the information gathering term see intelligence assessment . for other uses see intel disambiguation . coordinates 37 23 16.54 n 121 57 48.74 w 37.3879278 n 121.9635389 w 37.3879278 ; 121.9635389 intel corporation intel s current logo used since december 30 2005 intel s headquarters in santa clara california type public traded as nasdaq intc dow jones industrial average component nasdaq 100 component s & p 500 component industry semiconductors founded july 18 1968 ; 48 years ago 1968 07 18 founders gordon moore robert noyce headquarters santa clara california u.s. area served worldwide key people gordon moore chairman emeritus andy bryant chairman brian krzanich ceo products bluetooth chipsets flash memory microprocessors motherboard chipsets network interface controllers mobile phones solid state drives central processing units revenue us 55.35 billion 2016 1 operating income us 14.21 billion 2016 1 net income us 11.42 billion 2016 1 total assets us 101.4 billion 2016 1 total equity us 61.08 billion 2016 1 number of employees 95 000 2016 1 website www.intel.com intel corporation also known as intel and stylized as intel is an american multinational technology company headquartered in santa clara california . it is one of the world s largest and highest valued semiconductor chip makers based on revenue . 3 and is the inventor of the x86 series of microprocessors the processors found in most personal computers pcs . intel supplies processors for computer system manufacturers such as apple inc. lenovo hp and dell . intel also manufactures motherboard chipsets network interface controllers and integrated circuits flash memory graphics chips embedded processors and other devices related to communications and computing . intel corporation was founded on july 18 1968 by semiconductor pioneers robert noyce and gordon moore and widely associated with the executive leadership and vision of andrew grove . the company s name was conceived as portmanteau of the words integrated and electronics . the fact that intel is the term for intelligence information also made the name appropriate . 4 intel was an early developer of sram and dram memory chips which represented the majority of its business until 1981 . although intel created the world s first commercial microprocessor chip in 1971 it was not until the success of the personal computer pc that this became its primary business . during the 1990s intel invested heavily in new microprocessor designs fostering the rapid growth of the computer industry . during this period intel became the dominant supplier of microprocessors for pcs and was known for aggressive and anti competitive tactics in defense of its market position particularly against advanced micro devices amd as well as a struggle with microsoft for control over the direction of the pc industry . 5 6 intel was placed at 56 on the 2015 rankings of the world s most valuable brands published by millward brown optimor . 7 the open source technology center at intel hosts powertop and latencytop and supports other open source projects such as wayland intel array building blocks threading building . contents 1 current operations 1.1 operating segments 1.2 top customers 1.3 market share 1.3.1 market share in early 2011 1.3.2 historical market share 1.3.3 major competitors 2 corporate history 2.1 origins 2.2 early history 2.3 slowing demand and challenges to dominance in 2000 2.4 litigation issues 2.5 regaining of momentum 2005 2007 2.6 sale of xscale processor business 2006 2.7 acquisitions 2010 2016 3 acquisition table 2010 2016 3.1 expansions 2008 2011 3.2 opening up the foundries to other manufacturers 2013 4 product and market history 4.1 srams and the microprocessor 4.2 from dram to microprocessors 4.3 intel x86 processors and the ibm pc 4.3.1 386 microprocessor 4.3.2 486 pentium and itanium 4.3.3 pentium flaw 4.3.4 intel inside and other campaigns 4.4 solid state drives ssd 4.5 supercomputers 4.6 competition antitrust and espionage 4.7 use of intel products by apple computer 2005 present 4.8 core 2 duo advertisement controversy 2007 4.9 introduction of classmate pc 2011 4.10 introduction of new mobile processor technology 2011 4.11 update to server chips 2011 4.12 introduction of ivy bridge 22 nm processors 2011 4.13 development of personal office energy monitor poem 2011 4.14 it manager 3 unseen forces 4.15 car security system 2011 4.16 high bandwidth digital content protection 4.17 move from wintel desktop to open mobile platforms 2013 2014 4.18 introduction of haswell processors 2013 4.19 wearable fashion 2014 4.20 fog computing 4.21 conflict free 5 corporate affairs 5.1 leadership and corporate structure 5.2 employment 5.2.1 diversity 5.3 economic impact in oregon in 2009 5.4 school funding in new mexico in 1997 5.5 ultrabook fund 2011 5.6 advertising and brand management 5.6.1 intel inside 5.6.2 sonic logo 5.6.3 processor naming strategy 5.7 open source support 6 controversies 6.1 patent infringement litigation 2006 2007 6.2 anti competitive allegations and litigation 2005 2009 6.2.1 allegations by japan fair trade commission 2005 6.2.2 allegations by the european union 2007 2008 6.2.3 allegations by regulators in south korea 2007 6.2.4 allegations by regulators in the united states 2008 2010 6.3 corporate responsibility record 6.4 religious controversy in israel 2009 6.5 age discrimination complaints 6.6 land dispute in israel 6.7 tax dispute in india 7 see also 8 references 9 external links current operations edit operating segments edit intel computing group 58 % of 2015 revenues produces hardware components used in desktop and notebook computers . 8 data center group 29 % of 2015 revenues produces hardware components used in server network and storage platforms . 8 internet of things group 4 % of 2015 revenues offers platforms designed for retail transportation industrial buildings and home use . 8 software and services 4 % of 2015 revenues produces software particularly security and antivirus software . 8 other 5 % of 2015 revenues primarily the non volatile memory solutions group and the new devices group . 