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Timeline of Intel

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This is a timeline of Intel, one of the world's largest semiconductor chip makers.

Timeline

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1968July 18Company
logo		Intel is founded by Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore, who had both left Fairchild Semiconductor.{{cite web |url=http://www.edn.com/electronics-blogs/edn-moments/4390653/Intel-is-founded--July-18--1968 |title=Intel is founded, July 18, 1968 |newspaper=Edn.com |access-date= January 17, 2016}}
1969May 1CompetitionAdvanced Micro Devices is founded by Jerry Sanders. This company would become the second-largest supplier and only significant rival to Intel in the market for x86-based microprocessors.
1970OctoberProductsIntel comes out with its 3rd product, the Intel 1103, which put Intel on the map.
1971October 13CompanyIntel goes IPO at a price of $23.50 a share. At 350,000 shares, this sums to a total of $8.225M. Intel becomes one of the very first companies to be listed on the then-newly established National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) stock exchange.{{cite web |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/alan-patricof-greycroft-ipo-market-2011-1 |title=IT'S OFFICIAL: The IPO Market Is Crippled – And It's Hurting Our Country – Business Insider |newspaper=Businessinsider.com |access-date= January 17, 2016}}
1971November 15ProductIntel launches its first microprocessor, the 4004.{{cite web |url=http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/history/historic-timeline.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130103012023/http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/history/historic-timeline.html |archive-date=January 3, 2013 |title=Intel Online Museum: Corporate Timeline (Archived version) |work=Intel Museum |publisher=Intel|access-date=July 23, 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://download.intel.com/museum/research/arc_collect/timeline/TimelineDateSort7_05.pdf |title=A chronological list of Intel products. The products are sorted by date. |access-date=July 31, 2007 |date=July 2005 |work=Intel museum |publisher=Intel Corporation |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070809053720/http://download.intel.com/museum/research/arc_collect/timeline/TimelineDateSort7_05.pdf |archive-date = August 9, 2007}}
1972AprilProductIntel announces the first 8-bit microprocessor, the 8008.{{cite web |url=http://www.techspot.com/article/874-history-of-the-personal-computer/ |title=The History of the Microprocessor and the Personal Computer – TechSpot |newspaper=Techspot.com |access-date= February 1, 2016}}
1974AprilProductIntel launches the Intel 8080 microprocessor, the first general-purpose microprocessor, featuring 4,500 transistors. This finally kickstarts computer development.
1976ProductIntel launches the Intel MCS-48 series of microcontrollers, the world's first microcontrollers (which combine a CPU with memory, peripherals, and input-output functions).
1978JuneProductIntel introduces the 8086 16-bit microprocessor, which becomes the industry standard (for the x86 instruction set).
1979NovemberProductIntel launches "Operation Crush", a campaign to establish the 8086 as the standard for the 16-bit microprocessor market (which was competing with the technically superior Motorola 68000). This finally convinces IBM to adopt the 8086 in its upcoming personal computer.
1980ProductIntel and Xerox introduce the cooperative Ethernet project.
1982February 1ProductIntel launches the 16-bit Intel 286 microprocessor, which features 134,000 transistors and is built into many PCs.
1983ProductIntel launches CHMOS technology, which increases chip performance while decreasing power consumption.
1984ProductIntel announces the world's first CHMOS DRAMs, which have densities as high as 256K.
1985ProductIntel enters the parallel supercomputer business and introduces the iPSC/1.{{cite web |url=http://www.computerhistory.org/revolution/supercomputers/10/74/286 |title=iPSC-1 – CHM Revolution |newspaper=Com |access-date= February 1, 2016}}
1985OctoberProductIntel launches (and sole-sources) the 80386 processor, a 32-bit chip that incorporates 275K transistors and can run multiple software programs at once.{{Cite book| author= Richard Tedlow| title= Andy Grove| publisher= Penguin| year= 2006| isbn= 978-1-59184-139-5| url-access= registration| url= https://archive.org/details/andygrovelifeand00tedl}}
1986SeptemberPartnershipsCompaq buys the 386 for its Deskpro personal computer. Compaq was one of several IBM clones that would adopt Intel processors, which shifted control of the computing industry from IBM to Intel.
1986LegalThe US-Japan Semiconductor Trade Agreement is signed, opening up Japanese markets to US semiconductor markets.
1989April 10ProductIntel introduces the 80486 microprocessor, which it sole-sources for 4 years. This offers backwards compatibility.
1989OctoberMarketingIntel launches the "Red X" marketing campaign by discrediting its original 16-bit and 8-bit products, in order to encourage more people to adopt 32-bit computing.{{cite web |url=http://www.techspot.com/article/899-history-of-the-personal-computer-part-4/ |title=History of the Microprocessor and the Personal Computer, Part 4 – TechSpot |newspaper=Techspot.com |access-date= February 2, 2016}}
