Pioneering Intel Researcher Sunlin Chou Dies at 72

Sunlin Chou, a researcher at Intel for more than three decades, passed away Dec. 5th at the age of 72. Chou worked for Intel from 1968 until he retired in 2005.

Chou started his career in the chip industry in 1968 at Fairchild Semiconductor, an Intel forerunner, and joined his former colleagues at Intel three years later. He later ran Intel’s Portland Technology Development unit in Aloha and became an Intel vice president. He was named head of Intel’s manufacturing group in 1998 and ran it until his retirement in 2005.