New York: Game consoles to aid upstate
Most of the microprocessor chips that power Sony‘s PS3, Microsoft‘s Xbox 360, and Nintendo’s Wii are being made not in Asia but in a factory in East Fishkill NY. The factory is surrounded by woods, 70 miles north of Midtown Manhattan.
The IBM factory offers a view of the kind of manufacturing that the US still excels at: that is, automated production of advanced technology requiring only an apt (as opposed to a lot) number of highly skilled workers. The modern Factory.
The factory is an important part of a business-government effort to create a thriving industrial cluster in upstate New York, that is based on microelectronics and nanotechnology.
The microprocessors made for Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft are shipped to Asia, where contract assemblers, mostly in China, put together the video game consoles. Many of those consoles end up on the American market.
The technological cluster is attracting engineers and managers from partner companies to work at the area. In fact, Takayuki Kurihara, a 32-year-old software engineer for Tokyo Electron, moved to Fishkill in 2002. Here’s what Kurihara had to say: “What I.B.M. is doing here is very high-tech, and this factory is in the spotlight in my industry in Japan, many people want to come here.”
It’s good to see that the console demand is generating jobs and business.
Thanks to badam for the tip.
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Most of the microprocessor chips that power Sony‘s PS3, Microsoft‘s Xbox 360, and Nintendo’s Wii are being made not in Asia but in a factory in East Fishkill NY. The factory is surrounded by woods, 70 miles north of Midtown Manhattan.
The IBM factory offers a view of the kind of manufacturing that the US still excels at: that is, automated production of advanced technology requiring only an apt (as opposed to a lot) number of highly skilled workers. The modern Factory.
The factory is an important part of a business-government effort to create a thriving industrial cluster in upstate New York, that is based on microelectronics and nanotechnology.
The microprocessors made for Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft are shipped to Asia, where contract assemblers, mostly in China, put together the video game consoles. Many of those consoles end up on the American market.
The technological cluster is attracting engineers and managers from partner companies to work at the area. In fact, Takayuki Kurihara, a 32-year-old software engineer for Tokyo Electron, moved to Fishkill in 2002. Here’s what Kurihara had to say: “What I.B.M. is doing here is very high-tech, and this factory is in the spotlight in my industry in Japan, many people want to come here.”
It’s good to see that the console demand is generating jobs and business.
Thanks to badam for the tip.
Via tuscaloosanews
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