IntroductionThis analysis of Intel Corporation is intended to educate the investor about the company and provide them with useful information that will enable them to make a decision whether to invest in the company. Intel primarily produces semiconductors, or silicon-containing integrated circuits used in computers as chips. The purpose of this document is to provide the investor with data regarding the company profile, global presence, environmental policies, competitors and stock performance. After reviewing the analysis, the investor should be able to determine whether Intel is a profitable investment. This analysis was gathered through the use of primary and secondary resources. The main resources used are mainly interviews with Intel CEO, Craig Barrett. Secondary resources were the main source through articles collected using online sources and journals. Background In 1968 Bob Noyce, Gordon Moore and Andy Grove founded a new company that built semiconductor memory products, called NM Electronics Inc. Moore and Noyce had problems with the copyright on the company name because it already belonged to a chain hotel. Noyce, Moore and Grove then changed the name to Intel Corporation, short for Integrated Electronics. The small startup was founded in Santa Clara, California with $500,000 and funding from investors. In 1971 they introduced the world's first microprocessor, which revolutionized the computer industry. Moore sensed the impending growth of the semiconductor computer chip industry and predicted that the amount of transistors on a single computer chip would double each year. This fact is true and has been coined “Moore's Law”. Intel's mission is to be the leading provider of building blocks for the Internet... in the middle of paper... at a time when the semiconductor industry has begun to slow down. He persevered through the semiconductor industry slowdown and shifted focus to Intel's market diversification. As the semiconductor industry begins to grow, CEO Craig Barrett has been praised for his foresight and perseverance. Barrett will step down as CEO in spring 2005 and will sit on the board of directors alongside Intel founder Andy Grove. As reported by Intel, Barrett earned a salary of $610,000 and received a $1.5 million bonus in 2003. Paul Otellini, Intel's chief operating officer, will take over the CEO position. Otellini, is the first Intel CEO without an engineering degree. In 2003, the Intel Foundation and Intel Corporation donated more than $90 million to K-12, higher education, and nonprofit organizations in the communities where Intel operates. CEO Craig Barrett's take on the nation's education system: "A flawed education system that does little to teach adequate math and science skills is a major problem facing the high-tech economy and the nation in the coming years" (Riucciti).