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	Pentium champ Vinod Dham returns to Univ. of Cincinnati, page 2
		When Vinod Dham returned to the University of Cincinnati earlier this year to accept a distinguished alumni award from the College of Engineering, it was his first flight to Cincinnati since his non-stop from New Delhi in '75.
		Dham, now considered the "Father of the Pentium," says professor Thurman Henderson's detailed lectures on semiconductor technology equipped him with the base of knowledge to excel in the industry.
		Dham worked in the company's memory design group from 1977 until 1979 when they sent him to a West Coast conference to present a paper he penned on reprogrammable memory.
	www.magazine.uc.edu /1000/dham2.htm (352 words)

	CareerIndia: Profiles - Vinod Dham
		Vinod Dham known as the Father of Pentium is the CEO of Silicon Spice Inc.
		Dham says that he originally quit Intel to work with a startup (Nexgen), and after AMD bought Nexgen he found himself working for another big company.
		Vinod Dham, a man who has made a career out of microprocessors, is not interested in microprocessors, which is an integral part of personal computers.
	www.careerindia.com /careerhub/strighttalk/profiles/vinod.html (483 words)

	buckleyourshoe.com - Polish Yourself
		Vinod Dham is popularly known as the "Father of the Pentium chip" developed by microprocessing giant Intel.
		Dham can, because he went on to play a lead role in the development of the K6 chip developed at Advanced Micro Devices, virtually the only competitor to Intel in the microprocessor industry.
		Dham spent a long 16 years at Intel during which time he not only led the development of the Pentium chip but also held charge of the processor lines.
	www.buckleyourshoe.com /sclub/polish/v_dham.html (455 words)

	Forbes.com - Magazine Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Vinod Dham, a man who has made a career out of microprocessors, is not interested in chips, which form the guts and brains of personal computers.
		Dham, whose work as a senior designer on Intel's Pentium team in the early 1990s earned him the sobriquet of "Father of the Pentium," quit Intel to join chip startup Nexgen.
		Born in India, Dham arrived in the U.S. in 1975 on an engineering scholarship at the University of Cincinnati, with less than $10 in his pocket.
	www.forbes.com /1998/10/07/side1_print.html (448 words)

	INDOlink NRI News - Chip Wizard Vinod Dham Quits AMD
		Vinod's departures from Intel and AMD were-by all accounts-voluntary.
		Vinod acknowledges that the atmosphere at AMD and Intel were vastly different, and the differences weren't always to his liking.
		Vinod Dham obtained his bachelor's degree in electronics from Delhi University, India in 1971; and a master's in solid-state electronics from the University of Cincinnati in 1977.
	www.indolink.com /NRINews/vinDham.html (854 words)

	BW ebiz--7/14/99 Movers & Shakers: Vin Dham: A Big Chance for a Seasoned Chip Star
		Vinod K. Dham could have hewed to a safe course and stayed at Intel Corp. for the rest of his career.
		Even at Intel, Dham took chances, such as his prescient decision to work on processors when the company was still mostly a maker of memory chips.
		Indeed, Dham is unreserved in his admiration for Grove, though he claims to be seeking a kinder, gentler culture at Silicon Spice.
	www.businessweek.com /ebiz/9907/em0714.htm (1234 words)

	Silicon Valley Broadcom buys Silicon Spice for $ 1.2 billion
		WASHINGTON, AUG 8: When the venerated Dr Vinod Dham, popularly known as the "Father of the Pentium Chip" left Intel in 1995 to join a little-known company called NexGen, his explanation was simple: He wanted to be associated with a start-up.
		Dham came to the United States in 1975 after a B.Sc in Physics from Delhi University with the proverbial empty billfold.
		Dham later eased out of Intel to join NexGen, a smalltime chip-maker co-founded by Indian-American Thampy Thomas and managed by Atiq Raza, a Pakistani-American, one of the several instances in Silicon Valley where Indians and Pakistanis have worked together in relative comfort.
	www.expressindia.com /ie/daily/20000810/ibu10038.html (793 words)

	rediff.com: Vinod Dham floats fund for chip designs in India
		Vinod K Dham, acclaimed as the father of Intel's Pentium processor, has joined hands with Tushar A Dave, founder of Armedia Inc, to float NewPath Ventures for incubating five hybrid Indo-US companies that will focus on chip-making, embedded software and system design.
		With an initial investment of $5-10 million in each of the five ventures, Dham and Dave will be involved in all the companies being set up in the next 18-24 months as co-founders and managing members of the investing or holding company.
		On account of strong relationships both Dham and Dave have with premier US companies, the marketing focus of the ventures will be initially in the US, and later extended to Japan, Taiwan, Korea and Europe.
	www.rediff.com /money/2002/jul/11dham.htm (650 words)

	Vinod Dham's Story (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Dham was born in Pune (across the railway station in Cowasji Hospital, says Dham) as his father was posted there.
		Dham wanted to get into microprocessors, he applied for a job in that division but he was rejected since the project was on course.
		Dham's favourite hobby is carpentry and his favourite TV show is Home Improvement.
	alumni.dce.edu /dham.html (1116 words)

