Difference between revisions of "Timeline of Intel"

This is a timeline of [[Intel]], one of the world's largest and highest valued semiconductor chip makers.

|1970–1980 || Intel manufactures a variety of semiconductors—from [[Dynamic random-access memory|DRAM]] to processors. It goes IPO in 1971.

|1981–1986 || Intel's share of DRAM decreases due to competition with Japan, while its share of processor manufacturing increases (and goes through a "valley of death" in 1985–1986). [[Andrew Grove]] presides over its difficult decision to transition away from primarily making DRAM memory chips into primarily making processors. Intel also contracts with IBM to establish Intel chips as the standard for the personal computer, paving way for Intel's dominance over the market.

|1998–2005 || [[Craig Barrett (chief executive)|Craig Barrett]] becomes Intel CEO. The Internet was beginning to usher in massive changes in e-commerce and consumer behavior. Intel launches [[Centrino]] mobile technology, which helps usher in the wireless era.  

| 2005–2011 || With [[Moore's Law]] starting to slow down in 2005, Intel starts releasing multicore processors.<ref name="MyUser_Https:_January_17_2016c">{{cite web |url=https://www.aei.org/publication/moores-law-has-well-exceeded-moores-expectations/ |title=Moore's Law has well exceeded Moore's expectations |newspaper= |date=  |author= |accessdate= January 17, 2016}}</ref> By the end of this period, Intel also gains significant traction in its competition against [[Advanced Micro Devices]] (AMD).  

| 2012–2015 || Smartphone purchases significantly increase, but by the end of this period, PC sales start to decline (even though Intel still retains dominance in the PC share of the semiconductor market). Intel's smartphone processors still fail to gain significant traction. Intel also starts to manufacture processors for the [[Internet of Things]] market.

|1968 || July 18 || Company || Intel is founded by [[Robert Noyce]] and [[Gordon Moore]], both who left [[Fairchild Semiconductor]].<ref name="MyUser_Edn.com_January_17_2016c">{{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 |date=  |author= |accessdate= January 17, 2016}}</ref>

|1969 || May 1 || Competition || [[Advanced Micro Devices]] is founded by [[Jerry Sanders (businessman)|Jerry Sanders]]. This company would become the second-largest supplier and only significant rival to Intel in the market for [[x86]]-based microprocessors.

|1970 || October || Products || Intel comes out with its 3rd product, the [[Intel 1103]], which put Intel on the map.<ref name="tedlow"/>

|1971 || October 13 || Company || [[Intel]] goes IPO at a price of $23.50 a share. At 350,000 shares, this sums to a total of $8.225M.<ref name="MyUser_Businessinsider.com_January_17_2016c">{{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 |date=  |author= |accessdate= January 17, 2016}}</ref>

| 1971 || November 15 || Product || [[Intel]] launches its first microprocessor, the [[4004]].<ref name="Intel_Museum">{{cite web |url=http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/history/historic-timeline.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130103012023/http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/history/historic-timeline.html |archivedate=January 3, 2013 |title=Intel Online Museum: Corporate Timeline (Archived version) |work=Intel Museum |publisher=Intel|accessdate=July 23, 2011}}</ref><ref name='Intel-Product-Timeline'>{{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. |accessdate=July 31, 2007 |date=July 2005 |format=PDF |work=Intel museum |publisher=Intel Corporation |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070809053720/http://download.intel.com/museum/research/arc_collect/timeline/TimelineDateSort7_05.pdf |archivedate = August 9, 2007}}</ref>

|1974 || April || Product || Intel launches the [[Intel 8080]] microprocessor, the first general-purpose microprocessor, featuring 4,500 transistors.<ref name="Intel_Museum"/> This finally kickstarts computer development.<ref name="MyUser_Techspot.com_February_1_2016c"/>

|1976 || || Product || Intel launches the [[Intel MCS-48]] series of microcontrollers, the world's first [[microcontrollers]] (which combine a [[CPU]] with memory, peripherals, and input-output functions).<ref name="Intel_Museum" />

