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Intel Corporation

Type Public (NASDAQ: INTC, SEHK: 4335)

Founded 1968 1

Headquarters Santa Clara, California

United States

Key people Paul S. Otellini, CEO

Craig Barrett, Chairman

Industry Semiconductors

Products Microprocessors

Flash memory

Motherboard Chipsets

Network Interface Card

Bluetooth Chipsets

Revenue в-І $38.3 billion USD (2007)[1][2]

Operating income в-І $8.2 billion USD (2007)

Net income в-І $7.0 billion USD (2007)

Employees 86,300 (2007)[3]

Slogan Leap Ahead

Website www.intel.com

1Incorporated in California in 1968, reincorporated in Delaware in 1989.[4]

Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC; SEHK: 4335) is the world's largest semiconductor company and the inventor of the x86 series of microprocessors, the processors found in most personal computers. Founded in 1968 as Integrated Electronics Corporation and based in Santa Clara, California, USA, Intel also makes motherboard chipsets, network cards and ICs, flash memory, graphic chips, embedded processors, and other devices related to communications and computing. Founded by semiconductor pioneers Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore, and widely associated with the executive leadership and vision of Andrew Grove, Intel combines advanced chip design capability with a leading-edge manufacturing capability. Originally known primarily to engineers and technologists, Intel's successful "Intel Inside" advertising campaign of the 1990s made it and its Pentium processor household names.

Intel was an early developer of SRAM and DRAM memory chips, and this represented the majority of its business until the early 1990s.[citation needed] While Intel created the first commercial microprocessor chip in 1971, it was not until the creation of the personal computer (PC) that this became their primary business. During the 1990s, Intel invested heavily in new microprocessor designs and in fostering the rapid growth of the PC industry. During this period Intel became the dominant supplier of microprocessors for PCs, and was known for aggressive and sometimes controversial tactics in defense of its market position, as well as a struggle with Microsoft for control over the direction of the PC industry.[5][6] The 2007 rankings of the world's 100 most powerful brands published by Millward Brown Optimor showed the company's brand value falling 10 places вЂ" from number 15 to number 25.[7]

Contents [hide]

1 Corporate history

1.1 Origin of the name

1.2 Company's evolution

1.3 Sale of XScale processor business

2 Market history

2.1 SRAMS and the microprocessor

2.2 From DRAM to microprocessors

2.3 Intel, x86 processors, and the IBM PC

2.3.1 386 microprocessor

2.3.2 486, Pentium, and Itanium

2.3.3 Pentium flaw

2.3.4 Intel Inside, Intel Systems Division, and Intel Architecture Labs

2.4 Competition, antitrust and espionage

2.5 Partnership with Apple

2.6 Core Duo advertisement controversy

3 Corporate affairs

3.1 Leadership and corporate structure

3.2 Employment

3.2.1 Diversity Initiative

3.3 Finances

3.4 Advertising and brand management

3.4.1 Sonic logo

3.5 Open source support

4 Competition

4.1 Lawsuits

4.2 Anti-competitive allegations by regulatory bodies

5 Quotes

6 See also

7 References

8 External links

[edit] Corporate history

Intel headquarters in Santa ClaraIntel was founded in 1968 by Gordon E. Moore (a chemist and physicist) and Robert Noyce (a physicist and co-inventor of the integrated circuit) when they left Fairchild Semiconductor. A number of other Fairchild employees also went on to participate in other Silicon Valley companies. Intel's third employee was Andy Grove,[8] (a chemical engineer), who ran the company through much of the 1980s and the high-growth 1990s. Grove is now remembered as the company's key business and strategic leader. By the end of the 1990s, Intel was one of the largest and most successful businesses in the world.[citation needed]

[edit] Origin of the name

At its founding, Gordon Moore and Robert Noyce wanted to name their new company "Moore Noyce". This name, however, sounded remarkably similar to "more noise" вЂ"