Apple and Intel are both making progress in their efforts to hire more women and minorities, according to figures released by the companies. In the first six months of the year, more than 43% of Intel's hires in the U.S. were women and minorities, up from 32% at the end of 2014, the company reported in its first mid-year diversity report.

At 43%, Intel said it was surpassing the 40% diversity hiring goal it set for itself for the full year.

Apple, meanwhile, boosted its hiring of women by 65% globally over the past year, to 11,000, the company said in its second annual report.

Apple made gains particularly in the U.S., where nearly half of its hires since January were women, black, Hispanic, or Native American, the company said.

Over the past year, other companies, including Google and Facebook, have started to share numbers around their hiring of women and minorities.