1990June 3TeamRobert Noyce suddenly dies from a heart attack.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/06/04/obituaries/an-inventor-of-the-microchip-robert-n-noyce-dies-at-62.html |title=An Inventor of the Microchip, Robert N. Noyce, Dies at 62 |newspaper=The New York Times |date= June 4, 1990 |access-date= February 1, 2016}}
1990NovemberCompetitionIntel loses its suit against AMD. This loss allows AMD to create clones of the 386 processor.{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-11-10-fi-3832-story.html |title=Intel Loses a Round in 386 Chip Battle : Technology: But the fight is far from over. – latimes |newspaper=Articles.latimes.com |access-date= January 31, 2016}}
1991SpringProductIntel decides that it will stick with CISC architecture, and cuts off support for RISC architecture, which was internally developed by Les Kohn.
1991CompanyIntel starts the Intel Inside marketing campaign.{{cite web |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/inside-the-inside-intel-campaign-2009-9 |title=Inside the 'Inside Intel' Campaign – Business Insider |newspaper=Businessinsider.com |access-date= February 1, 2016}}
1992CompetitionIntel becomes the top-ranked seller for semiconductor sales. It has retained its top ranking ever since.
1993MarchProductIntel launches the Pentium processor, which has 3.1 million transistors, initial speeds of 60 MHz, features an integrated floating-point unit, and is built on a 0.8 micron bi-CMOS process.{{cite web |url=http://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/analysis/2256532/intel-s-pentium-launched-20-years-ago-today |title=Intel's Pentium launched 20 years ago today – IT Analysis from V3.co.uk |newspaper=V3.co.uk |access-date= February 1, 2016}}
1994DecemberProductIntel suffers a public relations disaster when CNN publicized the story that there was a flaw in the way that the Pentium chip did division. Intel argued that the flaw was irrelevant, but then IBM halted shipments of Pentium-based computers, forcing Intel to reverse course and offer a no-questions-asked return policy.{{cite journal |url=https://hbr.org/1996/11/inside-intel |title=Inside Intel |journal=Harvard Business Review |date=November 1996 |access-date= February 1, 2016|last1=Brandenburger |first1=Adam |last2=Nalebuff |first2=Barry }}
1995November 1ProductIntel launches the Pentium Pro processor, a high-performance chip targeted for 32-bit workstations.
1996October 22ProductIntel launches the Pentium MMX product line.{{cite web |url=http://www.cnet.com/news/new-chip-begs-new-questions/ |title=New chip begs new questions[sic] – CNET |newspaper=Cnet.com |access-date= February 10, 2016}}
1997May 7ProductIntel launches the Pentium II line of processors, which is Intel's sixth-generation microarchitecture (P6).{{cite web |url=http://www.pcguide.com/ref/cpu/fam/g6PII-c.html |title=Intel Pentium II ("Klamath") |newspaper=Pcguide.com |access-date= February 10, 2016}}
1998April 1CompanyIntel wins sponsorship rights to the Westinghouse Science Talent Search.{{cite news |url=http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/1998/04/01/29sci.h17.html?print=1 |title=Intel Corp. To Sponsor Annual Science Contest – Education Week |newspaper=Edweek.org |date=April 1998 |access-date= January 17, 2016|last1=Manzo |first1=Kathleen Kennedy }}
1998June 29ProductIntel rolls out the Intel Pentium II Xeon processor, Intel's new high-end solution for the workstation and server markets.{{cite web |url=http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/intel,69.html |title=Intel's Pentium II Xeon Processor – Introduction |newspaper=Tomshardware.com |date=2 July 1998 |access-date= January 17, 2016}}
1998August 24ProductIntel launches the first processor for the budget PC market segment, the Intel Celeron processor.{{cite web |url=https://money.cnn.com/1998/08/24/technology/intel/ |title=Intel launches new chips – Aug. 24, 1998 |newspaper=CNN |access-date= February 1, 2016}}
1999February 26ProductIntel launches the Pentium III generation of microprocessors, which features the addition of the SSE instruction set (to accelerate floating point and parallel calculations).{{cite web |url=http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Pentium-III/TYPE-Pentium%20III%20(Katmai).html |title=Intel Pentium III (Katmai) microprocessor family |newspaper=Cpu-world.com |access-date= February 10, 2016}}
1999OctoberCompanyThe Dow Jones Industrial Average adds Intel to its list.{{cite web |url=https://money.cnn.com/1999/10/26/markets/dowindustrials/ |title=Dow Jones industrials to add Intel, Microsoft – Oct. 26, 1999 |newspaper=CNN |access-date= February 1, 2016}}
2000CompanyIntel launches Intel Research.
2000NovemberProductIntel introduces the Pentium 4 processor, with an initial speed of 1.5 GHz.{{cite web |url=http://www.intel.com/pressroom/archive/releases/2000/dp112000.htm |title=Intel Introduces The Pentium® 4 Processor |newspaper=Intel.com |access-date= February 1, 2016}}
2001MayLegal, competitionIntel and Advanced Micro Devices make a patent cross-license agreement between the companies.{{cite web |url=http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1129690 |title=Intel and AMD renew patent cross-licensing pact |newspaper=Eetimes.com |access-date= January 31, 2016}}
