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August 2008[edit]
The Intel 80486DX2 is a CPU produced by Intel Corporation that was introduced in 1992. Intel is the world's largest semiconductor company and the inventor of the x86 series of microprocessors, the processors found in most personal computers. Founded on July 18, 1968 as Integrated Electronics Corporation and based in Santa Clara, California, USA, Intel also makes motherboard chipsets, network cards and ICs, flash memory, graphic chips, embedded processors, and other devices related to communications and computing.
July 2008[edit]
The rotor of a modern steam turbine manufactured by Siemens AG. Siemens, based in Germany, operates in six areas: automation & control, power, transportation, medical, information & communication and lighting. The firm employs over 480,000 people, making it Europe's largest engineering conglomerate and the sixth-largest employer in the Fortune Global 500.
June 2008[edit]
Aisles of packaged food in a Fred Meyer hypermarket in Portland, Oregon. A hypermarket is a combination of a supermarket and a department store, and the Fred Meyer chain is one of the pioneers of the hypermarket format in the United States. Kroger, which owns Fred Meyer, is the top grocery retailer and the third largest general retailer in the country.