Popularly known by his epithet “The Pentium Engineer”, Vinod Dham is another one of the

Indians who have helped revolutionise the scientific world . His role in the development of the
Pentium Micro-Processor changed the the computer world. He is also one of the co-inventors of
Intel's first Flash Memory Technology (ETOX). He rose to the position of Vice-President of Micro-
Processor Group at Intel Co.
He later moved to the micro-processor division where he honed his skills for leading the Pentium
project by working on two earlier generations of micro-processors-Intel's 386 and 486 in various
capacities. He played an instrumental role in the launch of K6 – the "Pentium killer" processor at
rival AMD Co. He then went on to lead a nascent start-up, Silicon Spice in April 1998, which he
re-directed to build a VOIP Chip and sold it to Broadcom in 2000.He then launched an incubator
NewPath Ventures, where he co-founded companies with an objective of using India's emerging
talent in chip design for R&D and is currently Managing Director and founder of Indo-US Venture
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