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As I said earlier it is not just about profit at the margin to put a plant in China, it is about showing good faith with the government. Intel's technology lead
by fspeech 8y ago
As I said earlier it is not just about profit at the margin to put a plant in China, it is about showing good faith with the government. Intel's technology lead is relative. It faces competitors like Loongson (MIPS), ARM licensees, AMD licensee and even Alpha licensees. It can't afford to take an antagonistic stance against a very large customer as any lost sales would go to supporting a competitor, and more importantly give the competition a customer base to sustain a positive feedback cycle of product improvements.