Motorola and Lucent Technologies Alliance Demonstrates Commitment to Georgia

Strategic Insights -

Georgia Governor Roy Barnes announced a strategic alliance between two of the nation's largest technology companies, Motorola, Inc., and Lucent Technologies, Inc., to join the state's Yamacraw Design Center. This alliance, called Star*Core, aims to enhance the state's leadership in electronic design and high-bandwidth communication. As part of its partnership with the Yamacraw Design Center, Star*Core is accelerating its staffing plans for Atlanta and committing to fill approximately 100 electronic design positions by the end of 2000.

Key Takeaways:

  • The Motorola and Lucent Technologies alliance, Star*Core, will become the first member of the Yamacraw Design Center, a new initiative to enhance Georgia's leadership in electronic design and high-bandwidth communication.
  • Star*Core is accelerating its staffing plans for Atlanta, aiming to fill approximately 100 electronic design positions by the end of 2000.
  • The Yamacraw Design Center will operate out of the Georgia Center for Advanced Telecommunications Technology (GCATT) in Atlanta and serve as a point of contact for offering companies the opportunity to share in research being conducted into high-bandwidth technologies at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
  • Star*Core is a cooperative research and development initiative between Lucent Technologies and Motorola, designed to define next-generation digital signal processor (DSP) technologies.
  • The partnership between Star*Core and the Yamacraw Mission is expected to attract more top talent to the design center in Georgia and provide new and exciting technology solutions to customers.
  • Governor Barnes stated that the conditions are ripe in Georgia to build a powerful economic cluster in the field of electronic design, combining academic muscle with a strong corporate base and a large and growing body of qualified employees.

Statistics:

  • 100: The number of electronic design positions that Star*Core aims to fill in Atlanta by the end of 2000.
  • 7,300: The number of Motorola employees in the greater Atlanta area.
  • Over 7,300: The number of Lucent Technologies employees in the greater Atlanta area, making it one of Georgia's largest employers.
  • One of the largest fiber facilities in the world: Lucent Technologies' optical fiber manufacturing facility along I-85 in Norcross.

Sources:

  • Business Wire
  • Motorola, Inc.
  • Lucent Technologies, Inc.