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ANANDTECH上面有前Intel AXG部门员工的精采回应 翻译与大家分享
I just can't believe there are people who believe Raja was delivering on GPU
promise. My other surprise is Raja was let go so late. I joined Intel's AXG
group some time back, genuinely believing Intel has plans in discreet GPUs
and datacenter ones (Ponte Vecchio, which Raja advertised a lot as a
revolution).
我真的无法相信有人会认为Raja可以实现GPU的愿景。我另外惊讶的是Raja居然这么晚才
走。一段时间前我加入Intel的加速运算系统与绘图部门(AXG，现已解散分拆)，天真地相
信Intel对独立显卡和运算中心GPU(Ponte Vecchio，Raja一直大力宣传是项革命产品)有
计画。
As soon as I joined, I realized it was mostly marketing and my assumptions
were totally wrong. The teams were incompetent, demotivated and were running
way beyond schedules published. My boss told me long back PVC is dead, has
some serious yield issues and next best hope is Rialto bridge. Both are dead
now.
我一加入AXG，就发现这些几乎都是广告词，而我的假设全都是错的。这支团队无能、没
有士气，执行速度比公告的时程慢太多。我的老板很久以前就告诉我Ponte Vecchio没救
了，因为有一些很严重的良率问题，而下一个最好的希望是Rialto Bridge。现在两者都
挂了(Intel已宣布取消Rialto Bridge)。
But catalyst for me was one of the quarterly all hands by Raja and other
guy/gals in his org. The delays were written all over, the made some bogus
paper launch of dGPU on March 31, 2022 which was Raja's quarterly OKR. And to
add to that any further line of dGPUs were not only late, but not that
competitive also I figured. And I realized one important thing: Raja is not a
technical guy, he is a marketing guy who was blabbering about TAM and what
not for dGPUs when they were horribly lagging in execution. Check out his
ridiculously bold claims on 1000x improvement in PPA by 2027 on none other
site than Anandtech.
但对我来说，离开公司的催化剂是 Raja 和他手下其他人的季度全体会议。报告上延误无
处不在，在 2022 年 3 月 31 日做了一些虚假的独立显卡纸上发布，这个发布算是
Raja 的季度目标关键成果。此外，独立显卡不只是延迟，更不如我预想的有竞争力。我
意识到一件重要的事情：Raja不是一个技术人员，他是一个营销人员，他喋喋不休地谈论
整体潜在市场，而不是讨论执行非常差的独立显卡产品。可以去Anandtech上查看他做了
到2027年要将功率、性能跟面积(Power, Performance, Area; PPA)提高1000倍的可笑大
胆声明。
Looking at Raja's lofty OKRs, so detached from reality, I knew he is on his
way out. That it took so long is the only surprise I see. And he seems to
have fooled Gelsinger for long. In one of the visits to overseas offices
(with Raja), Pat mentioned he sees Raja as "the guy" in GPU instead of that
nVIDIA guy in leather jacket. I almost threw up.
看着 Raja 如此脱离现实的崇高季度目标关键成果，我知道他即将离职。让我惊讶的是离
职这件事居然拖了这么久。他似乎已经愚弄了CEO Pat Gelsinger很久了。在一次Pat和
Raja共同拜访海外办公室时，Pat提到他认为Raja是”代表GPU的那个人(“the guy” in
GPU)”，而不是那个在NVIDIA穿着皮夹克的人。我差点吐了。
Lastly, I judge people's integrity based on their association with "like"
minded people. Raja has stake and deep collaboration with one of the shadiest
and corrupt guys in that VFX graphics company and is also a board member. How
Intel management could not see this for years is a surprise to me, seriously.
最后，我相信同类相聚，能用一个人亲近的对象判断他的诚信。Raja和一个最腐败、最不
老实的人(位处VFX图象公司，同时也是董事会成员)有非常深的合作关系。Intel的管理阶
层居然花好几年都没办法看出这点，让我非常讶异。
Thankfully, I made a quick decision to leave Intel and could not have been
happier in retrospect. Not bitching about my ex-employer but it was a real
mess. I still wish Intel all the best and believe they still have some of the
brightest people who are not being utilized properly.
还好我很快就决定离开Intel，回顾这个决定真是做得太对了。不是要对我的前东家一直
抱怨，但那真的是一团糟。我仍然祝福Intel，相信他们仍有一些最聪明的人才而之前没
有好好运用。