Intel was founded in 1968 in Mountain View, California by Gordon E. Moore and Robert Noyce after they both left Fairchild Semiconductor. Intel is known for their processors, which are found in most phones, computers, Smart TVs, etc. A processor, which is also known as a CPU (central processing unit), contains electronic circuitry which gives the computer the ability to function as well as perform directions that make up a computer program.
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In 1968, Noyce and Moore had a goal to take silicon to a new level and introduce it to computer memory. Two years later in 1970, they released the dynamic random access memory chip, also known as the DRAM. The DRAM is a type of RAM which stands for random access memory chip. A RAM is found in servers and computers. Along with the DRAM, there is the SRAM. The only difference between the two is the SRAM works faster but is also more expensive. This was a higher technology that really improved the world of circuitry.
"We had a monopoly in that technology for about seven years, which gave us a good opportunity to get established. We were lucky. We hit a technology that was just right."
-Gordon Moore, Co-Founder of Intel
Fifteen years after Intel created the DRAM with computer memory, the Japanese were really interested in it. Noyce had let them come see their factories and how it was all made. The Japanese took notes of what they noticed and at the end of the day would piece it altogether. Eventually, by 1985, the Japanese DRAM manufacturers were outperforming U.S. chip makers including Intel.
"We just reported for first half, $42 million dollar loss."
-Robert Noyce, 1986
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