Intel Museum
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  Location within California | |
| Established | 1992 |
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| Location | Santa Clara, California, US |
| Coordinates | 37°23′15″N 121°57′49″W / 37.38750°N 121.96361°W |
| Website | http://www.intel.com/museum |
The Intel Museum located at Intel's headquarters in Santa Clara, California, has exhibits of Intel's products and history as well as semiconductor technology in general.[1][2] The museum is open weekdays and Saturdays except holidays. It is open to the public with free admission.[3] The museum was started in the early 1980s as an internal project at Intel to record its history. It opened to the public in 1992, later being expanded in 1999 to triple its size and add a store. It has exhibits about how semiconductor chip technology works, both as self-paced exhibits and by reservation as grade-school educational programs.[4]
A fully functional 130x scale replica of the Intel 4004 CPU was built using discrete transistors and put on display in 2006.[5]
References
- ↑ "Technology Museums". SJLibrary.org. City of San Jose and San Jose State University. Retrieved 2008-12-21.
- ↑ "Trips That Teach". The Wave Magazine. The Wave Media. Retrieved 2008-12-21.
- ↑ "Intel Museum FAQ". Intel Corporation. Retrieved 2008-04-24.
- ↑ "Press Kit: The Intel Museum at a Glance". Intel Corporation. Archived from the original on 2008-01-27. Retrieved 2008-04-24.
- ↑ "Intel 4004 -- 45th Anniversary Project". 2015-11-15. Retrieved 2016-04-02.
including fully functional 130x scale replicas of the 4004 built using discrete transistors, museum-durable keyboards and slide switches, and video display electronics.
External links
Gallery
Museum entrance
The original IBM PC containing the Intel 8088 microprocessor
Intel 8080 microprocessor and a microprocessor board
Intel IN-10 Memory Board
Moore's Law exhibit
Robert Noyce exhibition
Semiconductor fab model
Description of the chip-making process
Silicon wafers showing their gradual increase in size over time
Another view of the museum