Lip-Bu Tan’s base salary for the top post at the chip maker is $1 million a year, compared with the $1.25 million Pat Gelsinger received. The differences don’t end there.

Tan is allegedly looking to make staffing cuts and sweeping changes to the company's AI and chip manufacturing strategies.

Together, we will work hard to restore Intel’s position as a world-class products company, establish ourselves as a world-class foundry and delight our customers like never before,” Tan said in a letter to Intel employees on Wednesday.