Full representation, according to the firm, means its US workforce will be “more representative of the talent available in America, including more balanced representation in senior leadership positions”.
It plans to spend $300m to:
- Help build a pipeline of female and under-represented engineers and computer scientists
- Actively support hiring and retaining more women and under-represented minorities
- Fund programs to support more positive representation within the technology and gaming industries
CEO Brian Krzanich outlined the plans during a keynote speech at CES in Las Vegas: “We’re calling on our industry to again make the seemingly impossible possible by making a commitment to real change and clarity in our goals. Without a workforce that more closely mirrors the population, we are missing opportunities, including not understanding and designing for our own customers.”
He said Intel plans to engage with partners to support, enhance or create new programs for this initiative, including:
- International Game Developers Association
- E-Sports League
- National Center for Women in Technology
- CyberSmile Foundation
- Feminist Frequency
- Rainbow PUSH
Intel also said it plans to “deepen its engagement with primary education programs focused on underserved areas and expanding its collaborations with computer science and engineering programs at higher education institutions, including minority-serving institutions”.
Wearable technology
As well as his workforce, Krzanich spoke of hardware intended to get Intel processors into wearables.
‘Curie’ module, to be available in the second half of 2015, will have a 32bit Quark microcontroller, 384kbyte flash, 80kbyte SRAM, DSP sensor hub with pattern-matching accelerator, Bluetooth Low Energy, six axis accelerometer/gyroscope, and battery charging. Beyond this, details are scarce.
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