The Indian behind Intel's super chip

When Intel launched its first six-core x86 microprocessor - a high-end processor to crunch huge amount of data - designed and developed by its Indian team, there was relief at its India office.

This made-in-India project, code-named Dunnington, was launched after another much-touted India-specific project - Whitefield - was aborted mid-way by Intel in 2005, citing 'business reasons'.

Praveen Vishakantaiah, a Bangalore-boy and the first one from Bangalore to head Intel India's operations led this project from the front.

Prior to this, he was the director of Intel's Digital Enterprise Group and has been part of the microprocessor design team