The secret of Intel's two-and-half-decade-long domination of the global computer chip industry has been the company's ability to produce faster microprocessors ahead of competitors, the latest being the Pentium series. Intel founder Gordon E. Moore had stated that computing power of microprocessors would keep doubling every 18 months. His company has proved this prediction, now known in the global infotech industry as "Moore's Law", right every time, in fact, often beating the 18-month deadline. This year, 75 million PCs are expected to be sold worldwide. It is being estimated that 90 per cent of computers shipped around the world will carry the "Intel inside" sign, that is, they will be based on Intel microprocessors. Its only distant competitor is Motorola, which supplied microprocessors for Apple machines, while Intel built its empire by being supplier to IBM. A re-alignment a few years ago saw Motorola tie up with Apple and IBM to create PowerPC, Pentium's only rival, but as yet far behind in sales.