44th anniversary, as well as other entertaining letters and numbers from the life of Intel

Just 2 weeks ago, Intel celebrated its 44th birthday. The date, of course, is not an anniversary, but too beautiful to just pass by. And we decided not to go through, but to give a few more letters and numbers telling about the past and present of Intel - especially since it was the numbers that brought it more fame than anyone else. Although successful letters, of course, also came across.

Past

On July 18, 1968, Intel actually appeared by the efforts of its founding fathers: Robert Noyce, Gordon Moore and Andy Grove, who joined them. Interestingly, all three were production specialists, not cybernetics. In his book, Only Paranoid Survivors, Grove writes that "he does not feel confident in matters of computer architecture." Well, on the part of making managerial decisions, Andy was on top.


Fathers quite satisfied with their offspring. 1978

November 15, 1971 the first commercial single-chip Intel 4004 processor. We will not describe this event - it is already included in all textbooks. We only note that initially the processors were not a priority for Intel, it was supposed to deal primarily with memory modules. However, competition in the memory market forced us to look for new development vectors, and it was then that Busicom appeared with its calculator and Ted Hoff with a brilliant idea.

October 17, 1985 Intel officially introduced the first 32-bit processor of the kind 80386. We missed the 8- and 16-bit era, again, because we are not writing a textbook, but a non-anniversary, but festive speech. i386 went down in history as one of the longest-playing devices in digital technology: its release lasted more than 20 years. Until now, it can be easily found in industrial controllers and household appliances. Perhaps, only VAZ Niva can compete with 80386 in technological longevity.


i386 with coprocessor. Remember the story,% habrauser%!

Let us now pay attention to Intel software. Although the name of this product is purely literal, its work is directly related to numbers. February 17, 1998 Intel Iometer was presented to the Intel Developer Forum- Perhaps the most famous synthetic benchmark for network and disk subsystem performance. Subsequently, Intel transferred Iometer to the care of the Open Source community, and to this day, system administrators with pleasure have been using it for several generations.

Unlike processors, chipsets are rarely included in the annals of history, due to their auxiliary nature and coming. Still, one of Intel's products managed to get there. in April 1998, official sales of Intel 440BX- based motherboards began- perhaps the most famous of the chipset kind. Naturally, the fame of the 440BX did not just happen, but for its reliability and excellent consumer characteristics. By the way, the life of the chipset also turned out to be long, it survived several generations of processors and still works on some computers.

And finally, an event that is not directly related to any Intel product, but has become a milestone in digital history. The parallel universe has returned to our dimension: on June 6, 2005, Steve Jobs announced his intention to transfer Apple computers to the Intel platform. He is known to have kept his promise. The news became a sensation, meanwhile, long before that, all new MacOS releases were compiled, including under Intel. The decision was waiting in the wings; I think he still had more pluses than minuses.


Steve Jobs is serious, but believes in success

The present

Well, now a few numbers and letters that characterize Intel today. They are not so monumental, but they give an idea of ​​how and what the company lives now.

• Intel occupies 579 buildings in 166 locations in 63 countries
• With approximately 100,000 employees
• Among its employees - 80,000 technical workers, 10,400 masters, 5,200 doctors of sciences, 4,000 - with an MBA
• In 2011, the company's net profit amounted to $ 12.9 billion, which is 13% more than in 2010. Annual revenue grew 24% to $ 54 billion.
• Intel has over 30 research centers and laboratories in Europe
• In 2011, Intel Corporation entered the top five of the independent research contest "Best Employers of Russia".

Intel Inside. Office in Haifa, Israel

And in conclusion, a little pride in Intel awards recently:

• 100 most responsible corporations in the world, 18th place - Corporate Knights & GRNI
• Included in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index - Dow Jones Sustainability Index
• Companies World Admires, Rank 36 - Fortune Magazine
• 100 Best Companies to Work, Rank 46 - Fortune Magazine
• The best global brands, 7th place - Interbrand / Wall Street Journal
• The Most Ethical Companies in the World - Ethisphere
• 100 Best Companies - Working Mother
• Top 100 Companies # 36 - Fortune.com
• List of Best Companies - Diversity / Careers Magazine
• Most respected brands, 9th place - Forbes.com / Reputation Institute
• 100 Best Corporate Citizens, 3rd Place - Corporate Responsibility Magazine
• The largest most respected companies in the world, 17th place - Barron's
• 50 most attractive employers, the third consecutive year in the ranking - Universum

Next year will be much more anniversary for Intel, which means there will be another good reason to return to the topic of interesting letters and numbers.