Intel to open research center

Intel to open research center

SEOUL: U.S. high-tech giant Intel Corp. said on Monday it had
agreed to open a research center in South Korea, the world leader
in high-speed broadband penetration.

The agreement was reached at a meeting here between Patrick
Gelsinger, Intel's senior vice president and chief technology
officer, and Yim Chu-Jwan, president of the state-run Electronics
and Telecommunications Research Institute, a joint statement
said.

It highlights a new push by global high-tech giants into South
Korea, which has the world's highest broadband penetration rate
at 73 percent and the world's fastest mobile phone network.

IBM Corp., the world's largest computer company, agreed last
year to open a research and development center in South Korea to
develop software for mobile communications.

Intel said its research center in Seoul will focus on
"advanced wireless communications technology, high-quality media
coding and next generation platforms for content distribution and
consumption. -- AFP