It has happened to others.
I’ve been working for Intel for almost 25 years.
Internal guidelines say I can make comments about obsolete product, items which are already public knowledge but that’s about it.
Trust me its nothing sinister, just a business decision.
“Internal guidelines say I can make comments about obsolete product ... “
Can you talk about products you are working on that will be obsolete in the future? ;-)
I hear Intel is a great place to work. I passed up an opportunity to work there back in 1998. While I have no regrets, those six month sabbaticals every 10 years would work wonders when it comes to cleansing the mind from various chip design related nightmares that accumulate over the course of a decade (I mainly do FPGA work, but it has its various related stresses ... nothing like taping out a new ASIC though :-) ).
Intel is a good company. I’ve known that for a fact for a long time.
I'd make book on that. You are absolutely right. It's just business.