Intel has made a number of organisational changes and expanded responsibilities of three senior executives. The company said that its will consolidate all of its major product divisions into the newly formed Intel Architecture Group (IAG), which will be co-managed by Sean Maloney and Dadi Perlmutter, both executive vice presidents.
Mr Maloney will be responsible for business and operations while Mr Perlmutter will lead product development and architecture. Intel’s global manufacturing organisation, the Technology and Manufacturing Group (TMG), will now report to Andy Bryant, Intel’s chief administrative officer and also an executive vice president.
Intel’s Sales and Marketing Group (SMG) will be managed by Tom Kilroy. Mr Kilroy was previously co-manager of processors for enterprise-class applications, the unit previously known as the Digital Enterprise Group (DEG).
In addition to micro-architecture planning, microprocessor and chipset development, SOC (system on a chip) and wireless teams managed by Steve Pawlowski, Sunil Shenoy, Rony Friedman, Rob Crooke and Raviv Melamed respectively, there will be six business groups operating under the new IAG umbrella.
The first is the PC Client Group, to be led by Mooly Eden, that will consolidate Intel’s existing mobile and desktop product operations. The second is the Data Center Group, to be led by Kirk Skaugen, and focused on servers, cloud computing, networking and high-performance computing. The third is the Visual Computing Group, focused on advanced visualisation products, and led by Jim Johnson.
The fourth is the Ultra Mobility Group, which will continue to be led by Anand Chandrasekher and will focus on extending the Intel architecture into mobile handheld devices. The fifth is the Embedded and Communications Group, which Doug Davis will continue to lead. The sixth is the Digital Home Group, under Eric Kim, that is driving Intel chips into a variety of entertainment systems and consumer electronic applications.
According to the company, these changes will realign the business around the core competencies of architecture and manufacturing, and will allow Paul Otellini, Intel’s chief executive, to devote more time to corporate strategy and driving the company’s growth initiatives.
Separately, Intel also announced today that Pat Gelsinger and Bruce Sewell have decided to leave the company to pursue other opportunities. Mr Gelsinger co-managed DEG and Mr Sewell served as Intel’s general counsel. Suzan Miller, currently deputy general counsel, will take the role of interim general counsel.
