Intel banks on data, gaming, artificial intelligence for growth in India

Intel completed 20 years in India in 2018 and has invested over Rs 30,000 crore in the country to date

Chipmaker Intel is looking beyond its processors and chips business, and is banking on areas like gaming, data centres and artificial intelligence to drive growth, as well as cloud capabilities. 

“We started as a personal computer (PC) company. Now, 50 per cent or so of our portfolio is data centric and that includes data centre, storage, Internet of Things. Drones and many other new technologies are also part of our focus areas,” said Prakash Mallya, vice-president and managing director, sales and marketing group, Intel India. 

He said now the customers were looking for ways to manage their data well, which