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Innovation from the start.

We’ve been asking“what’s next?”since the very

beginning. Lookingfor a better way.

Developing a new approach.

Because at Intel,our pursuit

of innovation never ends.

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While Intel’s first products were built on 2-inch wafers, today the company uses 300mm (12-inch) wafers to manufacture chips thatcontain millions of transistors.

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1969The first products

$ Intel announces its first product,the 3101 Schottky bipolar randomaccess memory (RAM).

$ The company launches theworld’s first metal oxide semicon-ductor (MOS) static RAM, the 1101.

$ Intel receives its first customerorder, from Hamilton Electric.

$ The company opens its first non-U.S. sales office, in Geneva,Switzerland, and establishes salesand marketing functions in Japan.

$ The “dropped-e” Intel logo is adopted.

Intel founders Bob Noyce (left) and Gordon Moore (standing) witness the signing of Intel’s first customer order, from Hamilton Electric.

1968

Starting a silicon revolution

$ Bob Noyce and Gordon Mooreleave Fairchild Semiconductor andincorporate a new venture as NMElectronics on July 18.

$ Noyce and Moore each con-tribute $245,000 to the new company. Venture capitalist ArthurRock contributes $10,000 and raises an additional $2.5 million by selling convertible debentures.

$ Rock is named chairman, BobNoyce becomes chief executiveofficer (CEO), and Gordon Moorebecomes executive vice president.

$ The company starts operationsin a leased building at 365Middlefield Road in Mountain View, California.

$ Intel purchases the rights to use the Intel name from a com-pany called Intelco for $15,000.

Bob Noyce and Gordon Moore leave Fairchild Semiconductor to found Intel,a company that Noyce described as a “community of common interests.”

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1971

A new era in electronics

$ With an ad in the November 15issue of Electronic News announc-ing “A New Era in IntegratedElectronics,” Intel launches its firstmicroprocessor, the 4004.

$ Intel launches the world’s firsterasable programmable read-onlymemory (EPROM).

$ Intel goes public at $23.50 pershare, raising $6.8 million.

$ The company celebrates its first$1 million month.

$ Employees move into Intel’s firstowned facility, on the corner ofBowers Avenue and the CentralExpressway in Santa Clara.

Dov Frohman, inventor of the EPROM, poses with the system he rigged up to demonstrate the new memory technology.

1970Silicon topples core memory

$ Intel announces the 1103 DRAM,which will usurp core memory asthe industry-standard technologyfor computer memory.

$ To accommodate rapid growth,Intel purchases its first piece ofproperty—a 26-acre pear orchardon the corner of Coffin Road andthe Central Expressway in SantaClara, California.

$ Intel petitions the Santa ClaraCity Council to change the nameof Coffin Road to Bowers Avenue.

$ Recognizing that not all cus-tomers want to purchase at thecomponent level, Intel launches amemory systems business with the1103-based MU-10 board product.

$ Intel’s annual revenue totals over $4 million, up from $565,874the previous year.

Gordon Moore (second from the right) and other employees celebrate the launch of Intel’s 1103 DRAM.

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1973A new factory chic

$ Bunny suits are introduced asstandard Intel clean room attire.

$ Intel opens its first wafer fabri-cation facility (fab) outside SiliconValley, in Livermore, California.

$ Employees receive custom-labeled champagne to celebrateIntel’s first $3 million month.

$ Intel introduces the Intellec 4-40software development tool, thefirst in a line of Intellec systemsthat become key to Intel’s micro-processor sales.

$ The company develops PL/M,the first high-level language formicroprocessors.

In Intel’s factories, bunny suits replace smocks, to keep hairs,skin flakes, and other particles from falling on intricate circuitry.

1972

Factories go global

$ Intel opens its first internationalmanufacturing facility, an assemblyplant in Penang, Malaysia—acountry that now hosts multipleIntel operations.

$ To help customers learn how to use microprocessors, Intel introduces the primitive SIM 4 and SIM 8 design aids.

