Intel's Sunlin Chou Named To The 'Scientific American 50'

Scientific American Recognizes Intel Leadership In Semiconductor Research and Manufacturing

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 11, 2002 - Intel Corporation today announced that Sunlin Chou, senior vice president and general manager of Intel's Technology and Manufacturing Group, has been named by Scientific American magazine as one of the "Scientific American 50" for leading the development of new materials and processes to make possible the 130-nanometer (0.13-micron) generation of microchips.

"I am honored to be included on the Scientific American 50," said Sunlin Chou. "This is a tribute to the many people in Intel's Technology and Manufacturing Group who skillfully developed the 130-nanometer technology and ramped it smoothly and rapidly into volume production. By selecting and implementing the right materials and processes, they enabled Intel's customers to enjoy benefits early from silicon nanotechnology."

"Scientific American's editors wanted to recognize some of the most outstanding visionaries who are advancing technology and guaranteeing a brighter future for all of us," said Editor-in-Chief John Rennie. "Scientists aren't the only ones doing this. That's why the Scientific American 50 includes business leaders, policy leaders, companies and other organizations that influence how society puts innovations to good use."

Sunlin Chou's Background
Born in 1946 in Hong Kong, Chou joined Intel in 1971 - less than three years after the company was founded - and his career took him into multiple disciplines related to silicon technology. He designed Intel's first charge-coupled device (CCD) serial memory, then managed several generations of DRAM design and process development.

In the mid-1980s, Chou led his team to develop high-yielding wafer fabrication processes and to ramp them into production using "copy exactly" techniques. By shortening technology introduction cycles from three years to two, his team made Intel the industry leader in manufacturing with new process technologies.

In the 1990s, Chou spread this successful approach to other technology areas, including packaging and testing. He expanded Intel's long-range research efforts and is leading the Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV LLC) consortium to bring a new scalable lithographic technology into production in the second half of this decade.

About Scientific American
Selected by the magazine's board of editors, the Scientific American 50 spotlights a business leader of the year and a research leader of the year, in addition to citing accomplishments in the following categories: agriculture, chemicals and materials, communications, computing, defense, energy, environment, manufacturing, medical diagnostics, medical treatments, transportation and general technology. Each category recognizes a business leader, policy leader, company leader and research leader. The list can be found at www.sciam.com.

Founded in 1845, editorial contributors to Scientific American have included more than 100 Nobel laureates, among them Albert Einstein, Neils Bohr, Francis Crick, Stanley Prusiner and Harold Varmus. Scientific American Inc. is a division of Holtzbrinck Publishers, a U.S. subsidiary of Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck GmbH, a privately held international media corporation operating in more than 40 countries.

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