Intel
Designs and makes chips that work like the brain of a computer.
📖 Its story
In 1968, two engineers, Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore, left their jobs to start their own company in California. They called it Intel, from 'Integrated Electronics.' In 1971 they created the 4004, one of the first microprocessors.
💵 How it makes money
It sells chips for computers and servers, and it also makes chips for other companies.
🤯 Fun fact
Gordon Moore predicted that the number of transistors on a chip would double every so often; this is called 'Moore's Law.'
👍 The good part
It helped create the personal computers we use today.
⚠️ The risk
Other companies have made more advanced chips and taken away some of its customers.
🧠 Did you get it?
What words does the name Intel come from?
🗂️ Quick facts
- Founded in: 1968
- Founded by: Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore
- Home: Santa Clara, California, USA
🔎 How to find it on the stock market
- Search the internet for INTC stock.
- You can also find it in your parents' investing app with the letters INTC.
- Check how much one share costs and whether today it's green (went up) or red (went down).
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