2022-01-22
This reminds me of the creation of the “Pittsburgh Digital Greenhouse” in 1999 which ostensibly was to create a Pittsburgh-cluster of chip design firms, but really the goal was to create from almost nothing a chip manufacturing industry here. A thread on tech in Pittsburgh: 1/ https://twitter.com/...
TIME
Intel commits $20B to build at least two semiconductor fabrication plants on a 1,000-acre site by 2025, employing at least 3,000 people in New Albany, Ohio
and US manufacturing New York Times : Biden Looks to Intel's U.S. Investment to Buoy His China Agenda Alana Semuels / TIME : Exclusive: Intel Reveals Plans for Massive New Ohio Fac...
This reminds me of the creation of the “Pittsburgh Digital Greenhouse” in 1999 which ostensibly was to create a Pittsburgh-cluster of chip design firms, but really the goal was to create from almost nothing a chip manufacturing industry here. A thread on tech in Pittsburgh: 1/ https://twitter.com/...
The Columbus Dispatch
How Ohio attracted Intel to build semiconductor plants, including pursuing execs for eight months, financial incentives, sustainability commitments, and more
It was a Christmas morning surprise for Ohio's governor and lieutenant governor: Intel was coming to Ohio.
2022-01-21
This reminds me of the creation of the “Pittsburgh Digital Greenhouse” in 1999 which ostensibly was to create a Pittsburgh-cluster of chip design firms, but really the goal was to create from almost nothing a chip manufacturing industry here. A thread on tech in Pittsburgh: 1/ https://twitter.com/...
TIME
Intel commits $20B to build at least two semiconductor fabrication plants on a 1,000-acre site by 2025, employing at least 3,000 people in New Albany, Ohio
As part of an effort to regain its position as a leading maker of semiconductors amidst a global chip shortage …
2019-12-05
1/ Duolingo's announcement is very interesting. Duolingo not withstanding, Pittsburgh continues to stand out for its lack of organic entrepreneurial growth & there have been very few $billion-ish startups incubated in Pittsburgh in recent decades https://www.cnbc.com/...
VentureBeat
Language learning app Duolingo raises $30M Series F from Alphabet's CapitalG at a $1.5B valuation, more than double the valuation from its 2017 Series E
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat :