Intel is set to hire an executive from memory chipmaker Micron to head its foundry biz as the company pursues its strategy of turning its former internal manufacturing operations into a money-spinning concern.
Chandrasekaran was until now senior vice president for Technology Development at Micron, and takes the reins from Keyvan Esfarjani, who is retiring from the semiconductor outfit after nearly 30 years. Chandrasekaran joined Micron in 2001 as a development engineer and since then has held a number of positions in different process areas and across different Micron facilities worldwide. He was appointed to his most recent role in 2019. This included oversight of the chipmaker's development and engineering efforts in new memory technologies and advanced packaging.
According to Intel, its Foundry business encompasses the technology development, global manufacturing, and foundry customer service and ecosystem operations. It is intended to incorporate everything that a fabless chip company would need to get their designs into production silicon.