Intel takes over 40 consultants from ST-Ericsson - IT.Branschen

40 former employees at ST Ericsson in Lund begins at Intel, after Ericsson and ST Microelectronics has divided the ST-Ericsson.

Now that ST-Ericsson is divided into the two parent companies will take Intel over 40 developers, who would otherwise have to go, writes the newsletter Rapidus.

class=”paragraphIntro”> The new development unit, based in Lund, is running since last Thursday, in the U.S. processor giant’s house.

deal means that door shut for an alternative solution that would have resembled the approach as Sony Mobile used the last spring, with the formation of an external consulting unit, which was subsequently taken over by Dan Olofsson and his consulting firm Sigma.

Upwards of 40 50 respondents at ST-Ericsson chose to switch to Intel, which already is established in Lund through its earlier acquisition of the broadcaster Swift Foot Graphics.

CS has not managed to reach Intel for comment. To Rapidus says Intel to the new employees will work with Linux development in the first place, but the company does not want to tell you how many employees have taken over.

For CS says Bear Ekelund, who was formerly head of research at ST-Ericsson, the solution to benefit all parties in the region.

– The consultants must continued work, Ericsson will save money and Intel strengthens its ecosystem in Lund, he says.

After Ericsson and STMicroelectronics have now formally divided the ST-Ericsson has 1,800 employees and consultants have been transferred to Ericsson. It includes the development of LTE-based modems, including products for interoperability.

ST assumes a number of existing products from ST-Ericsson, including the satellite system GNSS and a total of 1,000 employees.

total, 500 people in Lund lost his job, said Rapidus.