• Buffalox@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      A decline is ALWAYS relative to something, otherwise it wouldn’t make sense. So what is it really that you mean?

      Intel used to be the undisputed leader both on CPU design and production process. Those positions are both lost, Intel also always used to have huge profits, but has had deficits lately, that used to be absolutely unheard of. They have lost both their economic and technological lead and they have lost marketshare, So how is that not a decline by every measure?

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        5 months ago

        Actually no. If I am standing still and people move past me, I’m not moving backwards.

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          5 months ago

          Your analogy is very incomplete. No one is saying that Intel’s products or technology is “moving backwards”, but rather that their market share and performance as a company are declining.

          Take your person “standing still” and imagine they were previously in the lead during a marathon and suddenly stopped before the finish line. They’re not moving backwards, but their position in the race is dropping from first, to second, to third, and they will eventually be last if they don’t start moving again.