Intel Israel had the original idea to revive the Pentium III's "P6" architecture and rework it for a new generation after Intel's main office in Santa Clara had thoroughly screwed the pooch with the slow, energy-gobbling Pentium 4, and that basic idea powers every Intel processor made today. read more
I almost feel sorry giving a straight answer to this after the hilarious conspiracy theories, but it's because there's a lot of very smart people in Israel, full stop. Intel Israel had the original idea to revive the Pentium III's "P6" architecture and rework it for a new generation after Intel's main office in Santa Clara had thoroughly screwed the pooch with the slow, energy-gobbling Pentium 4, and that basic idea powers every Intel processor made today. read more
Another important product that, like Banias, was conceived, designed, directed and manufactured in Israel, was Merom, the Core-2 notebook processor heir of the Pentium M. Introduced in 2006, Merom was the first Intel technology to produce a microprocessor for mobile, desktop, and server products, according to Friedman. read more
With some 9,900 people on its payroll in locations up and down the country, Intel is Israel’s biggest private sector employer. It conducts R&D from four locations and manufactures chips from sites in Kiryat Gat and Jerusalem. Between the intellectual property and chips it sends abroad, Intel is also Israel’s single biggest exporter. read more