Intel Developing New Chip Designs in India

An anonymous person noted that "Intel Corporation, the $39-billion largest chip maker in the world, is developing new chip designs and processors at its India development centre to roll out the next generation of notebooks and servers, says a top company official."

Comments

Re:Is it really for cost savings?

[speculatrix]

the cost of the engineers, designers and testers are largely irrelevant compared to the cost of the actual silicon foundries these days.

I would thus speculate that Intel are seeking to gain some sort of political foothold in the huge developing market in India and the region.

haven't Intel also done some deals to set up design centres in China to also gain political leverage and fast-track approvals for their products there?

Re:This is only going to continue...

[El Torico]

Wow, you really do want to go to GITMO, don't you? Proposing that "the People" reassume control of the US is a very risky position to take. Right now, most of "the People" are doing well enough to not think there is a problem.

Actually, I agree with you. What you propose (Fair Trade vs. Free Trade) is what the European Union has done. There are very specific criteria for membership; items such as worker and environmental protections are included. Here's the wikipedia entry on the criteria - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copenhagen_criteria.

Unfortunately, the US has embraced the "Race to the Bottom" approach and we now can see the results. Globalization is a mixed blessing; on the one hand it does raise GDP for participating nations, but on the other hand, it can have serious repercussions. Of course, I'm expecting to be flamed and modded down now for attempting to be truly "fair and balanced".