|1978 || June || Product || Intel introduces the [[8086]] 16-bit microprocessor, which becomes the industry standard (for the x86 instruction set).<ref name="MyUser_Techspot.com_February_1_2016c"/>

|1979 || November || Product || Intel 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.<ref name="tedlow"/>

|1980 || || Product || Intel and [[Xerox]] introduce the cooperative [[Ethernet]] project.<ref name="Intel_Museum" />

|1982 ||February 1 || Product || Intel launches the 16-bit [[Intel 286]] microprocessor, which features 134,000 transistors and is built into many PCs.<ref name="Intel_Museum" />

|1983 || || Product|| Intel launches [[CHMOS]] technology, which increases chip performance while decreasing power consumption.<ref name="Intel_Museum" />

|1985 || || Product || Intel enters the parallel supercomputer business and introduces the [[Intel iPSC/1|iPSC/1]].<ref name="Intel_Museum" /><ref name="MyUser_Com_February_1_2016c">{{cite web |url=http://www.computerhistory.org/revolution/supercomputers/10/74/286 |title=iPSC-1 - CHM Revolution |newspaper=Com |date=  |author= |accessdate= February 1, 2016}}</ref>

|1985 || October || Product || Intel launches (and sole-sources) the [[80386]] processor, a 32-bit chip that incorporates 275K transistors and can run multiple software programs at once.<ref name="tedlow">{{Cite book| author= Richard Tedlow| title=Andy Grove | publisher= Penguin| year= 2006| isbn=978-1-59184-139-5}}</ref>

|1986 || September || Partnerships || [[Compaq]] 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]].<ref name="tedlow" />

|1986 || || Legal || The [[US-Japan Semiconductor Trade Agreement]] is signed, opening up Japanese markets to US semiconductor markets.

|1989 || April 10 || Product || Intel introduces the [[80486]] microprocessor, which it sole-sources for 4 years. This offers backwards compatibility.<ref name="tedlow" />

|1990 || June 3 || Team || [[Robert Noyce]] suddenly dies from a heart attack.<ref name="MyUser_The_New_York_Times_February_1_2016c">{{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 |author= |accessdate= February 1, 2016}}</ref>

| 1991 || Spring || Product || Intel decides that it will stick with [[Complex instruction set computing|CISC]] architecture, and cuts off support for [[RISC]] architecture, which was internally developed by [[Les Kohn]].<ref name="tedlow"/>

| 1991 || || Company || Intel starts the [[Intel Inside]] marketing campaign.<ref name="Intel_Museum" /><ref name="MyUser_Businessinsider.com_February_1_2016c">{{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 |date=  |author= |accessdate= February 1, 2016}}</ref>

| 1992 || || Competition || Intel becomes the top-ranked seller for [[semiconductor]] sales. It has retained its top ranking ever since.<ref name="Intel_Museum" />

| 1993 || March || Product || Intel 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.<ref name="Intel_Museum" /><ref name="MyUser_V3.co.uk_February_1_2016c">{{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 |date=  |author= |accessdate= February 1, 2016}}</ref>

| 1994 || December || Product || Intel suffers a [[public relations]] disaster when the 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.<ref name="MyUser_Https:_February_1_2016c">{{cite web |url=https://hbr.org/1996/11/inside-intel |title=Inside Intel |newspaper= |date=  |author= |accessdate= February 1, 2016}}</ref>

| 1995 || November 1 || Product || Intel launches the [[Pentium Pro]] processor, a high-performance chip targeted for 32-bit workstations.<ref name="Intel_Museum" />

| 1996 || October 22 || Product || Intel launches the [[Pentium MMX]] product line.<ref name="Cnet_MMX">{{cite web |url=http://www.cnet.com/news/new-chip-begs-new-questions/ |title=New chip begs new questions - CNET |newspaper=Cnet.com |date=  |author= |accessdate= February 10, 2016}}</ref>

