How Popular Tech Companies Got Their Names
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Intel
How Popular Tech Companies Got Their Names
Intel was founded in 1968 in Mountain View, California by Gordon E. Moore, Robert Noyce, and Arthur Rock. Moore and Noyce wanted to call the company "Moore Noyce", but the name was a homophone for "More noise". Noise in electronics refers to bad interference and is very undesirable. Hence, they used the name "NM Electronics" for almost a year before they finalized on "Integrated Electronics-'Intel'" for short. The name "Intel" was already trademarked by Intelco, a chain of hotels; thus, they had to buy the rights for the name.

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