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B r i e f l o o k a t I n t e l

C o r p o r a t i o n a n d i t s p r o d u c t s P a g e | 1

Name:Rupesh Sreekuma

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Brief Look at IntelCorporation and

its products.

Contents:

1.Founding of Intel2.Entry into Processor Market3.Timeline of Popular Intel

Processors

4.Recent shift in image branding5.Market Competitors6.Current Market Position7.Corporate Management8.Financial Performance and

Statistical projections

9.Future Objectives and Challenges

Founding ofIntel

Intel is the world's largest semiconductor chip maker. It supplies over 80% of the world's

microprocessors. It is the inventor of x86 series of microprocessor which is the most popular and

used widely in personal computer. Intel is the leader supplier of other kinds of microprocessor too.

Origin ofIntel

Gordon E. Moore, Robert Noyce and Arthur Rock founded Intel in 1968. It was situated in

Mountain View, California. Moore and Noyce were both famous as physicist. Both of them came

from Fairchild Semiconductor. Moore became very famous because of his Moore's law. Robert Noyce


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was co-inventer of integrated circuit. Arthur Rock was an investor and also became Chairman of the

Board. Initial investment behind Intel was $2.5 million in convertible debentures. Arthur also

contributed $10,000. Andy Grove later joined the company and became the third employee along

with Moore and Noyce.

Naming ofIntel

There is a common misconception among people that the name Intel came from

Intelligence. But it's not true. It came from the words Integrated Electronics. Taking the first three

letters from the word Integrated and the first two letters from Electronics, they formed the name

Intel. But they started the company by using the name NM Electronics for a year. Later they started

to use the name Intel.

Entry into the Processor Market

Intel's first products were shift register memory and random-access memory integrated circuits,

and Intel grew to be a leader in the fiercely competitive DRAM, SRAM, and ROM markets throughout

the 1970s.

First Commercially Available Processor ofIntelIn 1971, Intel released the world's first microprocessor which was 4004. It was a 4 bit

microprocessor and made Intel very famous. Later Intel made the world's first 8-bit microprocessor

too. Though the production of microprocessor was a landmark of history, till early 80's its business

was dominated by dynamic random access memory chips.

Beginning of Profit earnings for Intel

As personal computer concept became a reality, Intel was successful in making huge profit from

them. Intel 8086 was the most successful microprocessor of Intel and it was used widely in IBM PC

division. In the first half of 1980, microprocessors became the main focus of Intel. It was a huge

change in their business model and by the end of 1980s it was proven to be very successful. In 1990,

Intel became the largest microprocessor supplier of the world and still they hold the designation.

Timeline ofIntelProcessors


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Acquisitions by Intel

Mcafee

On August 19, 2010, Intel announced that it planned to purchase McAfee, a manufacturer of

computer security technology. The purchase price was $7.68 billion, and the companies said that if


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the deal were approved, new products would be released early in 2011. On January 26, 2011, the

European Union approved the acquisition, after Intel agreed to provide rival security firms with all

necessary information that would allow their products to use Intel's chips and personal computers.

After the acquisition, Intel had about 90,000 employees, including about 12,000 software engineers.

Infineon TechnologiesOn August 30, 2010, Intel and Infineon Technologies announced that Intel would acquire Infineon's

Wireless Solutions business. Intel planned to use Infineons technology in laptops, smart phones,

netbooks, tablets and embedded computers in consumer products, eventually integrating its wireless

modem into Intels silicon chips.

SysDSoft

In March 2011, Intel bought most of the assets of Cairo-based SySDSoft.

Fulcrum MicrosystemsIn July 2011, Intel announced that it had agreed to acquire Fulcrum Microsystems Inc., a company

specializing in network switches. The company was previously included on the EE Times list of 60

Emerging Startups.

Telmap

On October 1, 2011, Intel reached a deal to acquire Telmap, an Israeli-based navigation software

company. The purchase price was not disclosed, but Israeli media reported values around $300

million to $350 million.

ASML Holding NV

In July 2012, Intel Corporation agreed to buy 10 percent shares of ASML Holding NV for $2.1 billion

and another $1 billon for 5 percent shares which need shareholder approval to fund relevant

research and development efforts, as part of a EUR3.3 billion ($4.1 billion) deal to accelerate the

development of 450-millimeter wafer technology and extreme ultra-violet lithography by as much as

two years.

