Apple and Intel shacking up in Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell announced yesterday that Apple Computer would be the newest tenant in Carnegie Mellon University's Collaborative Innovation Center, where they plan to open a research facility. Apple will share the top floor of the four-story building with the existing Intel Research Pittsburgh unit. The announcement celebrates the governor's Keystone Innovation Zone (KIZ) program, a state-wide initiative that aims to spin off university research into new businesses and jobs.
"In addition to education and research, Carnegie Mellon is committed to economic development in the region," said Provost and Senior Vice President Mark Kamlet. "CoLab is the only facility in the world where Apple and Intel will be working side-by-side."
Ironically, CMU is also preparing for spring 2006 construction of the Gates Center for Computer Science, a
$50 million facility funded, in part, from a $20 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.