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Sent 1: IBM opened a sprawling and sophisticated semiconductor factory here on Wednesday that cost more than $2.5 billion to build and equip, the largest single capital investment the company has ever made.
Sent 2: The factory, which opens as the computer chip business is in a slump, is a costly and risky move for IBM.
Sent 3: But it is also an expression of confidence by the company that it can remain a technology leader in the highly competitive global semiconductor industry, and a commitment that the best place to execute that strategy is in upstate New York.
Sent 4: IBM is an exception among computer makers in that it still invests heavily in research to advance the design, manufacture and materials used in semiconductor chips.
Sent 5: It is spending more than $500 million a year on semiconductor research and development.
Sent 6: The factory will produce a wide range of specialized semiconductors used in everything from the largest mainframe computers to cell phones and video-game consoles.
Sent 7: The new plant is part of IBM's push to gain a strong lead in chip-making beyond the personal computer business, where Intel and East Asian chip producers hold the advantage.
Sent 8: "The core of our strategy is to lead in technology and attack the high-performance segments of the market," said John Kelly, senior vice president in charge of IBM's technology group.
Sent 9: An advantage to having the semiconductor fabricating factory here, Kelly explained, was that it was very close to its research laboratories in nearby Westchester County, N.Y. To stay ahead in advanced chip technology, he said, moving innovations out of the labs and into the factory as fast as possible is crucial.
Sent 10: "What we call the lab-to-fab time should be as close to zero as possible," Kelly said.
Sent 11: "If our strategy were anything but to be on the leading edge, we'd have put the plant in Asia."
Sent 12: The new factory, which will begin normal production early next year, will employ about 1,000 people.

Question: What is the overall objective of the products being prodeuced by the factory described? (false/0)

To keep business in the US
To produce them quickly doesn't matter
Gain a strong lead in chip-making beyond the personal computer business
To beat apple
To be cutting edge in their production
Wide range of specialized semiconductors used in everything from the largest mainframe computers to cell phones and video-game consoles. Secondly, an effort to gain a strong lead in chip-making beyond the personal computer business
To have the best chips in the business

Question: Who does IBM see as their technological competition? (false/1)

Question: What doe "lab-to-fab" time mean? (true/2)

Time it takes from moving things from research laboraties into factories
Fabulous ideas
Lab to factory
Being highly competitive
Fabulous production
Strategy were anything but to be on the leading edge
Moving innovations out of the labs and into the factory as fast as possible
Moving innovations out of the labs and into the factory as fast as possible is crucial
The time between the laboratory research and the fabrication of the product

Question: What was the reason IBM did not put the new factory in Asia? (false/3)

It was very close to its research laboratories in nearby Westchester County, N.Y. To stay ahead in advanced chip technology, he said, moving innovations out of the labs and into the factory as fast as possible is crucial
To be American made
They wanted to be close to their lab
To produce cutting edge technology
They wanted to keep jobs in the US
To be close to research laboratory in upstate New York, to minimize lab-to-fab time
Cost

Question: Where was the largest single capital investment IBM made have been built? (true/4)

Question: How many people will IBM's new semiconductor factory employ? (true/5)

Question: What does IBM's senior vice president in charge of their technology group, John Kelly, feel that the location of the new plant is so important? (true/6)

The lab to fab time is reduced
To increase the lab-to-fab time
Besides bringing 1,000 jobs to the area the new factory will be very close to IBM's research laboratories in Westchester County, NY to make sure the lab to fab time will be as close to zero as possible
There will be a reduced cost
So that better chips can be produced quicker
They want the best as soon as possible
It is not in Asia

Question: Where will IBM be opening a new semiconductor factory and how much will it cost? (true/7)

M opened a sprawling and sophisticated semiconductor factory here on Wednesday that cost more than $2.5 billion to build and equip,
A lot
$2.5 billion
Westchester, NY
New York
In january and it will cost 30 billion
The factory will be located in upstate New York and will cost more than $2.5 billion dollars to build and equip

Question: On what type of research is IBM currently spending more than $500 million dollars a year? (true/8)

IBM is investing heavily in research and development of semiconductor chips that are used in everything from mainframe computers to cell phone and video game consoles
Semiconductor research and development
Semiconductor
Computer
New operating system enhancements
Computer chips
Technology

Question: What will IBM be producing in upstate NY? (true/9)