In the case of until $15 billion?

That's how much the Chip Giant's market cap increase when it said it was jettisoning Bob Swan on Wednesday.

The semiconductor company has squandered its huge manufacturing advantage over the past five years, and the hope is incoming boss Pat Gal Singer can regain the company's edge.

The mental has been dogged by manufacturing problems.

Processors promised in 2015 didn't roll out until 2019 and the next generations running late.

These delays air a huge problem, allying rivals like AM D to take market share and encouraging customers like Apple to design their own chips and have them made by specialist firms like Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation.

While swans backgrounds in finance, Gelsinger's is an engineering.

He's a bit of the prodigal son returning.

He spent 30 years of Intel.

I moved the company's first chief technology officer.

But success is hardly assured.

Taiwan Sammy's going in for the kill.

Taking advantage of Intel's problems, announced on Thursday, it's boosting capital expenditure over 50% up to $20 billion this year.

Meanwhile, activist Dan Loeb's third point is pushing Intel to study measures such a splitting off manufacturing from design.

But perhaps Gil Singer can inject some needed speed and paranoia at Intel.