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NEC Corporation
NEC Corporation Summary
NEC Corporation, major Japanese multinational corporation, producer of telecommunications equipment and related software and services. Headquarters are in Tokyo. Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. (NEC; officially NEC Corporation in 1983), was founded in 1899 with funding from the Western Electric
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Intel Corporation (INTC) is a leading American manufacturer of semiconductor computer circuits. It is headquartered in Santa Clara, California. The company’s name comes from integrated electronics. Intel was founded in July 1968 by American engineers Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore. Unlike the