Intel taps former Qualcomm exec to run PC, IOT and software businesses
Poaching top executives is common among chip rivals. So it's unexpected but not too surprising that the man who will run Intel's PC, mobile, IoT and software businesses was a top executive at Qualcomm until recently.
Intel has appointed Venkata Renduchintala as president of the Client and Internet of Things (IoT) businesses and Systems Architecture Group. He will take charge of the direction, chip design and products in those areas.
Renduchintala will effectively become the number-two executive at Intel. He could fulfill some of the responsibilities of Renee James, formerly Intel's president, who departed the company in a July management shakeup.
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