Design News - April 18, 2005

Cover Story

Conventional wisdom, at least the kind that operates in many purchasing departments, has it that moving manufacturing operations to cheaper labor markets will invariably lower the total cost of making products. Now, the same brutal economic reasoning has found its way into engineering departments, and you may find yourself worrying about competition from cut-rate foreign engineers.

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Relativity's Subtlety

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