Intel Xeon chief architect leaves just 8 months after appointment — Ronak Singhal latest departure in ongoing shakeup

Ronak Singhal, Intel senior fellow and chief architect of Xeon products, will leave the company by the end of the month, as first reported by CRN and confirmed to Tom’s Hardware. Singhal appears to be the second chief architect of Xeon products to depart the company in less than a year. His departure emphasizes the deep restructuring under chief executive Lip-Bu Tan, though it remains to be seen who will be responsible for defining the future of Xeon CPUs.

Singhal’s departure from Intel just eight…