Corporate Management at Intel

In September 2006, Intel had nearly 100,000 employees and 200 facilities world wide. Its 2005

revenues were $38.8 billion and itsFortune 500 ranking was 49th. Its stock symbol is INTC, listed on

the NASDAQ. As of February 2009 the biggest customers of Intel areHewlett-Packard and Dell.[128]
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Leadership and corporate structure

Robert Noyce was Intel's CEO at its founding in 1968, followed by co-founder Gordon Moorein

1975. Andy Grove became the company's president in 1979 and added the CEO title in 1987 when

Moore became chairman. In 1998 Grove succeeded Moore as Chairman, andCraig Barrett, already

company president, took over. On May 18, 2005, Barrett handed the reins of the company overto Paul Otellini, who previously was the company president and COO and who was responsible for

Intel's design win in the original IBM PC. The board of directors elected Otellini as President and CEO,

and Barrett replaced Grove as Chairman of the Board. Grove stepped down as chairman, but is

retained as a special adviser. In May 2009, Barrett stepped down as chairman of the Board and was

succeeded by Jane Shaw. In May 2012, Intel vice chairman Andy Bryant, who had previously held the

posts of CFO (1994) and Chief Administrative Officer (2007) at Intel, succeeded Shaw as executive

chairman.[129]

In November 2012, president and CEO Paul Otellini announced that he would step down in May 2013

at the age of 62, three years before the company's mandatory retirement age. During a six-month

transition period, Intel's board of directions commenced a search process for the next CEO, in whichit considered both internal managers and external candidates such as Sanjay Jha and Patrick

Gelsinger.[130]

Financial results revealed that, under Otellini, Intel's revenue increased by 55.8 percent

(US$34.2 to 53.3 billion), while its net income increased by 46.7% (US$7.5 billion to 11 billion).[131]

On May 2, 2013, Executive Vice President and COO Brian Krzanich was elected as Intel's sixth

CEO,[132]

a selection that became effective on May 16, 2013 at the company's annual meeting.

Reportedly, the board concluded that an insider could proceed with the role and exert an impact

more quickly, without the need to learn Intel's processesKrzanich not only possesses key

leadership skills, but is also familiar with the company's manufacturing operations, which is where

most of Intel's staff are employed.[133]

Intel's software head Rene James was selected as president

of the company, a role that is second to the SEO position.[134]

As of May 2013, Intel's board of directors consists of Andy Bryant, John Donahoe, Frank Yeary,

Ambassador Charlene Barshefsky,Susan Decker, Reed Hundt, Paul Otellini, James Plummer, David

Pottruck, and David Yoffie. The board was described by formerFinancial Times journalist Tom

Foremski as "an exemplary example of corporate governance of the highest order" and received a

rating of ten from GovernanceMetrics International, a form of recognition that has only been

awarded to twenty-one other corporate boards worldwide.[135]

Employment

The firm promotes very heavily from within, most notably in its executive suite. The company has

resisted the trend toward outsider CEOs. Paul Otellini was a 30-year veteran of the company whenhe assumed the role of CEO. All of his top lieutenants have risen through the ranks after many years

with the firm. In many cases, Intel's top executives have spent their entire working careers with

Intel.[citation needed]

Intel has a mandatory retirement policy for its CEOs when they reach age 65, Andy Grove retired at

62, while both Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore retired at 58. Grove retired as Chairman and as a

member of the board of directors in 2005 at age 68.
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The company is headquartered in California's Silicon Valley and has operations around the world.

Outside California, the company has facilities in China, Costa Rica, Malaysia, Israel, Ireland,

India, Russia and Vietnam, 63 countries and regions internationally. In the U.S. Intel employs

significant numbers of people in California, Colorado, Massachusetts, Arizona, New Mexico, Oregon,

Texas, Washington, and Utah. In Oregon, Intel is the state's largest private employer with over

15,000 employees, primarily in Hillsboro.[137]

The company is the largest industrial employer in New

Mexico while in Arizona the company has over 10,000 employees. [citation needed]

Intel invests heavily in research in China and about 100 researchers or 10% of the total number of

researchers from Intel are located in Beijing.[138]

In 2011, the Israeli government offered Intel $290 million to expand in the country. As a condition,

Intel will have to employ 1,500 more workers in Kiryat Gat and between 6001000 workers in the

north.[139]

Diversity

Intel has a Diversity Initiative, including employee diversity groups as well as supplier diversityprograms.

