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New $600 Million Semiconductor Factory Coming
Absolics’ glass substrate nears completion in its manufacturing process. The material will reduce the space required for a multi-chip package, allowing for more chips to be packed into a single device.
A new $600 million manufacturing facility that will supply advanced materials to the U.S. semiconductor industry is set to be built in Covington, Ga., following a groundbreaking ceremony Nov. 1. Absolics Inc., a subsidiary of SKC Co. Ltd., a South Korea-based conglomerate, was formed last year. Its first factory will employ more than 400 people with high-skilled jobs in Georgia when the plant is open. The facility is being constructed to help strengthen the U.S. semiconductor supply chain by manufacturing a new material that supports next-generation computing systems. The Georgia site will make Absolics’ inaugural product, a glass substrate, or thin layer of glass, upon which processing and memory chips can be mounted together to create the brains of a computing system. The material reduces the space needed for a multi-chip package, allowing up to four times more chips to be packed into a single device, according to a company news release. The glass substrate is considered a technological see FACTORY page 6
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To further advance Atlanta’s Transform 285/400 interchange reconstruction project to final completion, the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) closed one I-285 eastbound lane in October between Roswell Road and Ashford Dunwoody Road to allow contractors to perform bridge demolition and reconstruction at Glenridge Drive, Ga. Highway 400, and Peachtree Dunwoody Road. The agency shut down one westbound lane of the highway on Oct. 22, 2022. GDOT officials said the I-285 construction milestones will add more space for cars and increase new connecting lane availability outside of the existing interstate lanes, according to the Albany Herald. The bridge replacements and associated I-285 lane closures eastbound and westbound will take at least eight months to complete, GDOT noted, and have already caused the extreme delays on I-285 that the agency predicted would occur around and approaching the work zone. “The traveling public should expect major disruptions to their daily commutes and driving routines during this time and should be prepared for profound delays on I-285, potentially adding an hour or more to daily commutes,” GDOT Alternative Delivery Program Manager Marlo Clowers said in a news release prior to the work getting under way.
“We urge motorists to leave earlier, utilize navigation apps to select alternate routes to stay away from the construction area and consider alternative commute options. [When] traveling through the area, always pay attention and use extreme caution.” The transportation department said lane closure schedule confirmations will come after certain I-285 construction milestones open to traffic, ensuring motorists know what to expect and when. The openings will provide added capacity for vehicles and maximize all new connecting roadway availability outside of the existing interstate lanes. Those key milestones include: • A new I-285 westbound connecting lane from Peachtree Dunwoody Road to past Roswell Road. • New Ga. 400 northbound/southbound lanes and Ga. 400 southbound to I-285 eastbound connecting lane to a point past Ashford Dunwoody Road. The lane closures will be made once these milestones are opened and updated signage is in place, GDOT noted. The first phase of the current project has seen crews close the inside lanes on I-285 in each direction between Roswell Road to Ashford Dunwoody Road, so they can reconstruct the interior portions of the interstate’s bridges over Glenridge Drive, Ga. 400 and Peachtree Dunwoody Road. A minimum of three lanes see BRIDGES page 6