Intel under Tan: What enterprise IT buyers need to know

Intel’s appointment of semiconductor veteran Lip-Bu Tan as CEO marks a critical moment for the company and its enterprise customers.

With rising competition from AMD, Arm-based chips, and RISC-V alternatives, Intel faces mounting pressure to defend its x86 dominance.

While many enterprises still depend on Intel for data center workloads, AI acceleration, and PC deployments, the landscape is shifting. AMD continues to erode Intel’s x86 market share, Arm is expanding in data centers, and Nvidia has surged ahead in AI.