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Sili-Hudson Valley?

Posted by Hemos on from the building-the-new-new-thing dept.

guttentag writes "The New York Times reports Sematech (the international consortium of computer chip makers that turned Austin, TX into a tech center) plans to turn Albany, NY into a research hub. The consortium, which represents IBM, Intel, Motorola, HP, TI, AMD, Philips and others, will put up $193 million for the project while New York State will supply the remaining $210 million. The really unusual thing about the deal is that the state isn't offering any tax breaks or loans to lure the consortium to its capital. Why are they so excited about a location that is over 100 miles from their nearest constituent company (IBM)?"

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  1. Re:I don't understand by idfrsr · · Score: 2, Funny

    ....because technology geeks have no need for distractions like "oceans", "beaches" and "bars"

    I wouldn't want my research monkeys running around a beach scaring the fish...

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  2. Sili-Hudson Valley? by Lev13than · · Score: 3, Funny

    I hear their next project is to turn Churchill, Manitoba into Sili-Hudson's Bay.

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  3. Re:Escape from Silicon Valley by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Maybe they are going to develop things with a dangerously high energy density/throughput and don't want to take out their headquarters in case of a mistake? Next generation processors and the required battery technology perhaps...

  4. Re:TECH VALLEY YEAH! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    6) And only 10 minutes from the hood. Watch out! Muthafuckas will jack you in Arbor Hill.

  5. One Word Explains it: "Illuminati" by FortKnox · · Score: 3, Funny

    Have you ever been to New York state (not the city, but upstate)??

    Its well forested, which is wonderful cover for Illuminati complexes.

    In desert areas, like Area51, humans eventually figure out something strange is going on; but in well forested areas, people just laugh at hunters "wild" stories.

    The Illuminati want the consortium, so they brought it close to home so no good secrets would leak outside their grip, before they allowed it.

    Now, I will give you specific coordinates to the entrance to their complex... wait... I hear someone com

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  6. Their Poor Children! by nick_davison · · Score: 3, Funny
    Has nobody told them that since the end of the dotcom boom, there's been a mandatory death sentence on anyone coining Silicon[Exciting Geographic Term]?! Their poor children will now have to grow up alone, knowing Daddy was too stupid to avoid buzzword Silicon- prefixes.

    Have you noticed how every state seemed have a SiliconSomewhere two years ago that was going to push that state forward and now no one remembers them except for the poor fools who thought moving from SiliconValley to SiliconCornPlanes really was a good career move?

    Still, at least he can go to SiliconJail before being executed at SiliconGallows, his body taken along SiliconRoad to SiliconGraveyard and dumped in SiliconHoleintheground.

    Of course, whoever came up with this also probably still calls themselves an E-Consultant and still works for an i-deas firm.