$ The company announces thefirst 8-bit microprocessor, the 8008.

$ Intel enters the then-new digitalwatch market with the purchase of Microma, a small firm with aprototype liquid crystal display(LCD) watch.

$ The company moves from 2- to3-inch silicon wafers for manufac-turing computer chips.

Intel buys Microma and enters the digital watch business.

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1975

Computers get personal

$ The Intel 8080 processor is used inone of the first personal computers,the Altair 8800, a $439 hobbyists’ kit.

$ Bob Noyce is named Intel chair-man, Gordon Moore becomes pres-ident, and Andy Grove becomesexecutive vice president.

$ Intel’s Penang, Malaysia, assem-bly facility is up and running in arented plant two weeks after a non-injury fire destroys the original plant.

$ Intel continues to innovate itsline of microprocessor develop-ment tools, launching ICE-80, theworld’s first in-circuit emulator, and the Intellec Model 800, a disk-based system.

$ The company introduces MULTIBUS, an interconnectionmechanism that allows systemsbuilders to link a number of micro-processor boards.

Despite its primitive aspects, the Intel 8080 processor-based Altair computerattracts thousands of purchasers after its introduction in Popular Electronics.

1974Launching a classic

$ The company introduces theIntel® 8080 microprocessor, consid-ered by many to be the first truegeneral-purpose microprocessor.

$ Intel opens its first internationaldesign center, in Haifa, Israel.

$ The company expands interna-tional manufacturing operations to the Philippines with the openingof an assembly facility in Manila.

$ Early Intel microprocessorsbegin to find applications in manyareas, including traffic lights andan eye refraction system that cal-culates and prints out eyeglassprescriptions.

$ The density of dynamic RAMsreaches 4K bits with the introduc-tion of the 2107.

The 8080 microprocessor features 4,500 transistors and about ten times the performance of its predecessors.

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1977Bubbles that don’t break

$ With a subsidiary called IntelMagnetics, Intel begins makingbubble memories, which are highlyreliable even when exposed toelectrical shocks, dust, humidity,temperature extremes, vibration,and other hazards.

$ Intel opens an assembly site in Barbados, West Indies.

$ EPROMs reach 16K densitieswith the introduction of Intel’s 2716.

$ The company’s developmentsystems business expands withthe Intellec Series II.

$ Intel launches the 2910, the firstsingle-chip codec (coder/decoder),which becomes a telecommunica-tions industry standard.

Transparent garnet wafers are used in the production of bubble memories,a business Intel enters in 1977 and pursues for the next 11 years.

1976

A chip that takes control

$ Intel introduces the world’s firstmicrocontrollers, the 8748 and8048, which combine a centralprocessor, memory, peripherals,and input-output functions on a single piece of silicon.

$ The company launches theworld’s first single-board computer,the iSBC 80/10.

$ Intel begins producing chips on 4-inch wafers.

$ The faster Intel® 8085 micro-processor is introduced, bringing a 5-volt power supply advantage.

$ Intel opens a small test facility in Santa Cruz, California, andexpands into Oregon with theopening of its first fab outsideCalifornia, in Aloha.

Microcontrollers allow manufacturers to embed intelligence in home appliances, cars, thermostats, and thousands of other products.

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1979

Fame and fortune grow

$ Intel debuts on the Fortune 500list at position 486 and is namedone of ten “Business Triumphs ofthe Seventies” by Fortune.

$ Gordon Moore is named Intelchairman and CEO, Bob Noycebecomes vice chairman, and AndyGrove becomes president andchief operating officer.

$ Bob Noyce receives theNational Medal of Science fromU.S. President Jimmy Carter.

$ Intel launches the 8088 micro-processor, a lower cost version ofthe 8086 with an 8-bit data path.

$ Intel introduces the 2920 signalprocessor, the first microprocessorcapable of performing real-timedigital processing of analog signals.

