# Intel **Domain:** Semiconductor History / Computing Infrastructure **Doc Type:** Company Node **Maturity:** Developed ## Definition **Intel** is a semiconductor company founded in 1968 by Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore, both veterans of Fairchild Semiconductor, with Andy Grove joining early in its development. ## Nexus Context Intel is a major branch in the Fairchild corporate genealogy. [[articles/The Evolutionary Roots of Silicon Valley|The Evolutionary Roots of Silicon Valley]] uses that genealogy to show industrial capability moving through descent, divergence and recombination. The company's microprocessors and fabrication practices became substrate for later software and machine intelligence. This gives semiconductor firms an often-invisible constitutional role: model capability depends on material architectures, supply chains and energy regimes created outside the model. ## Sources / Provenance - Computer History Museum, Fairchild lineage: https://computerhistory.org/blog/fairchild-and-the-fairchildren/ - Intel corporate history: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/history/history-1968.html ## See Also [[wiki/Fairchild Semiconductor|Fairchild Semiconductor]], [[wiki/Semiconductor Fabrication|Semiconductor Fabrication]], [[wiki/Operational Substrate|Operational Substrate]], [[wiki/Energetic Sovereignty|Energetic Sovereignty]]