Melton C. Bost

Vice President, Technology and Manufacturing Group
Director, Yield Technology
INTEL CORPORATION

Melton Bost is vice president of the Technology and Manufacturing Group and director of Yield Technology for Intel Corporation. He is responsible for driving the development of next-generation microprocessor process technologies that are capable of producing world-class yields. He is also responsible for the Sort/Test organization that supports the Technology Development Group.

Bost joined Intel in 1987, working as an integration engineer in the Portland Technology Development group. He has held various technical and management positions in the PTD integration and yield organizations.

In his development roles, Bost has contributed to the early development through the high-volume ramp of the past 11 microprocessor process technologies, beginning with process P448. In his most recent assignment, Bost was responsible for guiding the yield learning for the company's recently ramped 32nm technology.

Bost received a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Duke University in 1978. He received a master's in materials science from Stanford University in 1979. In 1987 he received a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Colorado State University. He has been awarded four patents and three Intel Achievement Awards.