Intel's 8088 & Pentium (Israel design)

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Who

Intel's design center in Haifa, Israel, staffed largely by Israeli engineers

When

1970s–2000s

Where

Haifa, Israel

Intel's design and development center in Haifa, its first outside the United States, designed the 8088 processor that powered the original IBM PC and later led the low-power architecture behind Pentium and Centrino chips. The Israeli team's energy-efficient designs helped reshape the direction of the global microprocessor industry.

Sources

Part of “The Gifts of the Jews” — verified Jewish contributions to the world, with sources.