Unlike Hewlett-Packard, where R & D and procurement are closely linked, all products developed at Sony's Taiwan R & D centers will be turned over to the global operations department at headquarters in Japan to farm out the production work, so that product manufacturing orders will not necessarily end up in Taiwanese hands.
和惠普將研發與採購緊密掛勾不同的是，未來新力研發中心的成果，將交由日本總公司的全球代工統籌部門去分配，訂單不必然落在台商手上。