Intel

Intel
Basic information
Founded	1968-07-18
Legal Structure	Public
Industry	Semiconductors, Computer Hardware
Also known as
Official website	https://intel.com/

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Intel Corporation is an American technology company that designs, manufactures and sells computer components and related products. It was founded on July 18, 1968 by Gordon Moore (of Moore's law), Robert Noyce, and investor Arthur Rock. The company is one of the world's largest semiconductor chip manufacturers.

Consumer impact summary

Overview of concerns that arise from the conduct towards users of the product (if applicable):

User freedom
User privacy
Business model
Market control

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User freedom

All modern Intel platforms include the Intel Management Engine, a proprietary co-processor with access to the system's memory and network interfaces, which users cannot disable or replace on current hardware. The Free Software Foundation has described the Management Engine as "an attack on computer users' freedom".^[1] Its Boot Guard feature, which some device manufacturers enable, restricts those devices to manufacturer-signed firmware, preventing the installation of alternatives such as coreboot.^[2]

Incidents

This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the Intel category.


Incident	Year	Background Info	Aftermath	Related Article	Related Video(s)
Intel CPU Oxidation	2022	A manufacturing defect that caused instability and crashing in Intel's Raptor Lake CPUs.	Issue acknowledged, warranties extended.	Intel CPUs stability issue	^[3]

Products

CPUs

Intel Core (desktop lineup)
Xeon (workstation and server lineup)

GPUs

Intel Arc (consumer lineup)
Intel Arc Pro (workstation lineup)

References

↑ Carikli, Denis (13 Oct 2011). "The Intel Management Engine: an attack on computer users' freedom". Free Software Foundation. Archived from the original on 22 Sep 2026. Retrieved 22 Sep 2026.
↑ "Disabling Intel Boot Guard on MEv11 for Libreboot installation". Libreboot. Archived from the original on 12 Sep 2026. Retrieved 22 Sep 2026.
↑ Rossmann, Louis (14 Aug 2024). "How Intel's oxidation scandal screws everyone". YouTube. Archived from the original on 23 Feb 2026.

[FSF-ME-1] Carikli, Denis (13 Oct 2011). "The Intel Management Engine: an attack on computer users' freedom". Free Software Foundation. Archived from the original on 22 Sep 2026. Retrieved 22 Sep 2026.

[Libreboot-2] "Disabling Intel Boot Guard on MEv11 for Libreboot installation". Libreboot. Archived from the original on 12 Sep 2026. Retrieved 22 Sep 2026.

[3] Rossmann, Louis (14 Aug 2024). "How Intel's oxidation scandal screws everyone". YouTube. Archived from the original on 23 Feb 2026.

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