Although their roles change, the same three men—Andy Grove, Bob Noyce, and Gordon Moore (left to right)—continue to lead Intel.

1978Ten years,10,000 employees

$ Employees celebrate Intel’stenth anniversary with an all-outbash at the Cow Palace in SouthSan Francisco.

$ Intel hires its 10,000th employee.

$ Intel introduces the 8086 16-bitmicroprocessor, which becomesan industry standard.

$ Intel exits the digital watch busi-ness, selling the Microma name toa Swiss company and its watchdesigns and inventory to Timex.

$ The company moves into Arizonawith the opening of operations inDeer Valley, which later move toChandler.

Employees celebrate Intel’s tenth anniversary with an all-out bash at the San Francisco Cow Palace.

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1981IBM picks Intel

$ IBM selects Intel’s 8088 micro-processor to power the IBM PC*.

$ Intel announces the first recipi-ents of its Individual AchievementAward, the highest recognition foremployees.The name later changesto the Intel Achievement Award.

$ Intel opens an assembly andtest facility in Las Piedras, PuertoRico and a design center inTsukuba, Japan.

$ Intel launches the revolutionaryiAPX 432 microprocessor. Althoughit eventually proves unsuccessfulin the market, many of its advancedfeatures are later incorporated intoIntel® processors.

$ Amid a high-tech industry reces-sion, Intel launches the “125%Solution” program, through whichsalaried employees voluntarily workan extra 25 percent each weekwithout pay to help acceleratenew products to market.

Earl Whetstone is the field sales engineer who won the IBM PC* account for Intel.

1980

Ethernet spurs networking

$ Intel, Digital EquipmentCorporation (DEC), and Xeroxannounce the cooperative Ethernetproject, which allows different com-puters to communicate with eachother in local area networks (LANs).

$ Intel introduces the 8087 mathcoprocessor, which boosts micro-processor performance by offload-ing complex math functions.

$ Intel introduces the 8051 and8751 microcontrollers, whichbecome the best-selling micro-controllers in the world.

$ Intel opens a major campus inChandler, Arizona.

$ To encourage employees tocontinue their professional devel-opment, Intel launches a programto provide tuition assistance forjob-related education.

Dun’s Review names Intel one of the five best-managed companies in America.

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1983

High performance, low power

$ Intel introduces complementaryhigh-performance metal-oxidesemiconductor (CHMOS) technolo-gy, which boosts chip performanceand decreases power consumption.

$ Intel passes $1 billion in annualrevenue for the first time.

$ Bob Noyce is inducted into theNational Inventors Hall of Fame.

$ Intel produces its first chips on6-inch silicon wafers at a new fabin Rio Rancho, New Mexico.

$ Author Tom Wolfe pens an articleabout Bob Noyce for an Esquirespecial edition entitled “50 WhoMade the Difference: A Celebrationof 50 American Originals.”

A parody edition of Intel’s employee magazine starts an annual tradition ofApril Fools’ Day fun, a continuing part of Intel’s Great Place to Work culture.

1982The PC industry takes off

$ Intel launches the high-perform-ance,16-bit 80286 (Intel® 286)microprocessor, which features134,000 transistors and is built intonumerous PCs.

$ IBM announces it will purchase12 percent of Intel for $250 millionto ensure Intel’s independenceduring a prolonged recession. Asbusiness conditions improve, IBMsells its shares, closing out itsstake in 1987.

$ The 8096, Intel’s first 16-bitmicrocontroller, enters the market.

$ Intel announces its first LANcontroller, the 82586, which boostssystem performance by offloadingnetwork functions from the mainmicroprocessor.

$ Intel gets into the automotivemarket in a big way with the introduction of 8061/8361 16-bitelectronic engine control chips for Ford Motor Company.

Producing a microprocessor like the Intel® 286 is a team effort.Here, part of the design team checks the layout of the chip.

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1985Farewell, DRAMs

$ Intel makes the painful decisionto exit its original DRAM businessto concentrate on microprocessors.

