Intel hopes to end chip dispute with China by June

Taipei, Apr 14: Intel Corp., the world`s largest semiconductor maker, said it hopes to end a dispute with China, which plans to implement in June its own standards for chips that help computers connect to the internet wirelessly.

``We would like to have a resolution before June 1 deadline,'' said John Antone, an Intel vice president in charge of the company's Asia Pacific operations. ``We are continuing to talk to the Chinese government.'' Intel is unable to make chips that comply with the Chinese standard, according to Antone. The Santa Clara, California-based company will sell its package of so-called Centrino chips for laptop computers in China without the wireless component, he said.
China said on March 11 that it won't change a plan to force computer makers to adopt the standard for encrypting wireless communications for products sold in the country. Intel said China, the world's second-largest buyer of personal computers, is the company's biggest market in Asia.
Bureau Report