Comments on: Intel R&D on slow boat to China

Building chips in China is one thing. Moving Intel's critical research and development to China isn't in the cards just yet.
Photos: Intel's China plant

[inachu]

Any data

Any data sent overseas for R&D is always 100% completely compromised.

Did everyone already forget about the hughes rocket launching technology stolen in China.

Saving money over lost IP is a no win solution.

[Mekta]

History?

Are there any cases of Intel losing IP in the past?

[videoluvr]

More lost jobs for americans

Intel ought to be called a chinese company.I refuse to buy any intel products and wont buy them in the future.All these companies should be fined for taking our jobs away.Intel forgets where it got its start and one day will pay for that.

[LarryT2467]

More Jobs Lost

Let's see I believe Intel has at least 8 Fabs in the US and R&D facilities, and AMD makes all their chips where, oh yeah I think it is Germany

[Mekta]

<3 Patriots

Right, so an international company can't decide where it wants to move one of its fabs? Sorry, but that's the way it goes. American companies such as Ford, who have bought up foreign companies and then moved their factories away from their "home" countries, thus cutting thousands of jobs in the search for cheaper labour have done that same thing; so I'm afraid your squeeky clean country is far from it.

[Penguinisto]

Eh? They're talking ab't expansion, not relocation.

Intel is a growing company, with lots of diverse projects going on at once... which means plenty of room for growth.

The China chip plant is for producing 90-65nm processors, leaving space to build all the 45nm tech here in the US. Export restrictions will keep the really high-end stuff from reaching China, and there's plenty to do w/ other projects here in the US besides.

If you're that worried about your job going overseas, then perhaps making yourself more marketable and indispensible is the answer? Seriously - nobody owes you (or me, or anyone else) a job.

Meanwhile, given the fact that more and more companies who have outsourced before are moving most of their operations back home, I believe that it's all balancing out in either case (ever try to deal with overseas contractors? a dozen timezones, cultural/language differences, negative customer base response to heavily-accented and barely understandable tech support, low QA results, plus constantly slipped deadlines are only part of the reasons why...)

[i]"I refuse to buy any intel products and wont buy them in the future."[/i]

While you're at it, throw out your iPod (made in China), any AMD processors you may have (ditto), and well... your whole computer (the RAM likely came out of either Japan or Taiwan, the hard drives from Taiwan or China, the mobos out of Taiwan, various other parts from all about the Pacific Rim... you get the idea).

/P

[dysonl]

Not enough americans for the job

The US is not producing enough engineers or computer scientists to fill the job positions. Enrollment in electrical and computer engineering programs is stagnating.

Of course, if there were enough qualified people in the US, it wouldn't totally prevent jobs from going elsewhere. It's just a reality of the global market -- you must accept both sides of the medal.

[C_G_K]

Why is it even necessary?

This hits close to home as I live in the Phoenix area. Intel has a massive R&D facility here just outside Phoenix in Chandler. Seems that Intel has been doing just fine with it's current R&D setup, so why is an eventual move to China even necessary? One of the schools in Chandler has the highest math test scores in the nation because so many of the engineers and scientists have their children enrolled there. Why mess up a good thing for the benefit of China? Let them develop their own high tech. When these brilliant kids graduate, will there still be Intel jobs here for them?

[wildchild_plasma_gyro]

China is beccomming a force to be reckoned with and is very inventive

Yep thats why

[nabilzariffa2]

The REAL reason why Intel will move to China

All the best researchers in the top positions are Chinese. Instead of importing the talent, they can go straight to the source.

Feminists lowered standards so girls can make the grade, and as a result delivers very low quality talent.

Feminism is based on hate and is MISANDRIST!
Learn about Misandry!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misandry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misandry

[theitdude]

Welcome to Walmart

Another company builds a 'super-facility' in China.

Here in U.S. - we build Super Walmarts and Mini-Malls. Where will this lead us?