Rahul Manepalli is an Intel Fellow and Sr. Director of Module Engineering in the Substrate Package Technology Development Organization in Intel. Rahul and his team are responsible for developing next generation of materials, processes and equipment for Intel’s package pathfinding and development efforts. His team has been the driving force behind many of the technology innovations in Intel’s Embedded Multi-die Interconnect Bridge (EMIB) and other substrate technologies. Rahul has also had an instrumental role in leading Intel’s assembly materials development and pathfinding efforts leading to several innovations in encapsulants, thermal interface materials and solder alloys. Rahul is the author of over 100 patent publications in semiconductor packaging, over 50 technical papers and invited talks and has a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.