Unlikely as it may seem, but Morocco is becoming a centre for IC design.

STMicroelectronics has had a chip design team in Rabat Morocco for ten years .

UK-based silicon design house Sondrel has design teams in the US, France, Israel and China, and now Morocco has been added to the list.

“After considering several European locations, Morocco delivered both on the quality of the engineering resources and the quality of the facilities and communications infrastructure,” said Graham Curren, CEO of Reading-based Sondrel…[FULL STORY]