Author Archives: Sejal

Life at Intel: The Big Move

This week, the Oregon members of my organization within HR had a big moment: we moved. From a small leased building with a few hundred employees, no cafe, and parking right outside the door to a large, redesigned building with … Continue reading Continue reading

President Obama Visits Intel: Fabulous Time at Fab 42

Note from the blog editor: Originally posted over at The Inside Scoop, Eva shares her experience as one of the thousands of employees that was able to witness U.S. President Barack Obama’s recent talk at the site of Fab 42 … Continue reading Continue reading

Why Intel is a Best Company to Work For

Before you correct me on my grammar in the title, hear me out. Intel was ranked 46 on FORTUNE Magazine’s 100 Best Companies to Work For list! This was BIG news—news that we’d want to share with the whole world! But … Continue reading Continue reading

How Intel Benefits Saved My Roommate’s Life

“Wow. Those are some great benefits! I work for a hospital and your benefits are better than mine!” said the ER desk clerk as he collected my roommate’s health insurance information. My roommate, like me, also works at Intel. And … Continue reading Continue reading

Helping Stephen Hawking Communicate

For a man who was diagnosed with a devastating motor neuron disease at age 21 and given just 3 years to live, the brilliant British scientist Stephen Hawking, who celebrated his 70th birthday Sunday, continues to amaze. What you may not have known about Stephen Hawking is how Intel has helped the paralyzed, voiceless scientist communicate to the world since 1997.

Travis, an Intel application engineer, has traveled from Oregon to England every couple of years for the last decade to hand-deliver a customized PC he has created for Hawking. Here Travis talks about his unique project, the technology that powers the customized system, and how Intel co-founder Gordon Moore got Hawking to switch from AMD to Intel. Continue reading Continue reading

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! 2011 was quite a memorable year and we only expect more great things in 2012! I don’t quite believe in resolutions, but I do like setting goals. One of my goals is to blog more often, both … Continue reading Continue reading

Best of 2011

Editor’s note: Another great story and graphic from our incredible Intel Internal Employee Communications Team (Text by Walden Kirsch and Nisha Desai. Graphic by Amy Aitken. Technical support from Barbara Nelson) on a look back at 2011. It’s been a … Continue reading Continue reading

What Would You Say to Paul?

It’s kind of crazy to think about it, but it could very well happen. I’ve heard stories about people riding in the elevator with him or being on the same shuttle flight with him, yet I’ve never sighted our CEO… Continue reading

Tagged: life_at_intel, sejal

What Would You Say to Paul?

It’s kind of crazy to think about it, but it could very well happen. I’ve heard stories about people riding in the elevator with him or being on the same shuttle flight with him, yet I’ve never sighted our CEO … Continue reading Continue reading

Tagged: Life At Intel, sejal

Intel Employees: Giving Thanks

Note from the blog manager: After a four-day weekend for the US Thanksgiving holiday, much of my Monday morning was spent catching up on email, news and of course, blogs from Intel employees on Planet Blue, our internal social media… Continue reading

Intel Employees: Giving Thanks

Note from the blog manager: After a four-day weekend for the US Thanksgiving holiday, much of my Monday morning was spent catching up on email, news and of course, blogs from Intel employees on Planet Blue, our internal social media … Continue reading Continue reading

Trick or Treat, Intel style!

How many CIOs do you know that dressed up for Halloween? I know one for sure: ours, Diane Bryant! It didn’t matter that Halloween fell on a workday this year—hundreds of employees all over the world took the chance to… Continue reading

Trick or Treat, Intel style!

How many CIOs do you know that dressed up for Halloween? I know one for sure: ours, Diane Bryant! It didn’t matter that Halloween fell on a workday this year—hundreds of employees all over the world took the chance to … Continue reading Continue reading

Intel Employees: A New Home for 400 in Japan

Guest blogger: Rob Kelton from Intel’s Internal Employee Communications Team Additional reporting and photography by Mika Nakayama, Ignatius Wu and Kanae Nakatani. Note from the blog manager: 8 months ago, tragedy struck when an 8.9 earthquake shook up Japan on… Continue reading

Intel Perks: Do Oregonians Really Enjoy Running?

Note from blog editor: As you may have gauged from my past blog posts, I am not a runner, but Intel and Oregon managed to bring out the “runner” in me. Looks like Sophia and I are cut from the… Continue reading

Happy 40th Anniversary Microprocessor!

40 years ago, on November 15th, 1971, the first microprocessor — the Intel 4004 — was born and our lives were changed forever. Our rocking PR team has put together some really interesting and fun details on the microprocessor to… Continue reading

Intel Rolls Out the Red, White and Blue Carpet for Veterans

Note from the Blog Manager: Eric Mantion is currently serving as the social media strategist for the Intel Intelligent Systems Group (formally known as Embedded), but previously graduated from the US Naval Academy & served in the Navy as a… Continue reading

Intel Events: Line dancing, BBQ, & a school bus

Intel has another passion that isn’t technology: I’m talking about community involvement. Whether it’s education or the environment or the local community, employees are encouraged to get out of the office and get involved. In an effort to increase employee… Continue reading

Three Lessons over Three Years

It feels like just yesterday I was getting ready for my first day of work…and then celebrating my first year at Intel. With Intel’s support, I’ve developed personally (crossing things off my bucket list (like running a half marathon to… Continue reading

Supercomputers to the Rescue!

Guest blogger: Amy Aitken and Phillip Davis from Intel’s Internal Employee Communications Team Graphic by Amy Aitken; additional content from Sue Hunt. Intel’s server and high-performance computing chip sales are strong—growing 15% from the same period last year. The Data… Continue reading