# Engineering, Inspiration, and Advice—Intel VP Deepali Trehan's Journey

- Show: [Moore's Lobby](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/moores-lobby)
- Published: 2023-03-07
- Length: 1h 00m
- Episode: 1
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/moores-lobby/2023-03-07-engineering-inspiration-and-advice-intel-vp-deepali-trehans-journey
- Listen: https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/podcast/engineering-inspiration-advice-intel-vp-deepali-trehans-journey

## Summary

Deepali Trehan, Intel VP of the Programmable Solutions Group, recounts her journey from Delhi to leading FPGA product marketing, emphasizing resilience and learning from failure. She details Intel's Agilex FPGAs, which deliver 2X better performance per watt than 7nm competitors, utilizing chiplet-based design and Intel's own manufacturing for supply chain resilience. Trehan also discusses the Agilex 5 family's AI tensor blocks and the importance of mentorship, advising engineers to write their own job descriptions and embrace the unknown.

## Chapters

- [0:01](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/moores-lobby/2023-03-07-engineering-inspiration-and-advice-intel-vp-deepali-trehans-journey#t=1) Introduction: Deepali Trehan and her journey from Delhi
- [7:51](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/moores-lobby/2023-03-07-engineering-inspiration-and-advice-intel-vp-deepali-trehans-journey#t=471) Education at Texas Tech and early career at Texas Instruments
- [15:50](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/moores-lobby/2023-03-07-engineering-inspiration-and-advice-intel-vp-deepali-trehans-journey#t=950) Product engineering at TI and learning customer obsession
- [21:19](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/moores-lobby/2023-03-07-engineering-inspiration-and-advice-intel-vp-deepali-trehans-journey#t=1279) Transitioning to marketing and leadership at TI
- [28:05](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/moores-lobby/2023-03-07-engineering-inspiration-and-advice-intel-vp-deepali-trehans-journey#t=1685) Joining Intel and leading the Programmable Solutions Group
- [37:28](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/moores-lobby/2023-03-07-engineering-inspiration-and-advice-intel-vp-deepali-trehans-journey#t=2248) Intel Agilex FPGAs: Performance per watt and chiplet design
- [47:59](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/moores-lobby/2023-03-07-engineering-inspiration-and-advice-intel-vp-deepali-trehans-journey#t=2879) Agilex 5 family, AI tensor blocks, and brand expansion
- [52:53](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/moores-lobby/2023-03-07-engineering-inspiration-and-advice-intel-vp-deepali-trehans-journey#t=3173) Advice for women in engineering and career resilience

## Topics

- [Careers & education](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/engineering-careers-and-education)
- [Chips, FPGAs & semiconductors](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/chips-and-fpgas)
- [Leadership, teams & culture](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/leadership-and-culture)
- [Sourcing & supply chain](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/sourcing-and-supply-chain)

## Most relevant to

large enterprises

## Mentioned

- Intel (company)
- Agilex (product)
- Texas Instruments (company)
- Texas Tech (other)

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- [Is FPGA the Best Engineering Career? With Adam Taylor](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ontrack/2026-04-14-is-fpga-the-best-engineering-career-with-adam-taylor) (OnTrack)

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