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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