$ Intel launches the advancedIntel386TM processor, a 32-bit chipthat incorporates 275,000 transis-tors and can run multiple softwareprograms at the same time.

$ Intel opens what will laterbecome a major campus inFolsom, California.

$ The company enters the parallelsupercomputer business, introduc-ing the iPSC/1, which incorporatesmultiple Intel 286 microprocessorsworking simultaneously to solvecomplex problems.

$ Intel enters the retail market withits AboveBoard products, whichallow PC owners to expand theircomputer’s memory capacity.

1984

It’s a great place to work

$ Intel is chosen one of the “100Best Companies to Work for inAmerica” in a book by that name.

$ Intel opens a board assemblyfacility in Singapore and a wafer fab-rication plant in Jerusalem, Israel.

$ The U.S. Congress passes thelandmark Semiconductor ChipProtection Act, which allows semi-conductor makers to copyrighttheir circuit designs.

$ IBM launches the PC-AT*, basedon the Intel 286 microprocessor,spawning an industry of 286processor-based clone PCs.

$ Intel announces the world’s firstCHMOS DRAMs, with densities ashigh as 256K.

$ Fortune magazine names AndyGrove one of the ten “toughestbosses in America” and highlightsIntel as one of “eight big mastersof innovation.”

The book The 100 Best Companies to Work for in America calls Intel one of the “premier whiz outfits in California’s Silicon Valley.”

Most significant events at Intel call for a T-shirt, mug, or trinket,such as this button commemorating Intel’s move into Folsom, California.

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1987

Back in the black

$ After a two-year recession,employees celebrate a return toprofitability with worldwide “Backin the Black” parties, and Intelcloses out the year with recordrevenue and net income.

$ Andy Grove is named Intel pres-ident and CEO, Gordon Moorecontinues as chairman, and BobNoyce continues as vice chairman.

$ Bob Noyce receives theNational Medal of Technology fromU.S. President Ronald Reagan.

$ The company launches its second-generation iPSC/2 super-computers, based on Intel386microprocessors and 80387 mathcoprocessors.

$ Intel opens a development fab and systems headquarters at campuses in Oregon.

Bob Noyce shakes U.S. President Ronald Reagan’s hand upon receiving the National Medal of Technology.

1986Intel goes to Washington

$ The historic U.S.-JapanSemiconductor Trade Agreement issigned, opening Japanese marketsto U.S. semiconductor makers.

$ U.S. courts rule that microcode(software embedded in silicon) iscovered by U.S. copyright laws.

$ The company announces its first1-megabit EPROMs: the 27010,27011, and 27210.

$ Intel receives the first “CorporateInnovation Recognition” awardfrom the Institute of Electrical andElectronic Engineers (IEEE).

$ Intel begins to place moreemphasis on the emerging “micro-communications” field, creatingproducts and helping set stan-dards that make networking easier.

IEEE presents its Corporate Innovation Recognition to organizations that have contributed to major advances in electrotechnology.

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1989A million transistors on amicroprocessor

$ Intel launches the first commer-cially available microprocessorcontaining more than 1 milliontransistors, the i860 processor forscientific and supercomputingapplications.

$ The Intel486TM microprocessor isintroduced, with 1.2 million transis-tors and a built-in math coprocessorto speed performance.

$ The National Academy ofEngineering names the micro-processor one of ten outstandingengineering achievements for theadvancement of human welfare.

$ Intel launches its “Red X” adcampaign to encourage consumersto upgrade from Intel 286 toIntel386 processor-based systems.

$ The Intel Foundation announcesthe first recipients of Minority Fellow-ships and Graduate Fellowships.

Dennis Carter is responsible for Intel’s graffiti-style “Red X” ad campaign,which demonstrates that marketing products directly to consumers is effective.

1988

Flash forward with new memories

$ Intel enters the flash memorybusiness with its innovative EPROMTunnel Oxide (ETOXTM) technology.

