[Related: Exclusive: Intel Reveals Plan To Spin Off Networking Business In Memo ] But that wasn't the only major revelation from the earnings report for the beleaguered semiconductor giant, whose new CEO, Lip-Bu Tan, has been pushing for major changes, including a "new financial discipline," in the latest attempt to turn around the company after several years of struggles and waning fortunes. "These are the building blocks of a new Intel—and we took important steps in the right direction in [the second quarter]," he wrote in a public letter to employees. In Intel's quarterly filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the company said that it has been "unsuccessful to date in securing any significant external foundry customers" for its Intel Foundry contract chip manufacturing business. This includes the Intel 18A manufacturing node that recently entered production and was viewed as key to the comeback plan by former Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger.