Intel Corporation which is the largest global manufacturer of semiconductor chips and microprocessors, was founded in 1969 by Messrs Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore in America in Santa Clara, which is typically referred to as Silicon Valley. In addition to computer processors, Intel manufactures processors for PDA, chipsets, flash drives, integrated graphics chips, telecommunications chips, and household multimedia equipment including electronic microscopes and webcams.
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When in the sixties Intel founder Gordon Moore said that the development of microprocessors will go forward incredibly quickly, certainly not mistaken. The first Intel processor that was made in 1971 under the name Intel 4004 ran at a frequency of 108kHz (108,000 cycles per second, 2,300 transistors). Today's processors Intel Core 2 Duo 2GHz already surpass the speed (2,000,000,000 cycles per second). In addition, Intel Core 2 Duo contains a whopping 291 million transistors. For example - if each transistor in the processor was a grain of rice, it would be enough to allow the rest to dine bigger city with 166 thousand inhabitants.
