American chipmaker Intel, which was founded 50 years ago in California on July 18, has an asteroid named after its 8080 microprocessor. In 1987, France's CERGA Observatory named a Caussols main-belt asteroid "8080 Intel" in honour of the 1974 invention, which was the first 8-bit processor and soon became industry standard. Interestingly, Intel's Santa Clara phone number ends with 8080.