INTEL EXPANDS EUROPEAN R&D
OPERATIONS
Teams up with Barcelona's
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya on Advanced Microprocessor Research
INTEL DEVELOPER FORUM, MUNICH, Germany, May 28,
2002 -- Intel Corporation today announced an agreement to conduct microprocessor
research and development at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) in
Barcelona, Spain. Under the terms of this agreement, UPC will operate a research
center, Intel Labs Barcelona (ILB), on behalf of Intel.
In a speech at the Intel Developer Forum, Intel
Vice President and Chief Technology Officer Patrick Gelsinger said that Intel is
teaming up with the Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC) to work on
microprocessor research and development. As part of this relationship, Intel
will open a research facility on the UPC campus in Barcelona, Spain, later this
year. The center will help expand Intel's industry leading capabilities in
microprocessor research and development, as well as enable Intel to continue
delivering industry-leading performance on future generations of microprocessor.
This relationship maintains ILB's academic origins, enabling Intel to work with
some of the best microprocessor researchers in Europe without separating them
from the European academic community. This unique arrangement offers significant
benefits to both parties.
Intel's microprocessor researchers will
collaborate with researchers from UPC's internationally recognized Computer
Architecture Department on advanced microprocessor technologies for future
Intel® Itanium® processor and Intel® Pentium® processor family designs. Research
and development efforts will focus on increasing processor performance, reducing
power consumption and extending battery life.
The center will be led by three professors from
UPC: Antonio Gonzalez, who has been a leading microarchitecture researcher for
more than 16 years, and Roger Espasa and Toni Juan, experts on 64-bit
processors.
"Relationships with leading international
universities expose Intel to ground-breaking R&D occurring throughout the world
and gives us access to top researchers on a global scale," said Gelsinger. "UPC
has a group of highly talented researchers -- renowned experts in their field --
who have a track record in leading-edge microarchitectural research."
"Europe has a strong history in innovation and
technology developments that are relevant for markets worldwide," said Maria
Marced, Intel vice president, Sales and Marketing Group, and general manager,
Europe, Middle East, Africa Operations. "We believe our investment in UPC will
give us unprecedented access to the best ideas Europe has to offer."
The Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya is one
of the largest technical universities in Spain with approximately 30,000
undergraduates. Its dedicated Computer Architecture Department, with about 70
full-time faculty members focusing on computer engineering and
telecommunications engineering, performs research in areas ranging from VLSI
Systems Design to Processor Microarchitecture and Code Generation.
Intel has been funding university research
since 1980. Intel currently oversees and supports research projects in more than
75 universities around the world.
Intel, the world's largest chip maker, is also
a leading manufacturer of computer, networking and communications products.
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