Company

Intel

Helped turn the microprocessor into the engine of the computing age.

The problem

Early computers were built from many discrete components, which limited how small, cheap, and powerful they could become.

Intel commercialized integrated memory and, with the microprocessor, put a general-purpose processor on a single chip.

A programmable processor on one chip made computing cheap enough to embed almost everywhere.

The microprocessor underpins personal computers, data centers, and the devices that run modern industry.