Intel

Globally dominant producer of microprocessors for computers and other applications

85% market share
Global production facilities include Costa Rica, Malaysia, China, Vietnam

Globally dominant innovator maintaining pace of Moore's Law

P&L

	2004	2005	2006
Sales	$34.2 B	$38.8 B	$35.4
Income	$ 7.5 B	$8.7 B	$5.0

Market Cap:

$151 B

Major Competitors:

Advanced Micro Devices

Company History

Founded in 1968 by engineers leaving Fairchild Semiconductor
Major producer of memory chips
Invented microprocessor in 1971
Became major microprocessor producer from 1980-1990
Alliance with Microsoft - Wintel

Major products:

Microprocessors used in computers, communication devices, and servers
Chipsets used in computers, communication devices, industrial and medical equipment
Flash memory

Technology:

Semiconductor
Photolithography
Design

End of Moore's Law
Multicore processors - parallel processing software must be developed
Shift from semiconductor to quantum or DNA-based systems