The Next Level
by Lango Deen
ldeen@ccgmag.com
INTEL ADVANCES INTO NEW REALMS SETS A NEW STANDARD BY FOCUSING ON THE MOST IMPORTANT ASSET THEY HAVE: PEOPLE
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merica’s high-tech industry endorses this message: Technol- ogy can save the economy.
All summer long, news about building a national strategy on growth through innovation has grabbed the headlines. At a June 28 forum on the future of in- novation in the United States, experts from across the country explored the challenges to—and opportuni- ties for—furthering advancements to create jobs and spur growth. In May, Intel President and CEO Paul Otellini announced something special for the economy: Intel’s scientists and engineers have reinvented the silicon transistor— microscopic building blocks of modern electronics—this time utilizing the third dimension.
“Amazing devices will be created from this capability as we advance ... into new realms,” Otellini said.
Intel’s breakthrough in microprocessors, and the world’s first 3-D transistors, will combine performance improvement and power reduction to enable innovations across a range of future 22 nanometer- based devices from the smallest hand helds to cloud-based servers. Three- dimensional transistors represent a major departure from the two-dimensional transistor structure that has powered not only all computers, mobile phones and consumer electronics to-date, but also electronic controls within cars, Space- craft, household appliances, medical devices and thousands of other everyday devices.
Just over half of Intel’s 82,000 people have scientific and technical degrees, and nearly 8,000 of them hold either a master’s degree or Ph.D. Looking for- ward, the semiconductor chip maker is, however, concerned that there could be a shortfall of qualified Americans to meet the needs of their industry.
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with science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) curriculum, competitions, and online resources to encourage student interest and participation. Intel’s higher educa- tion program helps students pursue degrees to help move technology from labs into local communities. The program supports technology cur- ricula, advanced research with other universities, entrepreneurship pro- grams, and student programs.
Otellini sees two solutions to this prob- lem: First, revitalize math and science education to generate qualified and motivated students and drive increased enrollments in the nation’s graduate schools. Then, the U.S. government and businesses need to make sure these graduates are given an opportunity to work.
Intel knows a thing or two about making long-term investments in creating the future. The firm’s CEO was recently de- scribed by President Obama as someone who understands that the survival of American companies like Intel depend on their ability to get a steady stream of engineers.
To ensure innovators of tomorrow have the skills they need to create the tech- nology of the future, Intel has invested nearly $1 billion over the past decade in programs and resources that help teach- ers teach, students learn, and universities around the world break today’s technol- ogy boundaries.
According to the company’s website, programs such as Intel Teach help teach- ers become effective educators by inte- grating technology into lessons. In the U.S., Intel offers a series of compelling, short professional development courses for teachers that provide assessment of 21st century skills, and collaboration with Web 2.0 tools.
Intel also inspires next-gen innovators
“This investment comes full circle when we can then hire the people we invest in,” Otellini said during Obama’s visit to the Intel Ronler Acres campus, where Otellini was named to the President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness. Otelleni also announced plans for a new manufacturing plant, billed to have a cleanroom as big as four football fields when it is completed.
This year, Intel will hire 5,400 highly skilled, permanent U.S. employees. Of that, nearly a quarter will be software engineers contributing to Intel’s vision of building a world-class software team with talent from an increasingly diverse labor pool. The new hires, said Intel, will focus on product development, research and design, and areas that span from exploration of materials to create even smaller transistors than the ones announced in May (14nm chips in 2013 and 10nm chips in 2015).
Intel’s newest software engineers will enrich the lives of every person on the planet as they impact on projects from energy generation and distribution to the way we grow and distribute food, health-care accessibility in remote areas and education delivery to computers that can read minds.
In collaboration with the Jobs Council, Intel is part of a strategy to train 10,000 new engineers every year. As head of the task force, Otellini is helping the
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