2003MarchProductIntel launches the Pentium M mobile processor, along with the Centrino processor technology for laptop PCs, which made wireless compatibility a standard for laptop computers.{{cite web |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/03/12/feature_intel_centrino_notebook_brand_ten_years_old/ |title=Intel's Centrino notebook platform is 10 years old |newspaper=The Register |date= March 12, 2013 |access-date= February 1, 2016}}{{cite web |url=http://www.intelfreepress.com/news/centrino-and-the-hotspot-revolution/114/ |title=Centrino and the Hotspot Revolution |newspaper=Intelfreepress.com |access-date= February 2, 2016}}
2004FebruaryProductIntel announces that it will implement its first 64-bit processor, and releases the Nocona in June 2004.{{cite web |url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/116631/article.html |title=Intel Readies First 64-Bit Chip |newspaper=Pcworld.com |access-date= February 1, 2016}}
2005May 25ProductIntel launches the Pentium D dual-core processor.
2005JuneLegal, competitionAMD files lawsuit against Intel, claiming that Intel engaged in unfair competition by offering rebates to Japanese PC manufacturers who agreed to eliminate or limit purchases of microprocessors made by AMD or a smaller manufacturer, Transmeta. In November 2009, Intel agrees to pay AMD $1.25 billion in a settlement.
2006July 26ProductIntel launches the Core 2 processor.{{cite web |url=http://www.cnet.com/news/good-bye-pentium-hello-core-2-duo/ |title=Good-bye, Pentium—hello, Core 2 Duo – CNET |newspaper=Cnet.com |access-date= February 2, 2016}}
2007NovemberCompetitionQualcomm launches the first Snapdragon system on a chip semiconductor product, which included the first 1 GHz processor for mobile phones. By 2011, Snapdragon achieves 50% market share of the smartphone processor market.{{cite news|first=Brian|last=Caulfield|newspaper=Forbes|title=No Factories, No Phones, No Fuss: How Qualcomm Grabs Wireless Profits|date=18 July 2012|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/briancaulfield/2012/07/18/no-factories-no-phones-no-fuss-how-qualcomm-grabs-wireless-profits/|access-date=10 October 2014}}
2008March 2ProductIntel announces the Intel Atom, a line of low-power, low-cost and low-performance x86 and x86-64 microprocessors that can be used for smartphones and tablets.
2008August 10ProductIntel announces the Nehalem microprocessor, which represents the new Core i7 brand of high-end microprocessors to replace the Core 2 microprocessors.{{cite web |url=http://www.tgdaily.com/hardware-features/38818-nehalem-i7-intel-unveils-new-core-processor-brand |title=Nehalem = i7: Intel unveils new Core processor brand |newspaper=TG Daily |date= August 10, 2008 |access-date= February 10, 2016}}
2009NovemberLegalIntel pays Advanced Micro Devices $1.25 billion in a settlement over AMD's assertion that Intel rewarded computer makers that used only Intel chips and punished those who bought from AMD.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/13/technology/companies/13chip.html |title=Intel Pays A.M.D. $1.25 Billion to Settle Disputes |newspaper=The New York Times |date= November 12, 2009 |access-date= February 2, 2016}}
2011JanuaryProductIntel announces the Sandy Bridge series of Core microprocessors to replace Nehalem. Sandy Bridge microprocessors start out as quad-core.{{cite web |url=http://www.cnet.com/news/first-intel-next-gen-laptops-will-be-quad-core/ |title=First Intel next-gen laptops will be quad core – CNET |newspaper=Cnet.com |access-date= February 10, 2016}}
2011MayProductIntel announces that it will put the first 3D transistors into high-volume production (the structure it invented is called "Tri-Gate").{{cite web |url=http://www.cnet.com/news/how-intels-3d-tech-redefines-the-transistor-faq/ |title=How Intel's 3D tech redefines the transistor (FAQ) – CNET |newspaper=Cnet.com |access-date= February 1, 2016}}
2013JuneProductIntel releases the next-generation lineup of desktop and mobile processors in the Core i3, i5, and i7 family – known as Haswell.{{cite web |url=http://www.cnet.com/news/intels-new-fourth-gen-haswell-processors-what-you-need-to-know-faq/ |title=Intel's new fourth-gen 'Haswell' processors: What you need to know (FAQ) – CNET |newspaper=Cnet.com |access-date= February 10, 2016}}
2013September 10ProductIntel announces the Intel Quark, a tiny chip that can power Internet of things and wearable devices.{{cite web |url=https://www.theverge.com/2013/9/10/4715514/intel-quark-internet-of-things-wearable-computing |title=Intel introduces Quark, a tiny chip for the internet of things and wearable computing |newspaper=Theverge.com |date=10 September 2013 |access-date= January 17, 2016}}
2016May 3ProductIntel announces withdrawal from smartphone market.{{cite web |url=https://www.theverge.com/2016/5/3/11576216/intel-atom-smartphone-quit |title=Intel's new smartphone strategy is to quit |newspaper=Theverge.com |date=3 May 2016 |access-date= June 1, 2016}}{{cite web |url=https://www.theverge.com/2016/5/31/11817818/intel-computex-2016-keynote-report |title=Intel knows it's no longer inside |newspaper=Theverge.com |date=31 May 2016 |access-date= June 1, 2016}}
2017