	DataWind - Real Wireless Web
		Vinod (Vin) K. Dham was Chairman and CEO of Silicon Spice, Inc., which was recently aquired by Broadcom for over a billion dollars.
		Dham to the President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.
		Dham obtained his Bachelors in Electrical Engineering (Electronics) from the University of Delhi in 1971.
	www.datawind.com /vdham.html (167 words)

	AMD loses chip mastermind in unexpected move - PC Magazine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Dham supervised the introduction of the Pentium platform at Intel before he was poached away from the chip giant to join Nexgen.
		Dham masterminded the return of AMD to the technology fold with the introduction of its K6 processor.
		Dham?s future is now uncertain but as the mastermind of both the Pentium chip, Nexgen and the AMD K6 processor, he will be sorely missed.
	www.pcmag.co.uk /vnunet/news/2095118/amd-loses-chip-mastermind-unexpected-move (359 words)

	Electronic News: K6 chief Vinod Dham leaving AMD - Advanced Micro Devices Computation Products Group VP Vinod Dham ...
		When Vinod Dham, Group VP of the Computation Products Group, tendered his resignation recently, AMD lost one of the key figures behind its flagship K6 architecture.
		Dham said that he will not be doing any work of any sort, such as consulting or serving on the board of directors, for AMD after leaving the company.
		Dham's departure comes as AMD is dedicating every available resource to getting its 0.25-micron process up and running in its Fab 25 "megafab" manufacturing plant in Austin, Texas.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0EKF/is_n2195_v43/ai_20024966 (803 words)

	News India-Times.com, Online Edition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		United States-based Dham, who launched NewPath Ventures with another chip expert from India, Tushar Dave, said the fund would initially invest $50 million in three to five companies that would be incorporated in the United Sates but have 90 percent of their staff in India.
		Dham said while chips were surging in variety and growth on the back of a rising boom in digital appliances ranging from mobile handsets to washing machines, the global semiconductor industry was also reeling under a slowdown-hit cost crunch.
		Dham is called the “Father of the Pentium.” After leaving Intel, he founded start-ups which were later acquired by Advanced Micro Devices and Broadcom.
	www.newsindia-times.com /2002/07/19/bus-27-dham.html (516 words)

	Pentium champ Vinod Dham returns to Univ. of Cincinnati, page 3
		When it comes to practical impact on the world, perhaps no University of Cincinnati alum has had as broad an influence on a single industry as Vinod Dham.
		Beyond the opportunities and knowledge Dham derived from UC, he experienced a sense of fairness that continually influences his day-to-day interactions.
		Dham tells the story of the day he approached professor Joseph Nevin after receiving a "B" in his course.
	www.magazine.uc.edu /1000/dham3.htm (413 words)

	CareerJournal \| Engineers -- Salary Data and Hiring Trends
		Vinod Dham is among a growing number of technology executives warning that the U.S. faces an engineer shortage.
		Dham knows how hard that is: He can't persuade his own kids to go into engineering.
		Dham's younger son, the California lifestyle that an engineering career brought the family is one reason he is spurning engineering.
	www.careerjournal.com /salaryhiring/industries/engineers/20050331-grimes.html?cjpos=home_whatsnew_major (1063 words)

	INDOlink - International and NRI News
		Dham was one of the architects of Intel's Pentium chip.
		Dham said being acquired by Broadcom will allow Silicon Spice's technology to be used more broadly.
		Kleiner partner Vinod Khosla has been involved in some of the larger communications processor deals in the past year, including Cisco's $6.9 billion purchase of Cerent and the $4.3 billion acquisition of Siara by Redback Networks.
	www.indolink.com /NRINews/Achievements/silSpice.html (289 words)

	rediff.com: Clinton 'intends' to appoint 2 Indian to Asian American panel
		Vinod Dham, of Fremont (California), is the chairman and chief executive officer of Silicon Spice Inc, a communications technology development firm in Silicon Valley.
		Dham earned a reputation as a technology trailblazer during his time at Intel Corporation where he headed the team responsible for the creation of the Pentium chip processor.
		Dham received a BSEE from the University of Delhi, and a MSEE from the University of Cincinnati.
	in.rediff.com /news/2000/may/05us.htm (359 words)

	IEEE Spectrum Careers
		Dham's stated objective was to incubate five hybrid Indo-;U.S. technology companies to focus on chipmaking, embedded software, and system design, taking advantage of India's prodigious engineering resources.
		Vinod Dham is among the accomplished Indian engineers to have returned home as an entrepreneur.
		Dham appears to be representative of a new trend, the propensity of Indian high-tech professionals to return to their home country, utilizing what they learned abroad to harness India's high-quality engineering workforce in a low-;business-cost environment.
	www.spectrum.ieee.org /careers/careerstemplate.jsp?ArticleId=n010703 (1193 words)

