Intel—Intel maintained position as top corporate contributor to Linux kernel for over 15 years
Intel has been the top corporate contributor to the Linux kernel for more than 15 years, with over 19,000 engineers participating in more than 700 foundations and standards bodies. Intel contributes upstream to over 300 community-managed open source projects including Linux kernel, Kubernetes, OpenJDK, PyTorch, TensorFlow, LLVM, and GCC. The company has contributed to the open source software community since 1989, pushing contributions upstream to ensure cross-platform optimization and security.
Scoring Impact
| Topic | Direction | Relevance | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Source | +toward | primary | +1.00 |
| Overall incident score = | +0.885 | ||
Score = avg(topic contributions) × significance (high ×1.5) × confidence (0.59)
Evidence (1 signal)
Intel confirmed as top corporate Linux kernel contributor with 19,000+ engineers in open source
Intel has been the top corporate contributor to the Linux kernel for more than 15 years. The company has over 19,000 engineers participating in more than 700 foundations and standards bodies, contributing to 300+ community-managed open source projects including Linux kernel, Kubernetes, OpenJDK, PyTorch, TensorFlow, LLVM, and GCC. Intel has contributed to open source since 1989.