$ Bob Noyce becomes presidentand CEO of SEMATECH, a consor-tium of Intel and other high-techcompanies aimed at keeping theU.S. at the forefront of semicon-ductor manufacturing research.

$ The Intel Foundation is startedto expand and coordinate Intel’scontributions to communities inwhich the company operates.

$ Employees receive bonusesbased on company performanceas part of the first payout of Intel’snew Employee Cash Bonus Plan.

$ Employees worldwide celebrateIntel’s 20th anniversary with atouring show featuring 100 profes-sional actors, singers, and dancers.

Employees celebrate Intel’s 20th birthday with custom-labeled beverages and all-out parties at the company’s major sites around the world.

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1991

Becoming a household name

$ Intel Inside® logos begin appear-ing in ads and on PCs worldwide,as Intel launches a brand market-ing campaign to help users identifyPCs based on Intel microprocessors.

$ Intel announces 23 new net-working products in one month,including EtherExpressTM adaptercards and other innovations aimedat helping users form and maintaincomputer networks more easily.

$ The company announces it willcease development of EPROMsand concentrate on flash memory.

$ Intel’s Touchstone Delta system,based on i860 processors, breaksthe world’s supercomputing record,operating at 32 GFLOPS (32 billionfloating-point operations per second).

$ Intel announces annual IntelQuality Awards, for internal organi-zations that demonstrate excellentperformance to corporate values.

The Intel Inside® campaign takes off and soon makes Intel one of the most recognized brand names in the world.

1990The passing of a pioneer

$ Employees, friends, and familymourn the loss of Bob Noyce, whodies suddenly of a heart attack.

$ Intel launches the first of severalgenerations of NetPort print servers,which allow printers to be easilyconnected to LANs and shared by PC users.

$ Gordon Moore receives theNational Medal of Technology from U.S. President George Bush.

$ Craig Barrett becomesExecutive Vice President of Intel,joining Chairman Gordon Mooreand President and CEO AndyGrove in the executive office.

$ Intel starts operations in Ireland,with the opening of a systemsmanufacturing facility in Leixlip.

“Bob [Noyce] believed his mission in life was to leave the world a better place.”—Arthur Rock, venture capitalist and first Intel chairman

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1993A new name for a new processor

$ The 3.1-million-transistor Intel®

Pentium® processor is introduced.

$ Craig Barrett is named Intel’sexecutive vice president and chiefoperating officer, Gordon Mooreremains chairman, and Andy Groveremains president and CEO.

$ The Intel® 82430 PCIset contrib-utes to the industry’s record tran-sition to the Intel Pentium processor.

$ Intel co-authors PCMCIA, astandard technology that makes iteasy for mobile computer users toattach modems, sound cards, net-work adapters, and other devices.

$ Just two years after the start of the Intel Inside® program cam-paign, Financial World ranks theIntel® brand as the third most valuable in the world.

The newly introduced Pentium® processor is featured on the cover of Fortune as the leading player in “The New Computer Revolution.”

1992

We’re number one

$ Intel becomes the largest semi-conductor supplier in the world,according to market research firmDataquest.

$ Intel introduces its first OverDrive®

processors, which allow users ofcertain upgradable PCs to boostthe performance of their systems.

$ The company produces its firstchips on 8-inch silicon wafers.

$ The company announces it willpay its first cash dividend on IntelCommon Stock.

$ The introduction of the Intel®

82420 chipset for Intel486 micro-processor-based systems marksIntel’s transition from PC compo-nent supplier to PC system definer.

The transition from 6- to 8-inch wafers increases Intel’s manufacturing productivity and lowers costs.

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1995

Becoming a chipset leader

$ The Intel® 82430FX PCIset forPentium processor-based PCs pro-pels Intel into the chipset business.

$ Intel launches the Pentium® Proprocessor, a high-performance chipfor 32-bit workstations and servers.