| 1997 || May 7 || Product || Intel launches the [[Pentium II]] line of processors, which is Intel's sixth-generation microarchitecture ([[P6 (microarchitecture)|P6]]).<ref name="MyUser_Pcguide.com_February_10_2016c">{{cite web |url=http://www.pcguide.com/ref/cpu/fam/g6PII-c.html |title=Intel Pentium II ("Klamath") |newspaper=Pcguide.com |date=  |author= |accessdate= February 10, 2016}}</ref>

| 1998 || April 1 || Company || Intel wins sponsorship rights to the [[Westinghouse Science Talent Search]].<ref name="MyUser_Edweek.org_January_17_2016c">{{cite web |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=  |author= |accessdate= January 17, 2016}}</ref>

| 1998 || June 29 || Product || Intel rolls out the Intel Pentium II [[Xeon]] processor, Intel's new high-end solution for the workstation and server markets.<ref name="MyUser_Tomshardware.com_January_17_2016c">{{cite web |url=http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/intel,69.html |title=Intel's Pentium II Xeon Processor - Introduction |newspaper=Tomshardware.com |date=  |author= |accessdate= January 17, 2016}}</ref>

| 1999 || February 26 || Product || Intel launches the [[Pentium III]] generation of microprocessors, which features the addition of the [[Streaming SIMD Extensions|SSE]] instruction set (to accelerate floating point and parallel calculations).<ref name="MyUser_Cpu-world.com_February_10_2016c">{{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 |date=  |author= |accessdate= February 10, 2016}}</ref>

| 1999 || October || Company || The [[DJIA]] adds Intel to its list.<ref name="CNN1999">{{cite web |url=http://money.cnn.com/1999/10/26/markets/dowindustrials/ |title=Dow Jones industrials to add Intel, Microsoft - Oct. 26, 1999 |newspaper=CNN |date=  |author= |accessdate= February 1, 2016}}</ref>

| 2000 || || Company || Intel launches [[Intel Research]].  

| 2000 || November || Product || Intel introduces the [[Pentium 4]] processor, with an initial speed of 1.5 GHz.<ref name="Intel_Museum" /><ref name="IntelPentium">{{cite web |url=http://www.intel.com/pressroom/archive/releases/2000/dp112000.htm |title=Intel Introduces The Pentium® 4 Processor |newspaper=Intel.com |date=  |author= |accessdate= February 1, 2016}}</ref>

| 2001 || May || Legal, Competition || Intel and [[Advanced Micro Devices]] make a patent cross-license agreement between the companies.<ref name="MyUser_Eetimes.com_January_31_2016c">{{cite web |url=http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1129690 |title=Intel and AMD renew patent cross-licensing pact |newspaper=Eetimes.com |date=  |author= |accessdate= January 31, 2016}}</ref>

| 2003 || March ||Product || Intel introduces [[Centrino]] processor technology for laptop PCs, which made wireless compatibility a standard for laptop computers.<ref name="Intel_Museum" /><ref name="MyUser_The_Register_February_1_2016c">{{cite web |url=http://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 |author= |accessdate= February 1, 2016}}</ref><ref name="MyUser_Intelfreepress.com_February_2_2016c">{{cite web |url=http://www.intelfreepress.com/news/centrino-and-the-hotspot-revolution/114/ |title=Centrino and the Hotspot Revolution |newspaper=Intelfreepress.com |date=  |author= |accessdate= February 2, 2016}}</ref>

| 2004 || February || Product || Intel announces that it will implement its first [[64-bit processor]], and releases the [[List of Intel Xeon microprocessors#Nocona|Nocona]] on June 2004.<ref name="MyUser_Pcworld.com_February_1_2016c">{{cite web |url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/116631/article.html |title=Intel Readies First 64-Bit Chip |newspaper=Pcworld.com |date=  |author= |accessdate= February 1, 2016}}</ref>

|2005 ||June || Legal, Competition || [[AMD]] 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. On November 2009, Intel agrees to pay AMD $1.25 billion in a settlement.

