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| schestowitz[TR3] | IBM Endicott Demolition: Only One Building Remains | Jul 11 04:36 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | Article is dated May 12, 2025 so that last building is probably down by now. | Jul 11 04:36 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | https://wnbf.com/ibm-endicott-demolition-one-building-remains/ | Jul 11 04:36 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | 5 hours ago by Anonymous | Jul 11 04:36 |
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| schestowitz[TR3] | I was an intern at IBM Endicott in 1984 and both IBM and Endicott were thriving then. | Jul 11 04:36 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | I remember at lunchtime the streets used to be a sea of white shirts and ties. All the businesses and restaurants were thriving. I used to walk to the office 2 blocks from my apartment in an old Victorian house. It's sad to see what IBM and Endicott have become 41 years later. | Jul 11 04:36 |
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| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-wnbf.com | IBM Endicott Demolition: Only One Building Remains | Jul 11 04:36 | |
| schestowitz[TR3] | https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jzs07zcw | Jul 11 04:36 |
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| schestowitz[TR3] | [ Complete article quoted below from link in @ed+1jzs07zcw ]. | Jul 11 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | IBM to close South Bay research lab that created first inkjet printer, pioneered data mining and AI -- | Jul 11 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | Researcher at the site won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2014 | Jul 11 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | By: George Avalos | gavalos@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group | Jul 11 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | UPDATED: July 10, 2025 at 3:16 PM PDT | Jul 11 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | SAN JOSE — An IBM research hub in San Jose that produced numerous cutting-edge scientific and technical breakthroughs is slated to close and shift its workers to another lab a few miles away, the company confirmed. | Jul 11 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | IBM said it will close its Almaden Research Center at 650 Harry Rd. and move its researchers and workers to IBM’s Silicon Valley Lab at 555 Bailey Rd., on the edges of Coyote Valley. | Jul 11 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1LnxZY9Nlz62KCDYYDZsD-14xq5IGKcU&femb=1&ll=37.19872082814029%2C-121.77419771108399&z=12 | Jul 11 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | The company described the shutdown and consolidation as a way for its researchers to operate in a more efficient and collaborative fashion. | Jul 11 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | “We look forward to bringing all of our IBMers under one roof at our Silicon Valley Lab, working together side-by-side, to drive more collaboration and to continue to deliver new innovations, from artificial intelligence to quantum computing, for our company and clients,” an IBM spokesperson said in comments emailed to this news organization. | Jul 11 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | The Almaden lab is part of a 700-acre site that IBM owns, according to real estate documents. The merging of the lab sites could be completed sometime in 2026 or by the end of this year. | Jul 11 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | “This is primarily a site consolidation, which will take place over the next six to nine months,” the IBM spokesperson said. “We do not expect significant workforce impacts.” | Jul 11 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | IBM Silicon Valley Lab occupies a parcel that totals 200 acres, a Santa Clara County property database shows. | Jul 11 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | Numerous residential subdivisions are located next to or near the western and southern boundaries of the IBM Almaden lab site. The northern and eastern sections of the property border primarily open space, a review of a county mapping database shows. | Jul 11 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | “We are currently exploring options for the Almaden space,” the IBM spokesperson said. | Jul 11 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | The pending consolidation marks the end of decades of cutting-edge achievements at Almaden Research Center, which is nestled in the Santa Teresa hills. | Jul 11 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | “IBM has been spearheading the development of breakthrough technologies in Silicon Valley for over 60 years,” the company spokesperson said. | Jul 11 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | The Almaden lab was an innovation hub whose breakthroughs involved countless endeavors. | Jul 11 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | Artificial intelligence, quantum computing, cybersecurity, machine learning, cloud technologies and data storage are among the major scientific advances that the complex produced. | Jul 11 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | Over the nearly 40 years since the IBM Almaden lab opened in 1986, the site’s researchers have invented the first ink-jet printer prototype, the world’s smallest disk drive, the first disk drive, and encryption for DVD and Blu-ray devices. | Jul 11 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | In 2014, William Moerner, a researcher at the Almaden site, won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Moerner’s work paved the way for the creation of optical storage technologies that many experts see as the foundation for the modern tech industry. | Jul 11 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | Research at the Almaden lab also led to the creation of a computer chip called TrueNorth that mimics how the human brain works. The chip was so cutting edge that it was accepted into the Computer History Museum. | Jul 11 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | IBM’s tradition of tech innovation in San Jose stretches back to a time when Silicon Valley wasn’t even known by that name. | Jul 11 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | In 1952, IBM established its first West Coast lab at a south San Jose site on Cottle Road. That lab’s achievements included the creation of the first magnetic disk drive device. | Jul 11 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | Those IBM sites at and near Cottle Road are now dotted with new suburban homes and apartments as well as a Costco retail warehouse. | Jul 11 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | 1 hour ago by Anonymous | Jul 11 04:37 |
