Editing Intel Architecture Labs (section)

== History and formation ==
IAL was created by Intel Vice-president Ron Whittier together with Craig Kinnie and [[Steven McGeady]] to develop the hardware and software innovations considered to be lacking from PC [[original equipment manufacturers|original equipment manufacturers (OEMs)]] and [[Microsoft]] in the late 1980s and 1990s. IAL pursued both hardware and software initiatives, both of which were important factors in the evolution of, and the control of, the PC industry.<ref>{{cite thesis |degree=PhD |last1=Gawer |first1=Annabelle|author1-link=Annabelle Gawer |title=The Organization Of Platform Leadership: An Empirical Investigation Of Intel's Management Processes Aimed At Fostering Complementary Innovation By Third Parties |publisher=Massachusetts Institute Of Technology |date=February 2000 |page=106 |citeseerx=10.1.1.83.1371}}</ref>