INTRODUCTION
Intel is the world’s largest company in the manufacturing of semiconductors, holding about 80% of the market share for microprocessors in desktop and electronics devices (Randewich 2012). Among computer manufacturers, Dell and Hewlett-Packard are the Intel’s two largest customer. In addition, Intel also takes part in embedded semiconductors for the industrials, from medical to military.
Figure 1: An Intel’s logo
BACKGROUND
Intel was formed by Robert N. Noyce, cofounder of the integrated circuit, and Gordon E. Moore, a colleague of Noyce’s from Fairchild Semiconductor, in 1968. The very first aim of the company is to make semiconductor memory more practical and affordable. Their start-up Intel, the short form of “integrated electronics”, received …show more content…
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