# Intel American multinational semiconductor company co-founded by [[wiki/Robert Noyce|Robert Noyce]] and [[wiki/Gordon Moore|Gordon Moore]] in 1968 after both left [[wiki/Fairchild Semiconductor|Fairchild Semiconductor]]. Intel's microprocessor architectures powered the personal computing revolution and remain central to global computing infrastructure. As a second-generation [[wiki/Fairchildren|Fairchild descendant]], Intel carries [[wiki/Bell Labs|Bell Labs]] DNA through the Shockley-Fairchild lineage documented in [[articles/Bell Labs and the Distributed Architecture of American Power|Bell Labs and the Distributed Architecture of American Power]].