On: The Rise and Fall of Silicon Graphics

[AtlasBarfed]

Why was exiting the DRAM business such an obvious positive?

Intel is basically at its root PC hardware. Yes, it doesn't dominate the entire industry, but memory is pretty key to a PC and the OS that runs on it.

In fundamentally it's another fab product. Like chipsets.

[tambourine_man → AtlasBarfed]

They were being crushed by the Japanese in price and went from the dominant player to barely registering the sales chart in one decade

https://anthonysmoak.com/2016/03/27/andy-grove-and-intels-mo...