MediaTek plans a chip facility in the US with state helpBy Lisa Wang / Staff reporterMobile phone chip designer MediaTek Inc (聯發科) plans to launch its first semiconductor chip facility in the US midwest with support from a state transition assistance package from the Indiana Economic Development Commission, the company said on Tuesday. MediaTek said in a statement that it intends to form new research partnerships with Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, to collaborate on developing engineering talent, and research on next-generation computing and communications chip design. People speak near a MediaTek logo at the COMPUTEX expo in Taipei on June 1, 2016. “We believe strongly that being in Indiana means we will have access to some of the best engineering talent in the world,” MediaTek USA president Lawrence Loh (陸國宏) said in the statement. Globally, MediaTek invested more than US$3.5 billion in research and development last year.
