Every time Jim Keller leaves a project, some people blames him for failing, but then he becomes the guru in charge of miraculous technology... even if he was only responsible of fraction of it... I thought his role was to make a new strategy for Intel with all the technology they already had, but during last years Intel bought so many other companys with their own portfolios and engineers, that it's impossible to predict the result. Years ago, before Zen era, Intel fired a lot of workers and engineers to make even more profit of its leading on the market. Nowadays they are doing the opposite, trying not to lag behind o_O Edit: Those 6 months of consultant can be part of the contract, like a clause or part of the legal agreement, it looks something quite normal...