Intel’s strategy: x86 now, maybe other ISAs later

Intel’s culture and cadence reset is real.

October 10, 2025

David Harold

Intel Tech Tour messaging under Lip-Bu Tan centers on execution discipline, customer-defined roadmaps, and platform delivery from transistor to software. EVP Kevork Kechichian underscored that Intel must be “number one… in the x86 era,” while leaving the door open to “other ones” later—an oblique nod to a potential multi-ISA future. Under the hood, 18A + Foveros Direct and an E-core–led Xeon 6 Plus (Clearwater Forest) form the near-term proof points. EVP Kevork Kechichian. (Source: Intel) Intel’s Tech Tour (ITT) in Phoenix landed during an internal reset. Since taking the helm, Lip-Bu Tan has pushed back to engineering fundamentals—fewer layers, tighter

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