Intel invests $1.5m in IoT chip R&D in Ireland

Intel has committed to invest $1.5m over the next three years in research in semiconductor materials, devices and photonics technologies at Tyndall National Institute, the Irish ICT research institute.

Managing Director of Intel Labs Mike Mayberry and Dr. Kieran Drain, CEO of Tyndall National Institute

Intel has been investing in research at the Cork-based institute since 2009.

Bernie Capraro, Research Manager, Silicon Technology at Intel Ireland, said:

“The standard of work from Tyndall researchers is top-class, from the work that Dr. Jim Greer does in device modelling to the photonics work of Brian Corbett. The researchers in Tyndall will be working directly with Intel’s researchers in Portland, which is the essence of the programme and what makes it so effective.”

Capraro pointed out that Tyndall researchers bring solutions to Intel – rather than us coming to them with a problem.

Dr. Kieran Drain, CEO of Tyndall National Institute, said:

“Intel has world-class research partners on its doorstep in the western United States, so the fact that they would come thousands of miles to work with us here at Tyndall is reflective of our ability to offer a valuable alternative viewpoint.”

“We have excellent scientists who have a creative approach to future challenges associated with the extension of Moore’s Law and Intel’s migration towards a focus on the Internet of Things.”

The current phase of the research partnership between Intel and Tyndall National Institute will run until 2018, under the direction of Bernie Capraro, Research Manager, Silicon Technology at Intel Ireland, and Peter Smyth, Business Development Executive at Tyndall.