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| schestowitz[TR3] | https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/07/10/ibm-san-jose-tech-data-ai-internet-property-real-estate-economy-web/ | Jul 11 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | 2 hours ago by Anonymous | Jul 11 04:37 |
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| schestowitz[TR3] | Post ID: @ed+1jzs07zcw | Jul 11 04:37 |
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| schestowitz[TR3] | correction: southeast not southwest | Jul 11 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | 6 hours ago by Anonymous | Jul 11 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | | no reactions | Reply | Jul 11 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | Post ID: @dq+1jzs07zcw | Jul 11 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | +1 | Jul 11 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | Almaden is barely in Silicon Valley - is in the far far southwest corner of San Jose boundaries, and the Silicon Valley Labs are not in silicon valley at all, despite the name. | Jul 11 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | Visitors to either location are usually disappointed that it is far far away from Apple, Google, Facebook, etc. and is difficult to recruit quality researchers due to the remoteness and no compensating perks. | Jul 11 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | Almaden is a literal den of rattlesnakes on a former mercury mine. | Jul 11 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | SVL smells like manure for several months of the year due to being next to the mushroom-growing farm town of Morgan Hill, and if the winds are just right, you get that stench mixed with wafts of garlic blowing up from further south. | Jul 11 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | GO IBM !! | Jul 11 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | 6 hours ago by Anonymous | Jul 11 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | | 5 reactions (+3/-2) | Reply | Jul 11 04:37 |
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| schestowitz[TR3] | https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/10/ibm_almaden_research_center | Jul 11 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | 6 hours ago by Anonymous | Jul 11 04:37 |
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| schestowitz[TR3] | Post ID: @dn+1jzs07zcw | Jul 11 04:37 |
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| schestowitz[TR3] | @cg tata for now | Jul 11 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | 10 hours ago by Anonymous | Jul 11 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | | 2 reactions (+2/-0) | Reply | Jul 11 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | Post ID: @cv+1jzs07zcw | Jul 11 04:37 |
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| schestowitz[TR3] | Thread on Reddit regarding the same: https://www.reddit.com/r/IBM/comments/1lvppmr/almaden_research_center_closing/ | Jul 11 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | 12 hours ago by Anonymous | Jul 11 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | | 3 reactions (+3/-0) | Reply | Jul 11 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | Post ID: @ck+1jzs07zcw | Jul 11 04:37 |
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| schestowitz[TR3] | u know its bad when they are selling and closing everything. its over for ibm. they will be acquired by another company unfortunately. | Jul 11 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | 12 hours ago by Anonymous | Jul 11 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | | 5 reactions (+4/-1) | Reply | Jul 11 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | Post ID: @cg+1jzs07zcw | Jul 11 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | +4 | Jul 11 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | @bp (or JG) | Jul 11 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | You conveniently sidestepped the question posed by @bf | Jul 11 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | The question asked was the number of people affected by layoffs as a result of the Almaden site closure; it was not about the distance between the two sites. Do you have the answer or not ? After all this is about IBM layoffs, not Quantum Spin or even Quantum Mechanics. | Jul 11 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | 13 hours ago by Anonymous | Jul 11 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | | 4 reactions (+4/-0) | Reply | Jul 11 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | Post ID: @cb+1jzs07zcw | Jul 11 04:37 |
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| schestowitz[TR3] | @bf - It looks like JG just commented on that post and the author ripped into him. Sorry JG, LI is not a w3 blog where all the responses will be sycophants praising your BS spin. | Jul 11 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | 15 hours ago by Anonymous | Jul 11 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | | 7 reactions (+7/-0) | Reply | Jul 11 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | Post ID: @bw+1jzs07zcw | Jul 11 04:37 |
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| schestowitz[TR3] | So how many layoffs and forced departures are expected as a result of the Almaden closure and shift ? | Jul 11 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | They are 13 miles apart by road. Not a big deal for just the distance. | Jul 11 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | 16 hours ago by Anonymous | Jul 11 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | | 8 reactions (+3/-5) | Reply | Jul 11 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | Post ID: @bp+1jzs07zcw | Jul 11 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | +9 | Jul 11 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | So how many layoffs and forced departures are expected as a result of the Almaden closure and shift ? It certainly is not ZERO. | Jul 11 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | Maybe VP of Quantum Spin And Coverup, Jay Gambetta can tell everyone instead of sugar coating the news of the closure. After all, Alvind needs to make his oversized CEO bonus for 2026 before he retires. | Jul 11 04:37 |
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| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-IBM Research Lab to close – Google My Maps | Jul 11 04:37 | |
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| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.mercurynews.com | IBM will merge two South Bay research hubs into one San Jose tech site | Jul 11 04:38 | |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.theregister.com | IBM moves scientists out of Almaden Research Center • The Register | Jul 11 04:39 | |
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