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Avtar Saini died on 28th February 2024 when a car hit him from the back while cycling in Navi Mumbai.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Newsband |title=Renowned Microprocessor Engineer Avtar Saini dies in a road accident on Palm Beach Road |url=https://www.newsband.in/article_detail/Renowned%20Microprocessor%20Engineer%20Avtar%20Saini%20dies%20in%20a%20road%20accident%20on%20Palm%20Beach%20Road |access-date=2024-02-28 |website=www.newsband.in}}</ref> |
Avtar Saini died on 28th February 2024 when a car hit him from the back while cycling in [[Navi Mumbai]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Newsband |title=Renowned Microprocessor Engineer Avtar Saini dies in a road accident on Palm Beach Road |url=https://www.newsband.in/article_detail/Renowned%20Microprocessor%20Engineer%20Avtar%20Saini%20dies%20in%20a%20road%20accident%20on%20Palm%20Beach%20Road |access-date=2024-02-28 |website=www.newsband.in}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 11:39, 29 February 2024
Avtar Saini was a microprocessor designer and developer. He holds some patents related to microprocessor design. He was also a former director for Intel's South Asia division.[1][2] He was best known for his leadership role in the design and development of Pentium processor at Intel.
Career and achievements
Avtar held a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from VJTI, Mumbai, and a master's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Minnesota. At Intel, Avtar co-led the development of the Pentium processor and was responsible for the first phase development of Intel's 64-bit architecture - The Itanium Processor.
He joined Intel in April 1982 as a Product Engineer in the area of magnetic bubble memories. Through the 1980s he worked as a circuit designer on the Intel 80386 and a micro-architect/logic designer on the 80486.
In 1989, he was promoted to co-lead the Pentium processor design team where he managed the design and its ramp into volume production. In 1994, Saini was promoted to General Manager, Santa Clara Microprocessor Division where he managed Intel's next-generation 64-byte architecture microprocessor.
In May 1996, he moved to Folsom, California to head the Platform Components Division where he was responsible for the Chipset and Graphics solutions for the Intel Architecture platform.
In September 1999, Saini was relocated to India as Director of South Asia. Avtar left Intel in January 2004.[3]
He holds seven patents related to microprocessor design.[4]
Death
Avtar Saini died on 28th February 2024 when a car hit him from the back while cycling in Navi Mumbai.[5]
References
- ^ Computers Today, November 1-15, 1999 Archived July 19, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Intel Is Going Strong With Its Price Points Advantage Through Celeron’, Financial Express, 2002-11-15 [1]
- ^ Avtar Saini quits Intel, Business Standard, Raghuvir Badrinath / Bangalore February 24, 2004 [2]
- ^ "Avtar Saini joins eInfochips board, Design and Reuse". design-reuse.com. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ^ Newsband. "Renowned Microprocessor Engineer Avtar Saini dies in a road accident on Palm Beach Road". www.newsband.in. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
External links
- "Computers Today, November 1-15, 1999 Chief Guest". Archived from the original on 19 July 2008. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- "Avtar Saini quits Intel | Business Standard News". business-standard.com. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- "Avtar Saini joins eInfochips board". design-reuse.com. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- "Product Engineering Services, IoT & Cloud Solutions | eInfochips". design-reuse.com. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
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