SAN FRANCISCO-With a heavy emphasis on development and manufacturing from Asia, the high-tech industry is experiencing repercussions from the deadly Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome virus that is sweeping through southeast Asia.
A number of companies have announced SARS-related changes to their operations including Intel Corp., Motorola Inc. and Hewlett-Packard that were forced to temporarily close some of their Hong Kong offices and have employees work from home.
Intel also canceled a pair of conferences in Beijing and Taipei, Taiwan that were scheduled for later this month and instead said it would schedule smaller meetings and personal briefings.
The CDMA Development Group, which sponsors the CDMA World Congress in Hong Kong, said the conference was still scheduled to take place there in early June.