[140]Like many companies with employee diversity groups, they include groups based on

race and nationality as well as sexual identity and religion. In 1994, Intel sanctioned one of the

earliest corporate Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender employee groups,[141]

and supports a

Muslim employees group,[142]

a Jewish employees group,[143]

and a Bible-based Christian

group.[144][145]

Intel received a 100% rating on the first Corporate Equality Index released by the Human Rights

Campaign in 2002. It has maintained this rating in 2003 and 2004. In addition, the company was

named one of the 100 Best Companies for Working Mothers in 2005 by Working Mother magazine.

Economic Impacts

In 2011, ECONorthwest conducted an economic impact analysis of Intel's economic contribution to

the state of Oregon. The report found that in 2009 "the total economic impacts attributed to Intels

operations, capital spending, contributions and taxes amounted to almost $14.6 billion in act ivity,

including $4.3 billion in personal income and 59,990 jobs."[146]

Through multiplier effects, every 10

Intel jobs supported, on average, was found to create 31 jobs in other sectors of the economy.[147]

Funding of a school

In Rio Rancho, New Mexico, Intel is the leading employer.[148]

In 1997, a community partnership

between Sandoval County and Intel Corporation funded and built Rio Rancho High School.[149][150]

Ultrabook Fund

In 2011, Intel Capital announced a new fund to support startups working on technologies in line with

the company's concept for next generation notebooks.[151]

The company is setting aside a $300

million fund to be spent over the next three to four years in areas related to ultrabooks.[151]Intel

announced the ultrabook concept at Computex in 2011. The ultrabook is defined as a thin (less than
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0.8 inches [~2 cm] thick[152]

) notebook that utilizes Intel processors[152]

and also incorporates tablet

features such as a touch screen and long battery life.[151][152]

At the Intel Developers Forum in 2011, four Taiwan ODMs showed prototype ultrabooks that used

Intel's Ivy Bridge chips.[153]

Intel plans to improve power consumption of its chips for ultrabooks, like

new Ivy Bridge processors in 2013, which will only have 10W default thermal design power.[154]

Intel's goal for Ultrabook's price is below $1000;[152]however, according to two presidents from Acerand Compaq, this goal will not be achieved if Intel does not lower the price of its chips.

[155]

Advertising and brand management

Intel Inside

Intel has become one of the world's most recognizable computer brands following its long-

running Intel Inside campaign. The campaign, which started in 1991, was created by Intel marketing

manager Dennis Carter.[157]

The five-note jingle was introduced the following year and by its tenth

anniversary was being heard in 130 countries around the world. The initial branding agency forthe Intel Inside campaign was DahlinSmithWhite Advertising ofSalt Lake City. The Intel swirllogo was

the work of DahlinSmithWhite art director Steve Grigg under the direction of Intel president and CEO

Andy Grove.

In 2008, Intel planned to shift the emphasis of its Intel Inside campaign from traditional media such

as television and print to newer media such as the Internet.[160]

Intel required that a minimum of 35%

of the money it provided to the companies in its co-op program be used for online marketing.[160]

The

Intel 2010 annual financial report indicated that $1.8 billion (6% of the gross margin and nearly 16%

of the total net income) was allocated to all advertising with Intel Inside being part of that.[161]

Sonic logoThe famous DDGDAxylophone/xylomarimba jingle, sonic logo, tag, audiomnemonic was

produced by Musikvergnuegen and written by Walter Werzowa, once a member of the Austrian

1980s sampling band Edelweiss.[162]

The sonic Intel logo has undergone substantial changes in tone

since the introduction of the Pentium III, Pentium 4, and Core processors, yet keeps the same jingle.

Naming strategy

In 2006, Intel expanded its promotion of open specification platforms beyond Centrino, to include

theViiv media center PC and the business desktop Intel vPro.

In mid January 2006, Intel announced that they were dropping the long running Pentium name fromtheir processors. The Pentium name was first used to refer to the P5 core Intel processors (Pent

refers to the 5 in P5,) and was done to circumvent court rulings that prevent the trademarking of a

string of numbers, so competitors could not just call their processor the same name, as had been

done with the prior 386 and 486 processors (both of which had copies manufactured by IBM and

AMD). They phased out the Pentium names from mobile processors first, when the new Yonah chips,

branded Core Solo and Core Duo, were released. The desktop processors changed when the Core 2

line of processors were released. By 2009 Intel was using a good-better-best strategy with Celeron
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being good, Pentium better, and the Intel Core family representing the best the company has to

offer.[163]

According to spokesman Bill Calder, since 2009, Intel has maintained only the Celeron brand, the

