# How to Give Constructive Feedback to Intel and Hardware Vendors

DevFeed: [How to Give Constructive Feedback to Intel and Hardware Vendors](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/intel-is-listening-don-t-waste-your-shot-13607.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<http://www.brendangregg.com/blog//2025-11-22/intel-is-listening.html>)

Published: 2025-11-21T13:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Brendan Gregg's Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/brendan-gregg-s-blog.md>)

Topics: [intel](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/intel.md>), [Hardware](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/hardware.md>)

Tags: [blog](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/blog.md>), [hardware](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hardware.md>), [intel](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/intel.md>), [opinion](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/opinion.md>)

## AI overview

A firsthand opinion piece argues that customers can influence Intel and other hardware vendors through firm, documented, constructive technical feedback. It offers practical advice on preparation, intellectual-property terms, meeting minutes, and avoiding personal attacks.

## Source excerpt

Intel's new CEO, Lip-Bu Tan, has made listening to customers a top priority, saying at Intel Vision earlier this year: "Please be brutally honest with us. This is what I expect of you this week, and I believe harsh feedback is most valuable." I'd been in regular meetings with Intel for several years before I joined, and I had been giving them technical direction on various projects, including at times some brutal feedback. When I finally interviewed for a role at Intel I was told something unexpected: that I had already accomplished so much within Intel that I qualified to be an Intel Fellow candidate. I then had to pass several extra interviews to actually become a Fellow (and was told I may only be the third person in Intel's history to be hired as a Fellow) but what stuck with me was that I had already accomplished so much at a company I'd never worked for. If you are in regular meetings with a hardware vendor as a customer (or potential customer) you can accomplish a lot by providing firm and tough feedback, particularly with Intel today. This is easier said than done, however. Now that I've seen it from the other side I realize I could have accomplished more, and you can too. I regret the meetings where I wasn't really able to have my feedback land as the staff weren't really getting it, so I eventually gave up. After the meeting I'd crack jokes with my colleagues about how the product would likely fail. (Come on, at least I tried to tell them!) Here's what I wish I had done in any hardware vendor meeting: Prep before meetings: study the agenda items and look up attendees on LinkedIn and note what they do, how many staff they say they manage, etc. Be aware of intellectual property risks: Don't accept meetings covered by some agreement that involves doing a transfer of intellectual property rights for your feedback (I wrote a post on this); ask your legal team for help. Make sure feedback is documented in the meeting minutes (e.g., a shared Google doc) and that