| 2006 || December || Product || Intel launches the [[Core 2 Duo]] processor, which marks its transition into dual core processors.<ref name="Intel_Museum" /><ref name="MyUser_Cnet.com_February_2_2016c">{{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 |date=  |author= |accessdate= February 2, 2016}}</ref>

| 2007 || November || Competition || [[Qualcomm]] launches the furst [[Snapdragon]] [[System on a chip]] semiconductor product, which included the first 1&nbsp;GHz processor for mobile phones. By 2011, Snapdragon achieves 50% market share of the smartphone processor market.<ref>{{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=http://www.forbes.com/sites/briancaulfield/2012/07/18/no-factories-no-phones-no-fuss-how-qualcomm-grabs-wireless-profits/|accessdate=10 October 2014}}</ref>

| 2008 ||March 2 || Product || Intel 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.<ref name="Intel_Museum" />

| 2008 || August 10 || Product || Intel announces the [[Nehalem (microarchitecture)|Nehalem]] microprocessor, which represents the new Core [[Intel Core i7|i7]] brand of high-end microprocessors to replace the Core 2 Duo microprocessors.<ref name="MyUser_TG_Daily_February_10_2016c">{{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 |author= |accessdate= February 10, 2016}}</ref>

| 2009 || November || Legal || Intel 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.<ref name="MyUser_The_New_York_Times_February_2_2016c">{{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 |author= |accessdate= February 2, 2016}}</ref>

| 2011 || January || Product || Intel announces the [[Sandy Bridge]] series of [[Intel Core i7|i7]] microprocessors to replace [[Nehalem (microarchitecture)|Nehalem]]. Sandy Bridge microprocessors start out as quad-core.<ref name="CnetSandyBridge">{{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 |date=  |author= |accessdate= February 10, 2016}}</ref>

| 2011 || May || Product || Intel announces that it will put the first [[3D transistor]]s. into high-volume production (the structure it invented is called "Tri-Gate").<ref name="MyUser_Cnet.com_February_1_2016c">{{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 |date=  |author= |accessdate= February 1, 2016}}</ref>

| 2013 || June || Product || Intel releases the next-generation lineup of desktop and mobile processors in the Core i3, i5, and i7 family - known as [[Haswell (microarchitecture)|Haswell]].<ref name="CnetHaswell">{{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 |date=  |author= |accessdate= February 10, 2016}}</ref>

|2013 || September 10 || Product || Intel announces the [[Intel Quark]], a tiny chip that can power [[Internet of Things]] and [[wearable devices]].<ref name="MyUser_Theverge.com_January_17_2016c">{{cite web |url=http://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=  |author= |accessdate= January 17, 2016}}</ref>

| 2015 || July || Competition || [[Thomas Sohmers]], a 2013 [[Thiel Fellow]], announces that his [[Rex Systems]] has scored $1.25 million in venture funding to develop an alternative way to architect chips that use 1/20th of the power that Intel's chips use. He plans by starting at the high-end supercomputers market.<ref name="MyUser_Itworld.com_January_17_2016c">{{cite web |url=http://www.itworld.com/article/2952397/hardware/a-19-year-old-just-scored-a-darpa-contract-for-chip-design.html |title=A 19-year-old just scored $1.25 million in venture funding for chip design |newspaper=Itworld.com |date=  |author= |accessdate= January 17, 2016}}</ref><ref name="MyUser_Technologyreview.com_January_17_2016c">{{cite web |url=http://www.technologyreview.com/news/539416/startup-attempts-to-reinvent-the-cpu-to-make-computers-less-power-hungry/ |title=Nineteen-Year-Old Takes on Intel in a Bid to Make Computers Less Power-Hungry |newspaper=Technologyreview.com |date=  |author= |accessdate= January 17, 2016}}</ref>  

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