Atom brand for netbooks and the vPro lineup for businesses. Since late 2009, Intel's mainstream

processors have been called Celeron, Pentium, Core i3, Core i5, and Core i7, in order of performance

from lowest to highest. The first generation core products carry a 3 digit name, such as i5 750, andthe second generation products carry a 4 digit name, such as the i5 2500. In both cases, a K at the

end of it shows that it is an unlocked processor, enabling additional overclocking abilities (for

instance, 2500K). vPro products will carry the Intel Core i7 vPro processor or the Intel Core i5 vPro

processor name.[164]

In October 2011, Intel started to sell its Core i7-2700K "Sandy Bridge" chip to

customers worldwide.[165]

Beginning in 2010 "Centrino" will only be applied to Intel's WiMAX and Wi-Fi technologies; it won't

be a PC brand anymore. This will be an evolutionary process taking place over time, Intel

acknowledges that multiple brands will be in the market including older ones throughout the

transition.[164]

Open source support

Intel has a significant participation in the open source communities. For example, in 2006 Intel

released MIT-licensed X.org drivers for their integrated graphic cards of the i965 family of chipsets.

Intel released FreeBSD drivers for some networking cards,[166]

available under a BSD-compatible

license, which were also ported to OpenBSD. Intel ran the Moblin project until April 23, 2009, when

they handed the project over to the Linux Foundation. Intel also runs

the LessWatts.org campaigns.[167]

However, after the release of the wireless products called Intel Pro/Wireless 2100,

2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG and 3945ABG in 2005, Intel was criticized for not granting free

redistribution rights for the firmware that must be included in the operating system for the wireless

devices to operate.[168]

As a result of this, Intel became a target of campaigns to allow free operating

systems to include binary firmware on terms acceptable to the open source community. Linspire-

Linux creator Michael Robertson outlined the difficult position that Intel was in releasing to open

source, as Intel did not want to upset their large customer Microsoft.[169]

Theo de

Raadt ofOpenBSD also claimed that Intel is being "an Open Source fraud" after an Intel employee

presented a distorted view of the situation at an open-source conference.[170]

In spite of the

significant negative attention Intel received as a result of the wireless dealings, the binary firmware

still has not gained a license compatible with free software principles.

Corporate responsibility record[edit]

Intel has been accused by some residents ofRio Rancho, New Mexico of allowing VOCs to be

released in excess of their pollution permit. One resident claimed that a release of 1.4 tons ofcarbon

tetrachloride was measured from one acid scrubber during the fourth quarter of 2003 but an

emission factor allowed Intel to report no carbon tetrachloride emissions for all of 2003.[171]
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Another resident alleges that Intel was responsible for the release of other VOCs from their Rio

Rancho site and that a necropsy of lung tissue from two deceased dogs in the area indicated trace

amounts oftoluene, hexane, ethylbenzene, and xylene isomers,[172]

all of which are solvents used in

industrial settings but also commonly found in gasoline, retail paint thinners and retail solvents.

During a sub-committee meeting of the New Mexico Environment Improvement Board, a resident

claimed that Intel's own reports documented more than 1,580 pounds (720 kg) of VOCs were

released in June and July 2006.[173]

Intels environmental performance is published annually in their corporate responsibility report.[174]

In its 2012 rankings of consumer electronics companies on progress relating to conflict minerals,

the Enough Project rated Intel the best of 24 companies, calling it a "Pioneer of progress".[175]

Lawsuits

Intel has often been accused by competitors of using legal claims to thwart competition. Intel claims

that it is defending its intellectual property. Intel has been plaintiff and defendant in numerous legal

actions.

In September 2005, Intel filed a response to an AMD lawsuit,[185]

disputing AMD's claims, and

claiming that Intel's business practices are fair and lawful. In a rebuttal, Intel deconstructed AMD's

offensive strategy and argued that AMD struggled largely as a result of its own bad business

decisions, including underinvestment in essential manufacturing capacity and excessive reliance on

contracting out chip foundries.[186]

Legal analysts predicted the lawsuit would drag on for a number

of years, since Intel's initial response indicated its unwillingness to settle with AMD.[187][188]

In 2008 a

court date was finally set,[189]

but in 2009 Intel settled with a $1.25 billion payout to AMD (see

below).[190]

In October 2006, a Transmeta lawsuit was filed against Intel for patent infringement on computerarchitecture and power efficiency technologies.

