Wednesday, May 12, 2010

BIRTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF INTEL

INTEL

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Venture capitalist Arthur C Rock was the first Chairman of Intel. Founders Gordon Moore and Bob Noyce

had purchased rights to the name Intel from another company Intelco.

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3101 Schottky bipolar random memory chip (RAM) was Intel's first product

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In 1972, Intel entered into the digital watch market with the purchase of Microma, a Liquid Crystal Display

(LCD) watch maker

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Bob Noyce received the National Medal of Science from President Jimmy Carter in 1979.

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Intel's Classmate PC is based on the Atom processor

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Intel's INSPIRE•EMPOWER Challenge awards seed funding of $100,000 to one winner in four areas of

global need – education, healthcare, economic development, and the environment.

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In 2006, Intel announced the World Ahead Program, its $1 billion commitment to bring uncompromised

access to technology to everyone, everywhere. As part of the program, Intel carefully selected 5 villages

(including Baramati, India) on three continents to illustrate how accessibility, connectivity and education can

truly transform a community and the lives of its citizens.

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