The Wintel connection
Intel follows a recent Microsoft announcement with its own Indian expansion plans.
Charles Cooper Former Executive Editor / News
Charles Cooper was an executive editor at CNET News. He has covered technology and business for more than 25 years, working at CBSNews.com, the Associated Press, Computer & Software News, Computer Shopper, PC Week, and ZDNet.
Last week Microsoft, this week Intel. The chipmaking half of the famed Wintel duopoly plans to spend about $40 million in the next couple of years to expand its presence in the Indian city of Bangalore.
For Intel, it's a relative drop in the financial bucket. But it fits with the company's broader build-up of a global manufacturing and research infrastructure. Outgoing CEO Craig Barrett talks about Intel being a global company with global interests and global customers. Also, he's not shy about dismissing calls to rein in offshore outsourcing as ill-informed.
Wanna bet he wasn't at all disappointed to see John Kerry's bid to unseat George Bush as President go unfulfilled?