The Fall of Intel: A Cautionary Tale

If you grew up in the 90s or 2000s, you knew the Intel brand. It meant your computer

had power. It meant quality. It meant that whatever computer you were using wasn't a piece

of junk. For forty years, Intel wasn't just a company. It was the Roman

Empire of Silicon Valley. They had the smartest engineers, the deepest pockets,

and a monopoly so aggressive the government tried to break them up. They were untouchable.

But in 2024, the Empire didn't just stumble. It collapsed. We are talking about

the single largest destruction of shareholder wealth in modern tech history. They missed the

iPhone. They missed the AI gold rush. And they literally started selling