Motorola Moving Chip Design To China, India

Motorola Inc said on Tuesday it was shutting its semiconductor chip-design units in Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan, and moving them to India and China.

A total of about 50 jobs would be lost in the move. We are consolidating our design resources and this is part of our semiconductor product sector,” a Motorola spokeswoman told Reuters. “For all three design centers, we are looking at fewer than 50 employees in total.” She said the move was partly aimed at trimming costs.

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