Intel, Qualcomm and Chandrasekher did not immediately respond to this news.
According to people familiar with the matter, in addition to Amon and Chandrasekher, who left Qualcomm in May, other candidates include Navin Shenoy, the current Intel executive, and Venkata Murthy Renduchintala, former Intel executives Diane Bryant, Renee James, and Stacy Smith. Pat Gelsinger, the current CEO of VMware, is also on the list of candidates, but he has made it clear that he will not consider this.
Bob Swan, Intel's chief financial officer and interim CEO, told employees that he was not interested in being a permanent CEO.
Intel’s search for CEO in Santa Clara, Calif., is expected to take three to four months to determine. Since the sudden departure of Krzanich in late June, the company has begun to look for his successor. It is said that Krzanich is violating The company's 'non-fraternization policy' has a relationship with employees and has been chosen by the board of directors to leave.
At last week's quarterly earnings meeting, Swan said that Intel's search for a CEO successor has no clear timeline, but the board is 'intensifying its implementation.'
The timing of the company's search for a CEO successor is critical. Intel ushered in the company's 50th anniversary on July 18 and is facing increasing competition in data centers and customers. The company will also introduce the next generation of 10 nanometer processors. Delayed until later next year. Its competitor AMD will launch 7nm chip next year, which will give AMD a certain advantage.
Amon and Chandrasekher became strong candidates, which shows that Intel hopes to recruit talent from outside to seek a breakthrough. So far, Intel's six CEOs have been selected from within the company.
Amon is also a veteran of Qualcomm. He was an engineer when he joined Qualcomm in 1995. Amon had worked with Intel Chief Technology Officer Renduchintala before, and the latter worked for Qualcomm for more than a decade.
After leaving Intel, Chandrasekher joined Qualcomm in 2012. After reports that Qualcomm is considering exiting the data center business, Chandrasekher left in May this year when he served as the company's server chip leader. Amon later said that although the company plans to cut this Some business expenses, but Qualcomm will continue to research and develop in the server field.