Intel

Intel Corporation is an American multinational technology company and semiconductor manufacturer. Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, Intel designs and manufactures microprocessors and other silicon components used in personal computers, data centers, and embedded systems. The company markets a broad range of products including central processing units (CPUs), chipsets, graphics solutions, memory and storage products, field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), and software and security offerings.

Founded in 1968 by Gordon Moore and Robert Noyce, Intel rose to prominence with memory chips and later CPUs for personal computers. Its 4004 and 8086 families helped establish the x86 architecture that became the standard for PC operating systems. In the 1990s Intel dominated the PC processor market with the Pentium and later the Core series, expanding into servers with Xeon processors and into other technologies such as integrated graphics and AI accelerators. It acquired Altera (FPGAs) in 2015 and Mobileye (autonomous driving tech) in 2017. In 2021, Pat Gelsinger became chief executive and announced IDM 2.0, expanding external manufacturing and new fabs.

Intel historically followed an integrated device manufacturing approach, designing and fabricating most of its chips in-house. Over time it faced delays and capacity constraints at several nodes and turned to external foundries for some products under the IDM 2.0 plan. The company operates a network of fabrication facilities and design centers around the world to serve consumer, data center, and edge markets.

Intel's products power a large share of personal computers and cloud servers, and its non-CPU efforts include GPUs, FPGAs, memory, and software platforms. The Mobileye division focuses on advanced driver-assistance systems and autonomous driving technologies. Intel remains a major force in the semiconductor industry, frequently competing with AMD, Nvidia, and suppliers of memory and foundry services.