The company is a cornerstone of the entire computer industry, and crucial to the USA in multiple areas.

However, between 2007 and 2013, this massive corporation lost almost everything seemingly overnight.

First, Nokia resisted the shift to fully touch-screen phones.

Terminal window showing the manual page for the Mutt email client on Linux

Which might seem silly now, but it’s actually a reasonable objection.

But we have the benefit of knowing how things turned out.

However, there’s something eerily familiar about Intel’s recent history and the turning point for Nokia.

Nokia 2780 Flip

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There’s theill-fated Netburst architecturewhich was last seen in the Pentium 4.

Also, who can forgetLarrabee?

Intel’s strange attempt at building a GPU from its CPU technology.

Copilot key on a laptop keyboard.

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Notably, there’s no Intel (or AMD for that matter) hardware in these laptops.

The current premium options run chips from Qualcomm and I expect other companies to get in on the action.

It’s been struggling to move to a smaller production process for its chips for years now.