There are few people in the computer industry that have shaped the evolution of the microprocessor (and related technologies) as much as Pat Gelsinger. More than 25 years ago, he began his career "one step above janitor" as a Technician 2 at Intel, stuffing boards. He eventually rose to the position of the company's first chief technology officer (CTO), before taking his current posting as executive vice president of the Digital Enterprise Group.

Editor-in-chief David Strom and Senior Editor Wolfgang Gruener met with Gelsinger at Intel's campus in Portland, Oregon. The goal of the meeting was to get first hand information about where our industry is going. We discussed Gelsinger's concerns about the US education system, his ambitions and goals at Intel, and why Intel co-founder Andy Grove is a different industry player than Bill Gates.