<p><p><b>Intel Corporation</b> is an American multinational semiconductor chip maker corporation headquartered in Santa Clara, California. Intel is the world's largest and highest valued semiconductor chip maker, based on revenue. It is the inventor of the x86 series of microprocessors, the processors found in most personal computers. Intel Corporation, founded on July 18, 1968, is a portmanteau of <b>Int</b>egrated <b>El</b>ectronics (the fact that "intel" is the term for intelligence information was also quite suitable). Intel also makes motherboard chipsets, network interface controllers and integrated circuits, flash memory, graphic chips, embedded processors and other devices related to communications and computing. Founded by semiconductor pioneers Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore and widely associated with the executive leadership and vision of Andrew Grove,
 Intel combines advanced chip design capability with a leading-edge 
manufacturing capability. Though Intel was originally known primarily to
 engineers and technologists, its "Intel Inside" advertising campaign of
 the 1990s made it and its Pentium processor household names.</p>
<p>Intel was an early developer of SRAM and DRAM
 memory chips, and this 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 
sometimes illegal 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.
 The 2011 rankings of the world's 100 most valuable brands published by 
Millward Brown Optimor showed the company's brand value at number 58 and
 in 2012 at number 49.</p>
<p>Intel has also begun research in electrical transmission and generation. Intel has recently introduced a 3-D transistor that improves performance and energy efficiency.
 Intel has begun mass-producing this 3-D transistor, named the Tri-Gate 
transistor, with their 22&nbsp;nm process, which is currently used in their 
3rd generation core processors initially released on April 29, 2012. In 2011, SpectraWatt Inc., a solar cell spinoff of Intel, filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 11.</p>
<p>The <b>Open Source Technology Center</b> at Intel hosts PowerTOP and LatencyTOP, and supports other open-source projects such as Wayland, Intel Array Building Blocks, Intel Threading Building Blocks, and Xen.</p><br></p>