So AMD hasn’t been able to compete with Intel in CPU’s, and hasn’t been able to compete with nVidia in GPU’s. So bringing this guy in obviously hurts AMD, but helps Intel how exactly? Maybe with Intel’s money he can do more? I’m lost on this one. I think this is more about Intel trying to protect their CPU business and (maybe) upgrade their crap integrated graphics.
What ever help he may be, anything he can do will take months or perhaps even a couple of years before it bears fruit. He is, after all, only one man. Perhaps he can attract more talent from AMD, but that still takes time.
Also, as pointed out above, there seemed to have been claims that Intel and AMD were planning some joint efforts. I wonder how this poaching of AMD's lead guy will affect those plans?
As I said, it will lead to some interesting things in the future. . . whichever way it goes.