Gopal's Inventions Have Been Key To Encryption

Intel’s Vinodh Gopal became the company’s Innovator of the Year in 2019. He holds 270 US patents, out of which 93 are deemed important to the industry and Intel. The key to success, he says, is just being able to bring your passion into the field every day.

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Gopal’s dedication oozes in his voice when he speaks. “My interest in math and science came through my dad who was an engineer and mathematician,” he says. Gopal did his graduation from IIT Bombay and then a Master’s in the US. “Computer science was the sought after field in IIT Bombay. My aim was always to do some cool stuff after post-graduation, and I wanted to work on processors,” he recollects.