Intel 82496 CACHE CONTROLLER User Manual page 2

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Founded in 1968 to pursue the integration of large numbers of
transistors onto tiny silicon chips, Intel's history has been marked by a
remarkable number of scientific breakthroughs and innovations. In 1971,
Intel introduced the 4004, the first microprocessor. Containing 2300
transistors, this first commercially available computer-on-a-chip is
primitive compared with today's million-plus transistor products.
Innovations such as the microprocessor, the erasable programmable
read-only memory (EPROM) and the dynamic random access memory
(DRAM) revolutionized electronics by making integrated circuits the
mainstay of both consumer and business computing products.
Over the last two-and-a-half decades, Intel's business has evolved
and today the company's focus is on delivering an extensive line of
component, module and system-level building block products to the
computer industry. The company's product line covers a broad spectrum,
and includes microprocessors, flash memory, microcontrollers, a broad
line of PC enhancement and local area network products, multimedia
technology products, and massively parallel supercomputers. Intel's 32-bit
X86 architecture, represented by the Inte1386™ and Intel486™
microprocessor families, is the de facto standard of modem business
computing
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millions of PCs worldwide.
Intel has over 26,000 employees located in offices and
manufacturing facilities around the world. Today, Intel is the largest
semiconductor company in the world.