NCSA: A look inside one of the world's most capable supercomputer facilities. ncsa a look inside one of the worlds most capable supercomputers. The north campus of The University of Illinois in Urbana is home to one of the most powerful and long-running supercomputer facilities in the world. The north campus of The University of Illinois in Urbana is home to one of the most powerful and long-running supercomputer facilities in the world. The NCSA is part of an open community, meaning if you or I had the money to do so, even we could use their facilities. The NCSA is one of four open facilities in the United States....

Sharp to build complex with 10G LCD and solar cell facilities. sharp compleg 10g LCD. Sharp announced it will establish an industrial complex with a new LCD panel plant and facility for the mass production of thin-film solar cells in Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture (Japan). In addition to infrastructure-related facilities and production equi. Sharp announced it will establish an industrial complex with a new LCD panel plant and facility for the mass production of thin-film solar cells in Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture (Japan). In addition to infrastructure-related facilities and production equipment manufacturers, a number of leading material manufacturers such as glass substrate and color filter makers will be invited to set up plants adjacent to Sharp’s new LCD panel plant within this manufacturing complex....

Batavia (IL) - TG Daily recently had an opportunity to visit the facilities of Fermilab, home of the Tevatron, currently the world’s highest energy particle accelerator. Batavia (IL) - TG Daily recently had an opportunity to visit the facilities of Fermilab, home of the Tevatron, currently the world’s highest energy particle accelerator. Ron Moore, in charge of the Tevatron at Fermilab, took some time out of his calendar to walk with me through some of Fermilab’s facilities. Among those are anti-protons that are sent into a ring located in an underground tunnel of the Antiproton Source facility. You can imagine the tunnel system between and within each facility as a relatively dark, warm and humid environment with a very distinct heavy metal smell originating from the magnets as well as maintenance work on magnets, circuits and cooling system....

The new factory will not only be one of the largest private sector industrial investments in New York State history, but apparently also one of the largest and highest capacity production facilities for microprocessors on a global basis. AMD’s new 300 mm facility is expected to cost about $3.2 billion - $600 million for the building and $2.6 billion for production equipment. However the firm said that its current capacities, including facilities in Germany and Chartered Fab 7, will provide the ability to crank out up to 45,000 wafers per month by 2008, which theoretically translates into a capacity of at least nine million (65 nm) processors per month or just under 110 million processors per year. AMD’s production facility in Dresden, Germany The capacity of the new fab will remain speculation for some time ; however, AMD is traditionally capable of building more processors per square foot that Intel - which is rumored be manufacturing between 30,000 and 35,000 300 mm wafers per month per fab today. Fab 32 in Chandler will be crucial to Intel’s 45 nm ramp and begin production in the second half of 2007 ; Fab 28 in Kiryat Gat - Intel’s seventh 300 mm wafer facility - is expected to become fully operational by 2008....

A major merger in the wireless networking technology field culminated on Monday, with WiFi chipset provider Atheros Communications agreeing to acquire ZyDAS, a fabrication facility 65% owned by competitor Zyxel Communications, for an estimated US$10.3 million.. Santa Clara (CA) - A major merger in the wireless networking technology field culminated on Monday, with WiFi chipset provider Atheros Communications agreeing to acquire ZyDAS, a fabrication facility 65% owned by competitor Zyxel Communications, for what sources tell the leading Taiwan technology publication DigiTimes to be a paltry US$10.3 million. However, Atheros was already a chipset supplier to Zyxel, as well as to other competitors as well as Atheros’ own product facilities, making WiFi components for PCI and CardBus. Now, for a price that truly looks like a typo, Atheros not only ends up with a full suite of WiFi production facilities, but will probably expand its presence as a provider for Zyxel and others....

Intel expands the production capability of 65 nm and future 45 nm processors with the official opening of its third 65 nm facility. Leixlip (Ireland) - Intel expands the production capability of 65 nm and future 45 nm processors with the official opening of its third 65 nm facility. The two other 65 nm facilities are "D1D" in Oregon, which also serves as research and development fab as well as Fab 12 which recently was retrofitted for 65 nm production. Manufacturing facilities for 45 nm chips will include Fab 32, which is currently built in Chandler, Arizona as well as Fab 28, which is constructed in Kiryat Gat, Israel....

Apple Computer sent a special team overseas to investigate claims of unfair work environments within the Chinese manufacturing facilities that build its iPod digital music players but has found no problems, says Foxconn, the owner of facilities.. Apple Computer sent a special team overseas to investigate claims of unfair work environments within the Chinese manufacturing facilities that build its iPod digital music players but has found no problems, says Foxconn, the owner of facilities....

And AMD wants to convert Fab 30 into Fab 38, a 300 mm 65 nm SOI production facility like Fab 36. AMD has no dedicated 45 nm fabrication facilities. Intel’s manufacturing process can also mature so quickly and easily because any fabrication facility which finds a newer/better way to increase production or yields can immediately spread that knowledge to all other facilities....

Microsoft's Xbox executives seem to have taken a lesson from Sony's botched launch of the PlayStation 2, plagued by product shortages, and are in the process of lining up production facilities both in North American and in Europe. Microsoft's Xbox executives seem to have taken a lesson from Sony's botched launch of the PlayStation 2, plagued by product shortages, and are in the process of lining up production facilities both in North American and in Europe. The company is also reportedly working toward an Asian manufacturing facility....