[191]The lawsuit was settled in October 2007, with

Intel agreeing to pay US$150 million initially and US$20 million per year for the next five years. Both

companies agreed to drop lawsuits against each other, while Intel was granted a perpetual non-

exclusive license to use current and future patented Transmeta technologies in its chips for 10

years.[192]

On November 4, 2009, New York's attorney general filed an antitrust lawsuit against Intel Corp,

claiming the company used "illegal threats and collusion" to dominate the market for computer

microprocessors.

On November 12, 2009, AMD agreed to drop the antitrust lawsuit against Intel in exchange for

$1.25 billion.[190]A joint press release published by the two chip makers stated "While therelationship between the two companies has been difficult in the past, this agreement ends the legal

disputes and enables the companies to focus all of our efforts on product innovation and

development."[193][194]
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Anti-competitive allegationsJapan

In 2005, the local Fair Trade Commission found that Intel violated the Japanese Antimonopoly Act.

The commission ordered Intel to eliminate discounts that had discriminated against AMD. To avoid a

trial, Intel agreed to comply with the order.[195][196][197][198]

European Union

In July 2007, the European Commission accused Intel ofanti-competitive practices, mostly

against AMD.[199]

The allegations, going back to 2003, include giving preferential prices to computer

makers buying most or all of their chips from Intel, paying computer makers to delay or cancel the

launch of products using AMD chips, and providing chips at below standard cost to governments and

educational institutions.[200]

Intel responded that the allegations were unfounded and instead

qualified its market behavior as consumer-friendly.[200]

General counsel Bruce Sewell responded that

the Commission had misunderstood some factual assumptions as to pricing and manufacturing

costs.[201]

In February 2008, Intel stated that its office in Munich had been raided by EuropeanUnion regulators. Intel reported that it was cooperating with investigators.

[202]Intel faced a fine of up

to 10% of its annual revenue, if found guilty of stifling competition.[203]

AMD subsequently launched a

website promoting these allegations.[204][205]

In June 2008, the EU filed new charges against

Intel.[206]

In May 2009, the EU found that Intel had engaged in anti-competitive practices and

subsequently fined Intel 1.06 billion (US$1.44 billion), a record amount. Intel was found to have paid

companies, including Acer, Dell, HP, Lenovo and NEC,[207]

to exclusively use Intel chips in their

products, and therefore harmed other companies including AMD.[207][208][209]

The European

Commission said that Intel had deliberately acted to keep competitors out of the computer chip

market and in doing so had made a "serious and sustained violation of the EU's antitrust rules".[207]

In

addition to the fine, Intel was ordered by the Commission to immediately cease all illegalpractices.

[207]Intel has stated that they will appeal against the Commission's verdict.

[207]

South Korea

In September 2007, South Korean regulators accused Intel of breaking antitrust law. The

investigation began in February 2006, when officials raided Intel's South Korean offices. The company

risked a penalty of up to 3% of its annual sales, if found guilty.[210]

In June 2008, the Fair Trade

Commission ordered Intel to pay a fine of US$25.5 million for taking advantage of its dominant

position to offer incentives to major Korean PC manufacturers on the condition of not buying

products from AMD.[211]

United States

New York started an investigation of Intel in January 2008 on whether the company violated antitrust

laws in pricing and sales of its microprocessors.[212]

In June 2008, the Federal Trade Commission also

began an antitrust investigation of the case.[213]

In December 2009 the FTC announced it would

initiate an administrative proceeding against Intel in September 2010.[214][215][216][217]

In November 2009, following a two-year investigation, New York Attorney General Andrew

Cuomo sued Intel, accusing them of bribery and coercion, claiming that Intel bribed computer

makers to buy more of their chips than those of their rivals, and threatened to withdraw these
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payments if the computer makers were perceived as working too closely with its competitors. Intel

has denied these claims.[218]

On July 22, 2010, Dell agreed to a settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

to pay $100M in penalties resulting from charges that Dell did not accurately disclose accounting

information to investors. In particular, the SEC charged that from 2002 to 2006, Dell had an

agreement with Intel to receive rebates in exchange for not using chips manufactured by AMD. Thesesubstantial rebates were not disclosed to investors, but were used to help meet investor

expectations regarding the company's financial performance; the SEC said that in the first quarter of

2007 they amounted to 70% of Dell's operating income. Dell eventually did adopt AMD as a

secondary supplier in 2006, and Intel subsequently stopped their rebates, causing Dell's financial

performance to fall.[219][220][221]

