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.

Intel ( INTC) named Lip-Bu Tan its new CEO, sending the chipmaker's stock higher in after-hours trading Wednesday. Tan, who is set to take the helm of Intel as of next Tuesday, is the former CEO of Cadence Design Systems ( CDNS ), a semiconductor software company that counts Intel among its partners.

Intel appoints Lip-Bu Tan as its new CEO on Wednesday. TakeAway Points: Intel announced Lip-Bu Tan as its new CEO on Wednesday. Prior to this, Tan served as the CEO of Cadence Design Systems, a software company that supplies all of the major chip designers,