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|Acquisition

|Intel acquired Mobileye, a leader in the development of computer vision and machine learning for autonomous driving, for $15.3 billion.

2018

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|Challenge

|Intel security researchers discovered Spectre and Meltdown, two critical vulnerabilities that affected nearly all of the company’s processors.

2018

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|Product

|Intel introduced 5G modem, bringing faster speeds and lower latency to mobile devices. It also introduced new processors; Core i9 and Xeon Scalable.

2019

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|Competition

|Apple announced that it would no longer use Intel processors in its Mac computers. The company planned to switch to using its own ARM-based chips.

2020September 2Product
logo		Intel and all its products (except the ones that were discontinued or never got a new logo) get a new logo.{{cite web |url=https://www.creativebloq.com/news/intel-new-logo|title=Intel's new logo loses its swirl (and some of its personality)|date=3 September 2020}}
2024

|February 21

|Product

|Intel launched Intel Foundry as a more sustainable systems foundry business designed for the AI era.{{Cite web |last=archit_tandon |date=2024-02-22 |title=Intel launches world's first systems foundry designed for the AI era |url=https://www.communicationstoday.co.in/intel-launches-worlds-first-systems-foundry-designed-for-the-ai-era/ |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=Communications Today |language=en-US}}

2024

|April

|Competition

|Intel becomes the worst-performing tech stock in the S&P 500, down 37% year-to-date.{{Cite web |last=Leswing |first=Kif |date=2024-04-26 |title=Intel used to dominate the U.S. chip industry. Now it's struggling to stay relevant |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/26/intel-dominated-us-chip-industry-now-struggling-to-stay-relevant.html |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=CNBC |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Intel Suffers Worst Decline in Two Months on Downbeat Outlook |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-02/intel-financial-update-shows-losses-at-factories-widened-in-2023 |first1=Ian |last1=King |date=2024-04-03 |access-date=2024-06-23 |website=www.bloomberg.com}}

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