New Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan takes the reins with a familiar but faster plan

Taking a tech industry titan back to the heights from which it once reigned is no easy task for anyone. Just ask Pat Gelsinger, former CEO and multi-decade veteran of Intel, who was tapped to lead the turnaround the company realized it needed a little over four years ago.

Gelsinger, widely seen as the right choice for the role at the time, laid out a plan to get both the company's products and semiconductor manufacturing prowess back on track. He arguably made solid progress on both goals. Unfortunately, the company's board of directors – and the public markets – didn't feel the improvements were happening fast enough, and he was forced to depart from the company last December.

Fast forward a few months to the company's appropriately named Vision conference, where newly appointed CEO Lip-Bu Tan took the stage in his first major appearance to share where he ...