Ironically I think this is the nail in the coffin.

Pushing the whole company towards 18A as soon as possible made a lot of sense. Arc made a lot of sense (as it becomes competitive when you get to 18A). We’re not there yet.

Sacking the CEO, throwing him under the bus, and then publicly demanding salary back just reflects really badly on Intel.

I don’t know the details of what’s happened behind the scenes and if there was any impropriety, that being said:

Intel under Pat was in a bad place, but it wasn’t a public clown show.