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Advanced Micro Devices Plans State-of-the-Art Plant
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. is planning a 300mm state-of-the-art plant. The site of the Texas chip manufacturer's new plant, called fab 35, should be determined by the end of 2001, to be built in 2004 or 2005. One of the sites under consideration is Dresden, Germany, where AMD currently has a new 200mm facility, called fab 30, that will hit full production with 1,800 employees at the end of this year. Also under construction is an AMD/Fujitsu joint venture mega fab in Japan that could potentially produce 300mm wafers.
MIT To Build New Neuroscience Center
Massachusetts Institute of Technology is planning to build the new Neuroscience Center, a research complex housing multiple academic departments. The facility will be focussed on understanding the human brain from cellular, molecular, genetic, and behavioral perspectives. MIT has selected architects Goody, Clancy & Associates for the project, with Charles Correa Associates as consulting architect.
Santa Clara University Plans Library Renovation
Santa Clara University has received a donation of $20 million, the largest in the school's history. A remodel of the university's library is allotted $15 million; the remainder will provide for scholarships.
Development Stalled at SJSU
A proposed office-classroom development at San Jose State University is being postponed due to an economic crunch. The $380 million, 5.5-acre project would have included commercial office space and 250,000 sf of adjacent classrooms, laboratories, and staff offices. In an attempt to convert its valuable downtown land into superior staff and student facilities, SJSU would have leased on-campus office space to finance further construction. The university has hired Alameda, Calif., firm SRM Associates as a consultant for the project's future development.
New UNC Research Campus
The University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill is planning to develop a 1,000-acre site as a satellite campus. The mixed-use development will contain commercial, research and institutional space as well as housing for faculty, staff, and students. Accommodating 25,000 employees and housing up to 3,000, the project will feature additional facilities for research in genomics and bioinformatics.