Intel designs and manufactures the processors, chipsets, and platform technologies that power business PCs, servers, and data centers.
Intel Corporation designs and manufactures semiconductors and platform technologies, headquartered in Santa Clara, California, and founded in 1968. Its processors sit inside a large share of the business laptops, desktops, and servers that MSPs and IT teams deploy and support.
For business computing, Intel supplies Intel Core and Core Ultra processors for client PCs, Intel Xeon processors for servers and data centers, and the Intel vPro platform, which adds hardware-based manageability and security features aimed at business fleets. Intel Arc provides discrete and integrated graphics.
Intel also operates Intel Foundry, its chip manufacturing business, and supplies networking and connectivity silicon. Lip-Bu Tan was appointed chief executive officer in March 2025 and serves on the company's board of directors.
MSPs and internal IT teams use Intel for Intel Core Processors, Intel Core Ultra Processors, Intel Xeon Server Processors.
Best for: businesses buying laptops, servers, and endpoint hardware at scale.
Intel pricing depends on your organization's size, the modules you enable, and your contract term. Tools in this category are usually licensed by subscription, billed per device, and scale with the users, endpoints, or sites you cover.
Public rate cards are not always available, and many vendors set final pricing through a quote or their MSP and reseller channel. To get an accurate Intel price for your environment, request a quote from Intel directly, or ask a managed IT provider that supports Intel to bundle licensing, deployment, and management into one predictable monthly cost.
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Intel is a semiconductor company that designs and manufactures processors, chipsets, and platform technologies for business PCs, servers, and data centers. It was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.
Intel Corporation is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, USA.
Intel offers Intel Core and Core Ultra processors for client PCs, Intel Xeon processors for servers, the Intel vPro platform for business-grade manageability and security, Intel Arc graphics, Intel Foundry manufacturing, and networking silicon.
Lip-Bu Tan is the chief executive officer of Intel, appointed to the role in March 2025.