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Noyce and Moore leave Fairchild Semiconductor and incorporate a new venture as NM Electronics. Later in the year, they purchase the rights to use the Intel name from a company called Intelco.
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The "dropped-e" Intel logo is adopted and becomes highly recognizable worldwide.
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Intel goes public at $23.50 per share, raising $6.8 million.
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The company announces the first 8-bit microprocessor, the 8008.
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Bunny suits are introduced as standard clean room attire.
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The Intel 8080 is quickly designed into hundreds of products, including traffic lights and cash registers.
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The company launches the world's first single-boards computer, the iSBC 80/10.
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Bob Noyce receives the National Medal of Science from U.S. President Jimmy Carter.
