Welcome to the Siliconomy: Semiconductors and the Supply Chain
A conversation between Patrick Gelsinger, CEO of Intel Corp., and Purdue President Mung Chiang
Date: Tuesday, Oct. 17
Time: 5 p.m. ET
Location: Stewart Center’s Loeb Playhouse
This event is free and open to the public with a general admission ticket. There’s a no-bag policy for entrance to this event.
Intel Corp. CEO Patrick Gelsinger, who has over four decades of experience in technology leadership and driving innovation, will join Purdue President Mung Chiang at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 17, as part of Purdue’s Presidential Lecture Series.
The public event, titled “Welcome to the Siliconomy: Semiconductors and the Supply Chain,” will kick off a lineup of campus activities marking Purdue Semiconductor Week. The Gelsinger conversation, which will be in Stewart Center’s Loeb Playhouse, is free, but a general admission ticket is required.
Gelsinger, who began his career at Intel in 1979, has been the microprocessor industry leader’s CEO since rejoining the company in February 2021 and serves on its board of directors.
Before returning to Intel, Gelsinger was CEO of VMware. There, he transformed VMware into a recognized global leader in cloud infrastructure, enterprise mobility and cybersecurity — almost tripling its annual revenue.
While with VMware, Gelsinger was ranked America’s top CEO in 2019 in Glassdoor’s annual employee survey.
Prior to joining VMware in 2012, he was president and chief operating officer of the Information Infrastructure Products business for EMC (now DELL EMC).
He began his career in 1979 at Intel, rising to become its first chief technology officer and serving as senior vice president and general manager of the Digital Enterprise Group. Gelsinger managed the creation of key industry technologies like USB and Wi-Fi.
He managed the creation of key industry technologies like USB and Wi-Fi. Gelsinger was architect of the original 80486 processor, led 14 microprocessor programs and played key roles in the Intel Core™ and Intel Xeon® processor families, leading to Intel becoming the world’s preeminent microprocessor supplier.
Gelsinger holds eight patents in the areas of very large-scale integration (VLSI) design, computer architecture and communications. He is an IEEE Fellow and serves as a member of the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee. In February, he was elected to the National Academy of Engineering.
Gelsinger earned degrees in electrical engineering: an associate degree from Lincoln Technical Institute, a bachelor’s degree from Santa Clara University and a master’s degree from Stanford University.
