Vinod Dham

Vinod Dham

Vinod Dham is popularly known as the father of the Pentium Processor. Born in 1950 in Pune, he had his initial schooling in Pune. In 1971 he completed his Bachelors in Electrical Engineering from Delhi College of Engineering. In 1975, Vinod Dham went to the US and did his Masters in Electrical Engineering from the University of Cincinnati. After completing his Masters in 1997, Vinod was a team member of the NCR's memory design group. He received many patents for his work at NCR. While making a presentation at the IEEE conference in Monterrey, California on re-programmable memory, Vinod Dham received an offer from the Intel to work with them. In January 1990, Vinod was in-charge of developing the 586 or Pentium Processor. He worked relentlessly on the project and the Pentium processor was a big hit in the market. Vinod dham rose up the corporate ladder and reached the position of the Vice President of the Intel's Microprocessor Products Group. He quit Intel in 1995. He started his own business New Path Ventures.