Intel announces Kelleher’s successor in technology development
Pat Gelsinger, CEO of Intel, has told the company’s manufacturing employees, that senior vice president Navid Shahriari, will replace executive vice president Ann Kelleher as head of the chip company’s technology development, according to local newspaper The Oregonian.
Shahriari runs Intel’s design engineering operation from Arizona. Gelsinger did not give a date for Shahriari to take up his new role or whether Kelleher would remain with Intel when he does.
Kelleher took charge of manufacturing technology development at Intel in 2020 chartered with overseeing a turnaround in Intel manufacturing capabilities by introducing five nodes in four years – Gelsinger’s so-called 5N4Y target.
The fourth of those nodes – 20A for 20 angstrom or 2nm – has been skipped and the fifth – 18A is expected to enter mass production in 2025.
However, question marks remain over whether 18A is hitting yield milestones while in development to persuade foundry customers to commit to the technology and help Intel pursue its foundry business plan. Meanwhile Intel has reportedly doubled-down on its manufacturing process gamble by ordering several high-NA extreme ultraviolet lithograpy machines from ASML.
Kelleher joined Intel as a process engineer in Ireland and rose through the business to run factories there and later in New Mexico and Arizona. It is possible that Intel is preparing for Kelleher’s retirement. Kelleher is 59 years old.
“Navid is taking on new responsibilities to be prepared to eventually take over the TD [technology development] role. This reflects long term succession planning while Ann remains firmly in her role,” The Oregonian reported Intel saying in a statement.
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