Intel Corporation is one of the world’s largest and highest-valued semiconductor chip makers.  Its “Intel Inside” marketing marketing campaign made Intel a household name.

Although Intel created the first commercial microprocessor chip in 1971, it wasn’t until the boom in the personal computer business, in the mid-80’s, that the company focussed on this activity.

Intel’s heavy investment in microprocessor development in the 1990s drove rapid advances in desktop and portable computers.  There is a small museum of semiconductor technology at Intel headquarters.

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2200 Mission College Blvd
Santa Clara, CA 95054

Founded in July, 1968

106,000 employees (as of 2014)