As Intel’s Intel Vision conference began Monday, Lip-Bu Tan alerted the audience to “stay tuned” for the company’s plans for humanoid robots.

In a new job, two weeks is obviously not a long time. It’s not like Lip-Bu Tan has time on her side.

Following his appointment as CEO on March 18, Tan has already begun outlining some of his goals for the renowned but ailing chip company. The necessity to “up our game” in order to make Intel’s products more competitive in the vital market for artificial-intelligence systems was mentioned by Tan in a letter to shareholders that was included with the company’s annual report on Thursday.

He said that he was “equally focused” on expanding the foundry division, which is where Intel produces chips that have been designed by other businesses. Read more »