Intel Technology Poland, located in Gdansk, in northern Poland on the shore of the Baltic Sea, is a software and hardware research center dedicated to communications technology. Intel Technology Poland became part of the Intel family in 1999 in an acquisition from Olicom. Employees focus on designing, developing and delivering software and hardware building blocks for networking products based on the Intel® Internet Exchange Architecture. Intel Technology Poland has grown to nearly 150 highly skilled networking engineers and support professionals.

This location includes the following Intel specializations and more: system architecture, which maintains and promotes design ideology, supervises design leaders and approves design specifications; software development, which delivers high-quality software using a well-defined PLC-based process; hardware development, focused on designing and delivering best-in-class hardware platforms ready for software development; and Network Quality Labs, which prepares functional tests and performs system-integration tests and other quality checks.

Intel Technology Poland in Gdansk earned the European Medal for the quality of its research and development services in March 2001 from the Business Center Club and Community of European Integration in Poland. And in December 2001, Intel Technology Poland's Research and Development team was awarded Intel's Software Quality Award in recognition of its innovative software engineering practices and results.

Poland is at the very center of Europe. It is bordered to the south by the beautiful Tatra Mountains and to the north by nearly 800 kilometers of Baltic coastline. Poland shares borders with Germany, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania and Russia. Culturally, Poland is equally at the center of Europe, with strong ties to Eastern and Western Europe. As a member of the European Union, Poland is part of the world's largest economy and Europe's gateway to the expanding economies to the east.