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Jul 23, 2026 28 min

Only the Paranoid Survive

from Visionaries, Rebels and Machines

Intel is drowning in its own success: memory chips made Robert Noyce, Gordon Moore and Andy Grove rich, then Japanese rivals like Fujitsu and Hitachi arrive with better DRAM, leaving Intel trapped in denial as recession bites and customers complain. In 1986, with losses mounting, Grove asks what new management would do, then makes the brutal leap to abandon memory, close plants and bet everything on microprocessors, even without an anchor customer. When Compaq cracks IBM’s BIOS and makes the 386 PC explode, Intel’s near-death pivot reshapes the modern computer industry, and saves the company by reinventing it. Find out more about the Visionaries, Rebels and Machines: BUY THE BOOK HERE Listen to more episodes of the podcast here. Download sample chapters here. Ask Jamie questions here. Learn more about our people: Jamie Dobson: LinkedIn Join Jamie’s Substack If you enjoyed this episode then please either: Follow, rate, and review on Apple Podcasts Follow and rate on Spotify Watch our videos on our YouTube Channel!

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