	Venture Capitalists Book a Passage to India; Expatriate Repatriations Fuel Booming Investment Back Home; 'It's Payback ...
		For a long time, Vinod Dham thought of his native India as a nice place to visit but not necessarily a great place to do business.
		Dham is mainly interested in companies that create products, not services such as call centers.
		Dham and TIE board member Kanwal Rekhi traveled to New York last month to meet with India's new prime minister, Manmohan Singh.
	www.indianembassy.org /US_Media/2004/Oct/WSJ.htm (1070 words)

	Indiainfo.com -> News -> Technology -> Broadcom buys Vinod Dham's Spice for $1.2 bn in stock (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		New York: Indian-born Pentium chip inventor Vinod Dham's privately held Silicon Spice has been acquired by communications chipmaker Broadcom Corporation for $1.2 billion in stock.
		A physics graduate from the University of Delhi, Dham, arrived in the U.S. in 1975 on an engineering scholarship at the University of Cincinnati with just $10 in his pocket.
		As the leader of Intel's Pentium team in the early 1990s, Dham earned the sobriquet of "Father of the Pentium." Later he joined NexGen, which was acquired by Advance Micro Devices (AMD) in 1995.
	news.indiainfo.com /2000/08/08/8vin.html (465 words)

	CareerMosaicIndia.com - IndiaTalent
		Dham was invaluable to the world of chip design.
		According to the recent press release, Broadcom is to acquire Silicon Spice, Inc. adding Vinod Dham to the management team in the process.
		Vinod khosla was the founder of Sun Microsytems.
	www.careermosaicindia.com /JS/CRC/indiantalent/Italent_V.htm (1575 words)

	Prof. Krishna Palepu and Mr. Vinod Dham join Satyam's board of directors
		Vinod Dham have joined the board of Satyam Computer Services Ltd. (NYSE:SAY), as additional directors.
		Vinod Dham had earned the sobriquet of the "Father of Pentium." He is currently the CEO of Silicon Spice Inc., a US based company engaged in manufacture of communications chips.
		Dham also took an active role in the development of the AMD's K6 chip based on the Nexgen technology.
	www.prdomain.com /companies/s/satyam/news_releases/200301jan/pr_satyam_nr_20030123_directors.htm (439 words)

	NRIOL.COM - Snippets - Former Intel employees open Venture Capital firm
		Former Intel employee Vinod Dham has launched a venture capital firm to fund the development and design of newcomputer chips.
		Dham, formerly in charge of developing Pentium chips,is teaming up with fellow Indian software professional Tushar Dave to form New Path Ventures, which the pair hopes will help turn India into a powerhouse for computer hardware, reported the Agence France Presse.
		Dham said the hybrid companies would have the best of both worlds: a front office in the world's leading economy, America, and cheap manufacturing in India.
	www.nriol.com /content/snippets/archives/800/snippet771.html (264 words)

	Vinod Dham - Father of the Pentium Processor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Dham, the way to limelight is not an easy trek.
		At Silicon Spice, Vinod was the Chairman, President and the CEO.
		Vinod is also associated with New Path Ventures LLC (NPV) a California-based venture capital fund, for investments in information technology in India.
	www.namasthenri.com /nrioftheweek/vinod.htm (629 words)

	Rediff On The Net, Infotech: A can of dreams
		But explorers of the mind, like Vinod Dham, have just the opposite reason for their obsessions: "Because it is not there".
		Dham suggested that Rs 9,999 would be the correct price for a PC that could be taken to the Indian masses.
		Dham, who's been in India for a week now, is extremely disturbed about the recent attacks on Christians across the country.
	www.rediff.com /computer/1999/jan/30tf.htm (1413 words)

	Fiorano - Management Team
		Vinod K. Dham is a Board Member and Corporate Strategy advisor to Fiorano since 2001.
		Dham was Chairman, President and CEO of Silicon Spice Inc, a Mountain View start up building platform solutions enabling networking and telecom leaders to build highly differentiated access systems.
		Dham spent 16 years with Intel Corp as Chief of the Pentium group.
	www.fiorano.com /company/management.htm (1022 words)

	Business World - Cover story
		Over there, near the right-hand corner, is Vinod Dham, father of the Pentium chip and now the CEO of Silicon Spice, one of the most closely-watched start-ups in the valley today.
		Dham is not an excitable kind of person.
		If Dham's ambition is to create the ultimate chip that will fuel this two-in-one telecom-Internet revolution, 45-year-old Prakash Agarwal wants to make chips that will bring richer multi-media experience to a mobile Internet user.
	www.businessworldindia.com /archive/990601/cover.htm (2653 words)

	inSilica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		BANGALORE, India - Vinod Dham, father of the Pentium, and Tushar Dave, an Indian entrepreneur and former mergers and acquisitions manager at Broadcom Corp., are launching a venture capital fund in a bid to boost India's foundering hardware industry.
		Dham led the team that successfully delivered the Pentium, 486 and 386 microprocessor families at Intel Corp. He later moved to Nexgen as chief operating officer and successfully introduced the K6 at Advanced Micro Devices Inc., which acquired Nexgen.
		Dham studied engineering in New Delhi and later earned a graduate electrical engineering degree from the University of Cincinnati.
	www.insilica.com /getSubdir.cgi?directory=News (2755 words)

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