Market share

According to IDC, while Intel still enjoys the biggest market share in both the overall worldwide PC

microprocessor market (79.3%) and the mobile PC microprocessor (84.4%) in the second quarter of

2011, the numbers decreased by 1.5% and 1.9% compared to the first quarter.[222][223]

Per Passmark's CPU benchmark, which takes into account individual benchmarking of their software

and each system results are reported with, Intel has retained 70% and more of the active market

versus AMD since Q1 2008.[224]

Ranking for year 2012
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel#cite_note-218http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel#cite_note-218http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel#cite_note-218http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dellhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Securities_and_Exchange_Commissionhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporation#Financial_disclosurehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel#cite_note-219http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel#cite_note-219http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel#cite_note-221http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel#cite_note-221http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Data_Corporationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel#cite_note-222http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel#cite_note-222http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel#cite_note-222http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel#cite_note-224http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel#cite_note-224http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel#cite_note-224http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel#cite_note-224http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel#cite_note-222http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel#cite_note-222http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Data_Corporationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel#cite_note-221http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel#cite_note-219http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel#cite_note-219http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporation#Financial_disclosurehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Securities_and_Exchange_Commissionhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dellhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel#cite_note-218


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Rank

2012

Rank

2011Company Country of origin

Revenue

(million

$ USD)

2012/2011 changes Market share

1 1 Intel Corporation USA 47 543 -2.4% 15.7%

2 2 Samsung Electronics(1) South Korea 30 474 +6.7% 10.1%

3 6 Qualcomm USA 12 976 +27.2% 4.3%

4 3 Texas Instruments USA 12 008 -14.0% 4.0%

5 4 Toshiba Semiconductor Japan

10 996 -13.6% 3.6%

6 5 Renesas Electronics Japan 9 430 -11.4% 3.1%

7 8 SK Hynix South Korea 8 462 -8.9% 2.8%

8 7 STMicroelectronics France Italy 8 453 -13.2% 2.8%

9 10 Broadcom USA 7 840 +9.5% 2.6%

10 9 Micron Technology USA 6 955 -5.6% 2.3%

11 13 Sony Japan 6 025 +20.1% 2.0%

12 11 AMD USA 5 300 -17.7% 1.7%

13 12 Infineon Technologies Germany 4 826 -9.1% 1.6%

14 16 NXP Netherlands 4 096 +6.9% 1.4%
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_dollarhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Corporationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Corporationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Electronicshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Electronicshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Koreahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Koreahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualcommhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualcommhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Instrumentshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Instrumentshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toshiba_Semiconductor_Companyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toshiba_Semiconductor_Companyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renesas_Electronicshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renesas_Electronicshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SK_Hynixhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SK_Hynixhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Koreahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Koreahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STMicroelectronicshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STMicroelectronicshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcomhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcomhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micron_Technologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micron_Technologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Micro_Deviceshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Micro_Deviceshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infineon_Technologieshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infineon_Technologieshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NXP_Semiconductorshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NXP_Semiconductorshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlandshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlandshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlandshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Koreahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Koreahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlandshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Koreahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Koreahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlandshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Koreahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Koreahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlandshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Koreahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Koreahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlandshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Koreahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Koreahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlandshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Koreahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Koreahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlandshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Koreahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Koreahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlandshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Koreahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Koreahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlandshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Koreahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Koreahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlandshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Koreahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Koreahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlandshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Koreahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Koreahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlandshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Koreahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Koreahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlandshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Koreahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Koreahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlandshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Koreahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Koreahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlandshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Koreahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Koreahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlandshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NXP_Semiconductorshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infineon_Technologieshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Micro_Deviceshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micron_Technologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcomhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STMicroelectronicshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Koreahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SK_Hynixhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renesas_Electronicshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toshiba_Semiconductor_Companyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Instrumentshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualcommhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Koreahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Electronicshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Corporationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_dollar


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15 17 NVIDIA USA 3 923 +8.7% 1.3%

16 14 Freescale Semiconductor USA 3 775 -14.4% 1.2%

17 22 MediaTek Taiwan 3 472 +4.9% 1.1%

18 15 Elpida Memory Japan 3 414 -12.2% 1.1%

19 21 Rohm Semiconductor Japan 3 170 -3.0% 1.0%
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NVIDIAhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NVIDIAhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freescalehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaTekhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaTekhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elpida_Memoryhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elpida_Memoryhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rohmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rohmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elpida_Memoryhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaTekhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freescalehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NVIDIA


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