$ Astronauts on the Space ShuttleEndeavour conduct the first real-time, PC-based conference fromspace, using Intel’s ProSharevideoconferencing technology.

$ Extending the company’s net-working product line, Intel beginsmaking hubs, switches, routers,and other products that link groupsof computers and manage trafficflow on networks.

$ Andy Grove gives the keynoteaddress (sharing the stage withNelson Mandela) at the telecom-munications industry’s largest con-ference, Telecom 95, in Geneva,Switzerland.

Andy Grove and Nelson Mandela share the cover of Intel’s employee magazine following their joint appearance at the Telecom 95 conference.

1994Simplifying network management

$ The company launches the firstof its LANDesk Network Managersoftware products, which allowsoftware distribution, virus protec-tion, remote diagnosis, and otherfunctions on computer networks.

$ A “Jeopardy” television gameshow contestant correctly guessesthat Intel is the company whosechips power about 85 percent ofall desktop computers.

$ A flaw that could affect a mini-mal number of users is discoveredin the Intel Pentium processor. Intellearns customer relations lessonsand offers replacement processorsfor all who request them.

$ Intel opens its first fabricationfacility in Ireland, in Leixlip.

$ Intel helps define the Plug-and-Play standard, which makes it easier to add peripherals to PCs.

Bunny-suited employees pose at Intel’s new wafer fabrication facility in Leixlip, Ireland.

Photo by Tom Burchill 1995

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1997Dancers deliver fun

$ Intel® BunnyPeopleTM dancersappear in ads announcing thearrival of the Pentium processorwith Intel® MMXTM technology and the 7.5 million-transistorPentium® II processor.

$ Intel becomes the title sponsorof the International Science andEngineering Fair, a prestigious annu-al high school science competition.

$ Intel launches Intel StrataFlash®

memory, which significantlyincreases the density of flashmemory devices by allowing thestorage of multiple bits of data in a single cell.

$ Time magazine names AndyGrove “Man of the Year.”

$ Craig Barrett becomes Intelpresident, Andy Grove becomeschairman, and Gordon Moorebecomes chairman emeritus.

Intel® BunnyPeopleTM characters make their televised dancing debut in a Super Bowl football game advertisement.

1996

The microprocessor turns 25

$ Ted Hoff, Stan Mazor, andFederico Faggin are inducted into the National Inventors Hall ofFame for their roles in developingthe microprocessor at Intel 25years earlier.

$ The Intel Involved programbegins, with thousands of employ-ees donating their time to maketheir communities better places to live and work.

$ Intel is a major sponsor of theSmithsonian Institution’s 150thanniversary traveling exhibition of artifacts.

$ Intel and Sandia NationalLaboratory build a parallel super-computer that runs at a record one trillion floating-point opera-tions per second (teraflops).

$ Intel expands into DuPont,Washington, with systems manufac-turing and engineering operations.

The National Inventors Hall of Fame honors Stan Mazor, Federico Faggin, andTed Hoff (left to right) during the microprocessor’s silver anniversary year.

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1999

A new generation of winners

$ The company launches the Intel®

Pentium® III and Pentium® III XeonTM

processors.

$ The Dow Jones IndustrialAverage adds Intel to its list.

$ Mattel and Intel launch the Intel®

PlayTM toy line for PCs, which even-tually includes a computer micro-scope, cameras, sound morphers,and more.

$ Intel opens a fabrication facilityin Qiryat Gat, Israel.

$ The company’s networkingproduct line expands with theintroduction of the Intel® IXP 1200Network Processor and relatedproducts.

Intel CEO Craig Barrett poses with the first students to win the Intel Science Talent Search competition after Intel becomes the title sponsor.

1998Special processors for specialmarkets

$ Intel launches its first processorfor the value PC market segment,the Intel® Celeron® processor.

$ The company rolls out the Intel®

Pentium® II XeonTM processor formid-range and high-end work-stations and servers.

