back in 1996, bryan vanmiller sat down with one of the biggest players in silican valley, with intel founder grove. >> 25, 26 years ago that was me. i bet you wouldn't recognize me. >> reporter: but today just about everyone in the hike tech industry recognizes andy grove. president and ceo of giant intel corporation. >> we're celebrating those days means a lot of alcohol in the premises which we no longer do. so the ceiling was all part marked with cork marks. >> reporter: intel had lots to celebrate. this $15 billion company employs 44,000 people around the world. if you bought $3,000 worth of intel stock in 1971 today it would be worth $1.8 million. it's computer chips help run thousands of products from microwaves to refrigerators. photo copiers to cellular phones. >> this is composed in this? >> yes, a little different variety. >> reporter: in 1994 the news broke about a flaw in the new intel pentium process sor. after first denying the problem, intel admitted the error and promised to replace any processer. it cost a half a million dollars but it saved the company's reputation.