Can ST-Ericsson shrink to survive?
Junko Yoshida, EETimes
12/11/2012 12:01 AM EST
NEW YORK – How many people does it take to run a mobile chip company these days? Anyone care to guess?
Well, I’ve checked, and apparently you need 4,000 to 5,000 employees.
Until recently, I had no idea on how big an engineering team a mobile chip vendor needs to develop a mobile platform that covers both "global" modem technologies and apps processors.
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