Intel Museum
Intel Museum
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9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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You can take a self-guided tour of the museum at Intel, manufacturer of 85% of all PC microchips.
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Sukgeun C
Santa Barbara, CA90 contributions
Aug 2018 • Family
Good place to show the kids how the core part of modern microcomputer has been developed. Plenty of displays (photos, videos, and actual products) and some interactive equipments. The size of museum is about right (not too big, not too small). Small souvenir store right next to the museum is a plus. If you happen to be in Santa Clara or Sunnyvale area and have about an hour of spare time, it is definitely worthy to visit the Intel Museum!
Written 10 August 2018
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jtl-sfbayarea
San Francisco Bay Area5 contributions
This is a wonderful, small museum where you can take visitors to Silicon Valley. It reall shows the impact of technology on our world today. Great for kids who are interested in computers (probably not good for little ones)
Written 25 March 2012
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hodag21378
Charleston, WV136 contributions
Apr 2017 • Family
As reported this is a small museum that is free. If you go in yourself and like to read, it is interesting and there are lots of things to see. However, this place is much, much better if you take the free tour. Both guides we had were informative, funny and made the museum. They had short stories and guided you to the highlights. We were on a school tour and both the adults and teenagers liked it a lot. Plan on about an hour.
Written 10 April 2017
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gesogeso
Taipei, Taiwan99 contributions
Dec 2016 • Friends
Free admission down memory lane and read about the various x86 and Pentium based computers I owned. You will probably spend an hour or 2 here unless you have a strong passion for technology and 3 hours isn't enough. There is a small Intel store where you can buy souvenirs.
It's not a must see attraction but it's free and there really isn't much to do in the neighborhood.
It's not a must see attraction but it's free and there really isn't much to do in the neighborhood.
Written 28 December 2016
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flu
Chicago, IL160 contributions
Nov 2019
I visited the Intel Museum while I was killing some time during a visit to the South Bay. It is located inside the Intel Building, next to the main entrance. It is not a large museum, probably less than 2000 square feet, but it has many informational stations, pictures, tools and objects used in semiconductor science and manufacturing. The flooring is made from actual flooring, at one point, used inside a manufacturing clean room - and that is described in one of the stations as well. You can see and touch the single crystal boules before they are cut into single crystal wafers, which are the main material used (by mass) in all of semiconductor devices to date. There is also an Augmented Reality station which should be fun for younger kids. The gift shop is next door and has the items you'd normally expect - nothing particularly novel unless you just want some Intel branded items.
Written 4 December 2019
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Maura E
San Diego, CA124 contributions
Jul 2018 • Family
The kids really enjoyed walking around and seeing this museum. It isn't a place you need to plan on spending a long time, but they have some hands on activities and it kept the kids entertained when we had a few hours to kill.
Written 1 February 2019
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john m m
Almere, The Netherlands222 contributions
May 2018 • Solo
As I grew up with using the first personal computer, this was quite interesting. I actually saw the PC that my dad had and that was passed on to me. The museum provides a real nice history of Intel but also everything that uses Intel chips.
Its not very big so expect to be there for max an hour. Its located on the Intel campus and free parking is available in front. The location is not very well indicated, but just look for the big Intel logo in front of the building (see picture)
Its not very big so expect to be there for max an hour. Its located on the Intel campus and free parking is available in front. The location is not very well indicated, but just look for the big Intel logo in front of the building (see picture)
Written 9 May 2018
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Jeff L
Taiwan36 contributions
May 2017 • Business
A good place to visit. You can see some histories about chipset and CPU. There is also a souvenir store for you to shop.
Written 3 May 2017
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JeffBransford
Corona del Mar, CA154 contributions
Dec 2016 • Family
Walk right in, friendly staff to help, free, but ask for a tour. Small room, but it has the history of Intel and all about chips. A little interactive with touch screens for more information. Gift store next door.
Written 1 January 2017
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Byron S
Haacht, Belgium81 contributions
Jul 2015
It's a very small museum. The giftshop is cool if you like to buy some Intel merchandise. Nice to get a fast & small history of computer chips. Cool interaction for kids.
Written 15 July 2015
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Which is better if gave choose - this or the other Silicon Valley history of computer museum?
Written 17 July 2019
Hello there,
I would choose the Computer History Museum. Intel Museum is free. Perhaps you can visit both.
Have a nice day,
Written 17 July 2019
Do the tours include an opportunity to see any actual manufacturing in person?
Written 30 October 2017
No manufacturing tour but they explain the production process and have some models and photos and videos. The tour guides are very informative. You can walk through yourself but you will get a lot more out of it if you go on a formal tour with a tour guide (they go quite often- about every half hour we found. )
Written 30 October 2017
penguins2017
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Do I need a reservation for a group of 6 to tour Friday, March 17, 2017? Thank you.
Written 25 January 2017
can ask before hand to be on the safe side but if visiting at less busy times, they might be willing to accommodate you
Written 25 March 2017
It's free to visit and walk around. They have guided tours as well but they fill up quickly.
Written 23 June 2015
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