InformationWeek

February 23, 1998

Inside Intel: Interviews With Andy Grove And Craig Barrett

For the past 15 years, the explosive growth of Intel has matched that of the PC. In the last five years, a good portion of the success of the Santa Clara, Calif., chipmaker has come from the growth of relatively low-cost server machines and a burgeoning networking business.

But Intel is busy preparing for the next 15 years. Company officials have stated that they want to participate in virtually every market where a microprocessor runs a device -- from consumer set-top devices to business thin clients, classic PCs and laptops, and the most powerful servers. The company is priming the pump by investing, directly or indirectly, in countless efforts in the software and networking space. This is all part of one goal: c reating more demand for more processing power.

Can Intel succeed with all manner of devices the same way it has for portable and desktop PCs? Andy Grove, the Hungarian- born CEO and company visionary is not only betting billions of dollars of investment that the answer is "yes," he's grooming a possible successor, Craig Barrett, who serves as the company's president.

InformationWeek editors this month interviewed both men, and asked them about the microprocessor market, their strategies, plans for the company, their relationship, and the growing direct interplay between Intel and the enterprise customer.

Read the abridged, edited inteviews with:

Andy Grove