Intel is reorganizing part of its product leadership around a future that extends beyond the traditional PC. The company named Alex Katouzian Executive Vice President and General Manager of its new Client Computing and Physical AI Group, bringing together Intel’s client computing business with emerging work in robotics, autonomous machines, and edge devices.
Katouzian transitions to the company after previously serving as executive vice president and group general manager of mobile, compute, and extended reality at Qualcomm Technologies. Alongside his appointment, Intel named Pushkar Ranade as its permanent Chief Technology Officer, removing the interim tag from his title. Ranade will manage the firm’s overarching technology strategy and oversee specialized developments in quantum computing, neuromorphic computing, photonics, and novel materials. He also retains his existing responsibilities as chief of staff to the CEO.
The organizational restructuring signals an internal pivot toward intelligent edge hardware and on-device machine learning capabilities. Commenting on the operational shift, CEO Lip-Bu Tan stated that Katouzian is the right leader to help the company recreate client computing beyond the traditional PC and align this future with physical AI growth. Outlining his mandate for the unified division, Katouzian stated, “Intel is creating the foundation for AI-driven transformation, from leading in AI PCs, to scaling AI inference at the edge, and accelerating the future of physical AI systems.”