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Intel
The Company
In 1968,
Vietnam War protestors filled the streets. Robert Kennedy and Martin
Luther King were assassinated. Dustin Hoffman immortalized The Graduate.
Almost unnoticed amid these headline makers, two quiet visionaries,
Gordon Moore and Robert Noyce, incorporated a new venture. Named Intel
(which stands for INTegrated ELectronics), it was a tiny enterprise
with the big goal of changing the world of electronics by integrating
large numbers of transistors onto silicon chips. Moore and Noyce were
almost immediately joined by Andy Grove, and the three men led Intel’s
creation of technological innovations that have dramatically transformed
daily life.
In 1971, Intel scientists invented the microprocessor, and today Intel
is the world’s largest maker of computer chips. Most of the world’s
leading computer manufacturers rely on Intel to provide the chips, boards
and software that keep the industry moving forward at a rapid pace.
The “Intel Inside” label found on most personal computers has become
recognized as a symbol of quality, reliability and performance.
Intel
In New Mexico
Intel came to New Mexico in 1980 and began operations with fewer than
25 employees. Since then our employment has grown to more than 5,000
on the New Mexico site which makes Intel the largest private sector
industrial employer in Albuquerque. That employment number will approach
6,000 once the new $2 billion dollar Fab 11 expansion is completed in
late 2001.
Intel has become the economic anchor for New Mexico. The annual payroll
of approximately $230 million places the average Intel wage at about
$46,000 a year, which is almost double the state’s average wage of $24,584.
New Mexicans hold most of those family wage jobs because Intel is committed
to hiring at least 60% of its New Mexico workforce locally.
Intel also supports local businesses and the community. Since 1995
Intel has spent more than $783 million with New Mexico suppliers. In
1997 Intel funded the building of Rio Rancho High School which addressed
an immediate need in the community at a cost of $30 million. Over the
past five years Intel and its employees have donated $2,221,000 to the
United Way while employees have donated more than 113,000 hours of volunteer
time working on behalf of children, education, arts and culture, the
environment and civic programs.
Intel
and the environment
Intel is also an environmentally conscious company. Since 1993, Intel
water conservation programs have substantially reduced the amount of
water needed in the chip manufacturing process. As a result during the
last five years Intel New Mexico has increased manufacturing production
by 70 percent while reducing water use by 15 percent.
Between 75 and 85 percent of the water Intel uses in manufacturing
is eventually returned to the Rio Grande through the City of Albuquerque’
sewer system and treatment facility. In 1999 Intel received its third
Gold Pretreatment Award from the City of Albuquerque for exceptional
compliance with its wastewater permit.
Intel was granted a “minor source” air permit by the state of New Mexico
in 2000. The permit requires the most monitoring and testing of any
Intel site in the world and reduced allowable emissions by 70 percent.
The state also recognized Intel for achievement in pollution prevention
by naming Intel the 1999 winner of the Green Zia Award.
Intel continues to lead the way in reuse and recycling efforts. Last
year 68 percent of all solid waste on the New Mexico site was recycled.
Because of an aggressive recycling effort the amount of material Intel
sends to a landfill has decreased 62 percent since 1995.
Intel
Tours
The New Mexico site welcomes visitors for scheduled tours through the
facility. The newly, revamped visitors center provides historical information
about the company as well as a detailed description of the manufacturing
process of semiconductors. Visitors will also enjoy a “hands on” experience
with computers using Intel processors.
From the visitors center a tour guide will escort visitors to the Fab
11 clean room area. That is where you will be able to peek through windows
and see the silicon wafers put through the various manufacturing process
steps.
The final stop will be the learning center where employees can attend
classes and access information from around the world via the Internet
and distance learning modules. You may even get the chance to try on
a bunnysuit.
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