Valluri Rao
Intel Fellow, Technology and Manufacturing Group
Director, Analytical and Microsystems Technologies
INTEL CORPORATION
Valluri Rao is an Intel Fellow and Director of Analytical and Microsystems Technology in Intel's Technology and Manufacturing Group. He is currently responsible for the research and development of novel microsystems applications for Intel.
Dr. Rao joined Intel in 1983 and pioneered numerous silicon characterization techniques for microprocessor performance, debug and yield enhancement. Some of these techniques included electron beam based and uUltra-fast optical measurement from microprocessors and silicon micromachining methods for on chip reconfiguring and repairing of circuits for product validation. In addition, these tools and methods were refined to work with flip chip packaging when Intel transitioned to this packaging technology. The tools and related infrastructure, which included integration into Intel's physical CAD environment, were widely deployed throughout Intel to all of the design centers, analytical labs, assembly and test sites and manufacturing facilities. He worked on Intel microprocessors starting from the 80386 to the first generation of Itanium processors. Rao was named an Intel Fellow in 2000.
Beginning in 2001, Rao initiated Intel's MEMS work by establishing a research and development team to develop reconfigurable RF front end systems for multi radio coexistence. To enable this, advanced RF MEMS switches and novel silicon integration schemes were developed. A key current area of focus is the integration of novel microsystems with CMOS.
He also initiated Intel's early work on optical interconnects and lead Intel's first Opto-Electronics research committee for overseeing University based optical research.
Rao holds 68 issued patents, with 36 more pending. He has earned three Intel achievement awards and has published more than 20 external and 10 internal papers.
Rao received his Bachelor, Masters and Doctorate degrees in Electrical Engineering from Jesus College, Cambridge University. He was a post-doctoral research fellow at the Cambridge University Engineering Department from 1979 - 83.
He was born in Andhra Pradesh, India.
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