Jordan Saunders

Media credits: 1. The Intel trinity of Robert Noyce, Gordon Moore, and Andy Grove npr.org/2012/04/06/150… 2. The Intel i386, which changed personal computing forever, turns 40 years old blog.adafruit.com/2025/10/21/the… 3. Early Intel Inside Ad 386sx (Creative Commons (CC BY), Flickr user intelphotos flickr.com/photos/intelph…) 4. [Commercial] Intel Inside youtube.com/watch?v=1RAkZU… 5. The new Intel Pentium 60 tomshardware.com/reviews/mother…

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In mid-1985, Andy Grove pointed out his window at a Ferris wheel. Intel had been a memory chip company for 17 years. Japanese competitors were eating them alive. He turned to Gordon Moore and asked one question. Here's how it built the largest semiconductor empire:

Media credits: 1. She brought AMD back from the brink of bankruptcy | Risk Takers youtube.com/watch?v=lHT5MR… 2. How Lisa Su Turned Around AMD youtube.com/watch?v=amBe2b… 3. AMD Instinct™ MI300A Accelerator amd.com/en/products/ac…

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When Lisa Su took over AMD in October 2014, the stock was at $3.28. By July 2015 it had bottomed at $1.61. Analysts called the company uninvestable. Today AMD is worth over $680B. Here's how she pulled it off: