CFO David Zinsner will step in as interim co-CEO as Intel races to regain lost ground in the GenAI race after reporting a record loss of $16.6 billion for its most recent quarter.

Gelsinger, CEO since 2021, had a 40-plus-year career at Intel. He was betting the company on 18A, a new chipmaking process hoping it would be a viable alternative to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., (TSMC) the world’s leading contract manufacturer of chips, Fortune ’s Jeremy Kahn recently reported.

Intel Corp.’s ousted Chief Executive Officer Pat Gelsinger, who was forced out after the board lost confidence in his plans to turn around the iconic chipmaker, is set to receive as much as $10 million in severance pay.

It’s been a quiet few news days as everyone seemingly parses deals from Black Friday through to Cyber Monday. But there’s always time for a shock announcement: Pat Gelsinger is retiring after over 40 years at the company and close to four years at the chip manufacturer’s helm.

Intel Chief Executive Pat Gelsinger retired abruptly, ending a nearly four-year run that saw the chip maker fall behind rivals in building semiconductors to power the artificial-intelligence boom. The company on Monday said it named Chief Financial Officer David Zinsner and Michelle Johnston Holthaus,

David Zinsner and Michelle Johnston Holthaus were named interim co-leaders after the boomerang executive, who returned to the company in 2021, left the top job.