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'''Intel Corporation''' is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California. It is one of the world's largest and highest-valued semiconductor chip manufacturers, and is best known for developing the [[microprocessor]]s found in most [[personal computer]]s. Intel also produces [[motherboard]] chipsets, [[network interface controller]]s, [[flash memory]], [[graphics processing unit]]s, and other components used in computing and communications.

Founded on July 18, 1968, by pioneers [[Gordon Moore]], [[Robert Noyce]], and [[Andy Grove]], Intel played a central role in the rise of the [[Silicon Valley]] ecosystem. The company's name is a [[portmanteau]] of "integrated" and "electronics". Intel introduced the world's first commercial [[microprocessor]], the [[Intel 4004]], in 1971, and later the [[x86 architecture]] with the [[Intel 8086]] in 1978, which became the dominant instruction set architecture in personal computers.

In the 1990s and 2000s, Intel expanded into [[server]] processors, [[solid-state drives]], and [[Internet of Things]] (IoT) devices. In 2021, the company announced a major foundry service to manufacture chips for other companies, competing with [[TSMC]] and [[Samsung]]. Intel has faced increased competition in recent years from [[AMD]] in the CPU market and from [[ARM architecture]]-based designs in mobile and server segments.

== History ==
Intel was founded in 1968 by Gordon Moore (of [[Moore's law]] fame) and Robert Noyce, a co-inventor of the [[integrated circuit]]. The company's first product was the [[3101]] Schottky TTL bipolar memory, but its breakthrough came with the [[Intel 4004]] microprocessor, developed for a Japanese calculator company. In the 1980s, IBM chose Intel's [[8088]] processor for the [[IBM Personal Computer]], cementing Intel's place in the PC industry.

Throughout the 1990s, Intel introduced the [[Pentium]] brand and became the dominant supplier of CPUs for [[Windows]]-based PCs. The company also developed the [[Xeon]] line for servers and workstations. In 2005, Intel launched the [[Core]] microarchitecture, which succeeded the [[NetBurst]] architecture. More recent milestones include the introduction of [[Hyper-Threading]], [[Turbo Boost]], and integrated graphics.

In 2022, Intel broke ground on new fabrication facilities in Ohio, part of a multi‑billion‑dollar investment to expand its manufacturing capacity in the United States and Europe.

== Products and technologies ==
Intel's product lines include:
* [[Intel Core]] (i3, i5, i7, i9) – consumer desktop and laptop processors
* [[Intel Xeon]] – server and workstation processors
* [[Intel Atom]] – low-power processors for mobile devices and embedded systems
* [[Intel Arc]] – discrete graphics processing units (GPUs)
* [[Intel Optane]] – high-speed memory and storage technology

Intel is also a leading vendor of [[field-programmable gate array]]s (FPGAs) through its acquisition of [[Altera]] in 2015, and of [[artificial intelligence]] accelerators ([[Intel Nervana]] and [[Intel Gaudi]]).

== See also ==
* [[List of Intel microprocessors]]
* [[Silicon Valley]]
* [[AMD]]
* [[Foundry model]]

== External links ==
[http://www.intel.com Official website]

[[Category:American computer hardware companies]]
[[Category:Semiconductor companies]]
[[Category:Technology companies based in Santa Clara, California]]
[[Category:Companies established in 1968]]