$ Intel becomes the title sponsorof the Science Talent Search, oftencalled the “junior Nobel Prize.”

$ Intel expands manufacturing and development into Shanghaiand Beijing, China; opens a devel-opment center in Bangalore, India;expands assembly and test intoBelen, Costa Rica; and moves intoMassachusetts with the acquisitionof a fab in Hudson.

$ Intel announces its first high-performance, low-power processorsbased on the Intel® StrongARM*architecture, for handheld comput-ing and communications devices.

One Digital Day, a book published for Intel’s 30th birthday, features photostaken during a 24-hour period to document the microprocessor’s influence.

Book cover photo ©1998 Joel Sartore

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2001Moore moves on

$ Intel co-founder Gordon Mooreretires from the company’s boardof directors.

$ The company begins shippingthe Intel® Itanium® processor forpowerful workstations and servers.

$ Intel rolls out Intel® XeonTM

processors for high-performanceand mid-range multiprocessorworkstations.

$ Intel builds the world’s smallestand fastest transistor, which is only15 nanometers (15 billionths of ameter) wide.

$ Intel starts an industry consor-tium of semiconductor companiesworking to develop extreme ultravi-olet (EUV) lithography, a technologyconsidered key to making smallersemiconductor devices in the future.

Intel® Itanium® processors run the powerful server computers that are the workhorses of the Internet.

2000

Going wireless

$ The company’s emphasis onwireless computing grows with the launch of the Intel® XScaleTM

microarchitecture and Intel®

PRO/Wireless LAN PC cards.

$ Intel introduces the 42-million-transistor Intel® Pentium® 4 processor.

$ The Intel® Teach to the Futureprogram begins a worldwide effortto provide technology training tohundreds of thousands of teachers.

$ With the Museum of Science,Boston, and the MIT Media Lab, Intellaunches the Computer ClubhouseNetwork to provide facilities wherechildren in under-served communi-ties can work with adult mentors to develop technology skills.

$ Intel establishes a softwaredevelopment center in NizhnyNovgorod, Russia and expandsmanufacturing operations intoColorado with the purchase of a fab in Colorado Springs.

Students in China are among thousands of children who experience technology at the growing global network of Intel® Computer Clubhouses.

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2003

Happy 35th, Intel

$ On July 18, Intel marks its 35thanniversary.

$ Intel ships its 1billionth processor.

$ The newly introduced Intel®

CentrinoTM mobile technology bringshigh performance, long battery life,and integrated wireless LAN capa-bility to thinner, lighter portable PCs.

$ Intel introduces the Intel®

PXA800F cellular processor, amicrochip that combines key com-ponents of cellular phones andhandheld computers on a singlepiece of silicon.

$ Intel announces it has providedtechnology training to more than 1 million teachers worldwide via theIntel Teach to the Future program.

Worldwide Intel® CentrinoTM mobile technology launch events include demonstrations like this one in New York City.

2002Pizza-sized wafers

$ Intel delivers its first chips builtusing 0.13-micron technology on300mm (12-inch) wafers.

$ Paul Otellini becomes Intel’spresident and chief operating offi-cer, Craig Barrett remains CEO, andAndy Grove continues as chairman.

$ Gordon Moore receives thePresidential Medal of Freedom fromU.S. President George W. Bush.

$ Intel introduces Hyper-ThreadingTechnology, which improves sys-tem performance in multitaskingenvironments by enabling multiplethreads of information to runsimultaneously on one processor.

$ The company launches the Intel®

Itanium® 2 processor for high-per-formance servers and workstations.

Chips manufactured using 0.13-micron technology on 300mm (12-inch)wafers deliver consumers more computing power at a lower cost.

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“Don’t beencumbered by history.

Go off and dosomething wonderful.”

Intel Co-founderBob Noyce

Innovationhasnoendpoint.By continually

advancing silicon technology and

moving the industry forward, we

empower people to do more. To enhance

their knowledge.To strengthen

their connections.To change the world.

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