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When it comes to proximity research institutions, the choice of location is strange to me. Somewhere in the northern Indiana/Illinois/Michigan (i.e. "Greater Mi
by ensan 5y ago
When it comes to proximity research institutions, the choice of location is strange to me. Somewhere in the northern Indiana/Illinois/Michigan (i.e. "Greater Michiana") would have made a lot more sense. That way, you would be close to,
UIUC, Northwestern, UChicago, UMichigan, Purdue, Notre Dame, UIndiana, Argonne National Lab, etc.
- lotsofpulp 5y agoDo the people that need to work at the fabs come from those schools?
- datavirtue 5y agoNo. It is unskilled labor save for the jobs that are not on the shop floor.
- ensan 5y agoFor such a high-tech industry, the choice of location is also about taking advantage of the talent and research ecosystem that is already established there.
- rotten 5y agoThe Ohio State University is in Columbus and if not the largest university in the world it is in the top 3.
- randcraw 5y agoYes, but OSU is not especially well known for computer architecture. In comparison, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Illinois are all top-5 schools in EE/hardware. And the Champaign area is even more affordable than Columbus. So choosing Columbus must have satisfied multiple constraints, some of which aren't obvious.
- erosenbe0 5y agoChampaign doesn't have sufficient infrastructure (think construction workers even) so they'd be looking at Chicago suburbs. This would make Labor costs way too high. Wisconsin would be a fantastic choice but Foxconn boondoggle probably ruined that possibility.
- eatonphil 5y agoLargest university in the world? Top 3 in the US maybe but the largest universities in the world (I'm not talking about networks) are an order of magnitude bigger. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_universities https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_universities
- lenocinor 5y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_public https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_public... Top 3 US, as you said, but nowhere near top 3 in the world, as you also said. Also, enrollment sure isn’t everything. Speaking as someone who used to live near Orlando, UCF is #2 on that list and I had consistent bad luck hiring computer science grads from there. And 3 of the top 5 are in Florida (it’s been like that since 2015) and I don’t see tech employers scrambling to move to Florida en masse. The focus and quality of the institution definitely matters.
- ensan 5y agoThe number of enrolled students is not a good argument here.
- eeeeeeehio 5y agoThey needed to be close to a large city center. Chicago is too expensive -- so the option you are proposing is something like Indianapolis?
- ensan 5y ago"They needed to be close to a large city center" I wasn't familiar with with this requirement but how close is close? I don't think the new semiconductor plants in Texas & Arizona are that close to a city center. And how expensive is too expensive? At least compared to cities of similar size & stature, Chicago itself is not that expensive and can get much cheaper as you move slightly away from it (in the right direction).
- justin66 5y ago> When it comes to proximity research institutions ...which has nothing to do with running a fab, if we're being honest about it.
- ensan 5y agoIt doesn't have anything to do running a fab per se, but obviously location is a factor in attracting talent.
- justin66 5y agoI don't have a handle on how important this truly is (they build fabs in suburban Arizona, of all places) but if they're not interviewing on campus, it's a two hour drive from CMU and a two hour flight from MIT. For anyone used to the slow driving times in California, Columbus is basically close to everything east of the Mississippi. I really do suspect they'll have some jobs for the ECE graduates from OSU, but I guess time will tell.