In a plenary address at the International Test Conference held last September in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Pat Gelsinger intrigued the jam-packed audience with his speech and slides about the explosion of the Internet. He discussed the Internet environment and its impact on today's test challenges and offered proposals for dealing with these challenges. Gelsinger began working as a QA technician with Intel's design team in integrating more testability and driving quality back into the design process. He continued working in the area of DFT and testability as part of the 286 and 386 microprocessor design teams. That led to the built-in self-test of the 386 microprocessor. Gelsinger, now the vice president and general manager of Intel's Desktop Products Group, holds six patents and more than 12 applications in VLSI design, computer architecture, and communications.