Apple, don't compete just innovate. And sometimes they get that opportunity.

But other times when competing, long visions lose. And so do the workers who have them. This is detrimental.

I am not ever working for something like this I hope, but I do see others work in this way. And sometimes they are gifted yet unable to make that gift work.

Sounds ripe for a union