8 top customers edit in 2015 hp inc. and hp enterprise collectively accounted for 18 % of the company s revenue dell for 15 % and lenovo for 13 % . 8 market share edit further information semiconductor sales leaders by year market share in early 2011 edit according to idc while intel enjoyed the biggest market share in both the overall worldwide pc microprocessor market 79.3 % and the mobile pc microprocessor 84.4 % in the second quarter of 2011 the numbers decreased by 1.5 % and 1.9 % compared to the first quarter of 2011 . 9 10 historical market share edit in the 1980s intel was among the top ten sellers of semiconductors 10th in 1987 in the world . in 1991 intel became the biggest chip maker by revenue and has held the position ever since . other top semiconductor companies include tsmc advanced micro devices samsung texas instruments toshiba and stmicroelectronics . major competitors edit competitors in pc chip sets include advanced micro devices via technologies silicon integrated systems and nvidia . intel s competitors in networking include nxp semiconductors infineon broadcom limited marvell technology group and applied micro circuits corporation and competitors in flash memory include spansion samsung qimonda toshiba stmicroelectronics and sk hynix . the only major competitor in the x86 processor market is advanced micro devices amd with which intel has had full cross licensing agreements since 1976 each partner can use the other s patented technological innovations without charge after a certain time . 11 however the cross licensing agreement is canceled in the event of an amd bankruptcy or takeover . 12 some smaller competitors such as via technologies produce low power x86 processors for small factor computers and portable equipment . however the advent of such mobile computing devices in particular smartphones has in recent years led to a decline in pc sales . 13 since over 95 % of the world s smartphones currently use processors designed by arm holdings arm has become a major competitor for intel s processor market . arm is also planning to make inroads into the pc and server market . 14 intel has been involved in several disputes regarding violation of antitrust laws which are noted below . corporate history edit further information timeline of intel origins edit andy grove robert noyce and gordon moore in 1978 . intel corporation s former logo used from july 18 1968 until december 29 2005 . intel was founded in mountain view california in 1968 by gordon e. moore of moore s law fame a chemist and robert noyce a physicist and co inventor of the integrated circuit . arthur rock investor and venture capitalist helped them find investors while max palevsky was on the board from an early stage . 15 moore and noyce had left fairchild semiconductor to found intel . rock was not an employee but he was an investor and was chairman of the board . 16 17 the total initial investment in intel was 2.5 million convertible debentures and 10 000 from rock . just 2 years later intel became a public company via an initial public offering ipo raising 6.8 million 23.50 per share . 16 intel s third employee was andy grove 18 a chemical engineer who later ran the company through much of the 1980s and the high growth 1990s . in deciding on a name moore and noyce quickly rejected moore noyce 19 homophone for more noise an ill suited name for an electronics company since noise in electronics is usually very undesirable and typically associated with bad interference . instead they used the name nm electronics before renaming their company integrated electronics or intel for short . 20 since intel was already trademarked by the hotel chain intelco they had to buy the rights for the name . 16 21 early history edit at its founding intel was distinguished by its ability to make semiconductors . its first product in 1969 was the 3101 schottky ttl bipolar 64 bit static random access memory sram which was nearly twice as fast as earlier schottky diode implementations by fairchild and the electrotechnical laboratory in tsukuba japan . 22 23 in the same year intel also produced the 3301 schottky bipolar 1024 bit read only memory rom 24 and the first commercial metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor mosfet silicon gate sram chip the 256 bit 1101 . 16 25 26 intel s business grew during the 1970s as it expanded and improved its manufacturing processes and produced a wider range of products still dominated by various memory devices . federico faggin the designer of intel 4004 while intel created the first commercially available microprocessor intel 4004 in 1971 16 and one of the first microcomputers in 1972 25 27 by the early 1980s its business was dominated by dynamic random access memory chips . however increased competition from japanese semiconductor manufacturers had by 1983 dramatically reduced the profitability of this market . the growing success of the ibm personal computer based on an intel microprocessor was among factors that convinced gordon moore ceo since 1975 to shift the company s focus to microprocessors and to change fundamental aspects of that business model . moore s decision to sole source intel s 386 chip played into the company s continuing success . by the end of the 1980s buoyed by its fortuitous position as microprocessor supplier to ibm and ibm s competitors within the rapidly growing personal computer market intel embarked on a 10 year period of unprecedented growth as the primary and most profitable hardware supplier to the pc industry part of the winning wintel combination . moore handed over to andy grove in 1987 . by launching its intel inside marketing campaign in 1991 intel was able to associate brand loyalty with consumer selection so that by the end of the 1990s its line of pentium processors had become a household name . slowing demand and challenges to dominance in 2000 edit after 2000 growth in demand for high end microprocessors slowed . competitors notably amd intel s largest competitor in its primary x86 architecture market