Intel’s interim co-chiefs promised to invest heavily in the company’s chip designs and pursue new customers for its contract chip-making business after the architect of the company’s turnaround bid [was abruptly ousted early this month.

Former Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger took to social media to invite people to pray and fast for the chipmaker's employees, saying the company is going through a "difficult period."

I used the five-whys analysis, created by the founder of Toyota, to better understand the recent Intel shakeup.