INTEL

Intel Corporation is the largest semiconductor manufacturer in the world, with 11 fabrication
facilities and six assembly and test facilities around the world. Intel has changed the global
marketplace dramatically since it was founded in 1968; the company invented the
microprocessor, the “computer on a chip” that made possible the first handheld calculators and
personal computers (PCs). By the early 21st century, Intel’s microprocessors were found in
approximately 80 percent of PCs worldwide. The company’s product line also includes chipsets
and motherboards; flash memory used in wireless communications and other applications;
networking devices and equipment for accessing the Internet, local area networks, and home
networks; and embedded control microchips used in networking products, laser printers, factory
automation instruments, cellular phone base stations, and other applications.