Intel kills off IDF Taipei
Gives IDF Beijing a haircut
Posted in PCs & Chips, 9th February 2009 20:26 GMT
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If you have booked you travel and hotel accommodations for the upcoming Intel Developer Forum shindigs in Taipei, Taiwan, and Beijing, China, you are going to have to make some changes to your itinerary. These events have been crushed by the economic downturn.
Intel has put up a small notice on the IDF site explaining that IDF Beijing is being cut in half, and IDF Taipei is now gone. "Given the current economic circumstances and business pressures the industry is facing globally, IDF Beijing 2009 is being reformatted to a one-day event," the note said.
"IDF Beijing will feature keynotes, technical sessions and technology showcase all tailored for the Chinese market."
The Beijing event was to be held April 8 and 9 of this year, and the Taipei event was to be held November 16 and 17. The flagship IDF event is still on, of course, and will be held from September 22 through 24 in San Francisco, California.
These three events were put on the Intel corporate calendar for 2009 - and presumably given budget funds - on November 20, so you can see how quickly economic conditions have deteriorated and how much Intel wants to cut costs.
In mid-January, Intel reported sales do
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