# Intel

> Intel is the American chipmaker that put a computer on a fingernail-sized sliver of silicon in 1971 and spent five decades making the processors inside most of the world's PCs and servers. Founded in 1968 by Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore, it designs and manufactures CPUs, GPUs, FPGAs and AI accelerators - and, unusually for a modern chip giant, still runs its own fabs. Under CEO Lip-Bu Tan it is betting its future on Intel Foundry, opening those factories to build chips for other companies as it races to reclaim manufacturing leadership.

- **Founded:** 1968
- **Headquarters:** Santa Clara, California, United States
- **Founders:** Robert Noyce (Co-founder, first CEO), Gordon Moore (Co-founder, author of Moore's Law)
- **Team size:** ~85,000-86,000 employees (2025)
- **Products:** Intel Core / Core Ultra processors, Intel Xeon processors, Intel Arc GPUs, Intel Gaudi AI accelerators, Intel Foundry
- **Notable:** Designed and shipped the Intel 4004 in 1971 - the world's first commercial microprocessor., Made the x86 architecture the dominant standard for PCs and servers for decades., Co-founder Gordon Moore authored 'Moore's Law,' the roadmap the whole industry followed.

## Products & services

- **Intel Core / Core Ultra processors** — Client CPUs for laptops and desktops, including the Core Ultra line with an integrated NPU for on-device AI ('AI PCs').
- **Intel Xeon processors** — Server and data-center CPUs used across cloud, enterprise and high-performance computing.
- **Intel Arc GPUs** — Discrete graphics processors for gaming, content creation and, increasingly, data-center AI workloads.
- **Intel Gaudi AI accelerators** — Deep-learning training and inference accelerators aimed at generative-AI workloads, competing with Nvidia and AMD.
- **Intel Foundry** — Contract chip-manufacturing business that builds silicon for external customers on Intel's process technologies, including the 18A node.
- **Intel FPGA (Altera)** — Field-programmable gate arrays for networking, embedded and acceleration workloads.
- **Intel 18A process technology** — Leading-edge manufacturing node using RibbonFET gate-all-around transistors and PowerVia backside power delivery.

## Achievements

- Designed and shipped the Intel 4004 in 1971 - the world's first commercial microprocessor.
- Made the x86 architecture the dominant standard for PCs and servers for decades.
- Co-founder Gordon Moore authored 'Moore's Law,' the roadmap the whole industry followed.
- Built one of the most recognized brands in tech with the 'Intel Inside' campaign.
- Under CEO Lip-Bu Tan, shares rose more than 300% following his March 2025 appointment.
- Secured up to ~$7.86B in U.S. CHIPS Act funding to expand domestic manufacturing.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Fortinet becomes Intel Foundry's first named customer, building its SP6 security chip on the Intel 4 process.
- **2026-02** — CEO Lip-Bu Tan says Intel is moving deeper into GPUs and has hired a chief architect to lead the effort.
- **2025-03** — Lip-Bu Tan appointed CEO, succeeding interim co-CEOs and launching a broad turnaround.
- **2025-01** — Intel begins ramping its 18A process, its bid to reclaim manufacturing leadership.

## Links

- Website: https://intel.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/intel-corporation
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/intel
- GitHub: https://github.com/intel
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/intel
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/intel
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Intel
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@intel

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Last updated: 2026-08-12