PCs Are Being Reinvented, Intel's CEO Paul Otellini Says

Once in a while, tech company leaders sit down to have an interview or two, and this is precisely what Intel's CEO did a short time ago.

The folks over at ZDnet are the ones who got the man to say a few (or more than a few) words on several topics that are of interest right now.

One of them is the apparent decline of the PC market.

The CEO acknowledged that things could have been going better on that front right now, but also suggested that everyone is making things sound worse than they are.

While the PC is a bit stale, it only needs to be reinvented in the wake of more multimedia-oriented products.

The 'blame' falls on how the PC became more and more boring than consumer electronics like tablets and such.

Otellini suggests that the computer just needs to become a bit less boring and it will take off again.

“I think it’s gotten a little stale, to some extent. There was a rush to the bottom, in terms of lowering the costs and taking features out and making the PC a little bit more boring than their counterparts in consumer electronics, for example, the iPad kinds of devices. So Intel is set out to redefine the PC again and we’ve done this several times in the past in our history. This one is very interesting.”

Naturally, the man then speaks a bit about Ultrabooks, but we'll let 2012 come and show just what comes of that new type of laptop.

On a related note, Intel's CEO said what it means to show off during the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show.

There will be more than ultrabooks and whatever else the Santa Clara giant usually brings over to that event.

In fact, there will even be a phone, one that the company compared to he other top-five-selling smartphones.

“We’re not the best, but we’re pretty darn close,” he said.