Foxconn, NVIDIA team up on R&D facility in China
updated 06:40 pm EST, Fri December 16, 2011
Foxconn, NVIDIA announce joint venture in China
Foxconn Electronics and NVIDIA have teamed up on a new research and development center in Tianjin City in northern China, Digitimes revealed on Friday. It will focus on smartphones and tablets along with cloud computing. Foxconn chairman Terry Guo and NVIDIA CEO Huang Jen-hsun were at the signing ceremony, but didn't reveal financials or other details on the joint venture.
NVIDIA supplies tablets, usually Android-powered ones, with its dual-core Tegra 2 and quad-core Tegra 3 chipsets, while Foxconn manufactures tablets for many companies, including Apple's iPad 2 and iPhone 4 as well as Amazon tablets, among others.
