Posted on 07/30/2018 6:53:54 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
A new facility in North Texas is starting up its production line for some of the technology that powers the Apple iPhone X's latest features.
Silicon Valley-based Finisar has hired 200 people and begun operations at a new plant in Sherman, a city about 65 miles north of Dallas. The facility produces vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers, or VCSELs, that are used in smartphones.
The lasers enable some of the iPhone X's features, such as facial recognition that unlocks the phone, a portrait mode that takes professional-looking photos and a tool that creates animated emojis based on the user's facial expressions.
Jeff Brown, general manager of Finisar's Sherman facility, said the plant is making initial products to test its production line. It will make samples to show customers, such as Apple, at the end of August, he said.
“It’s like if you’re making a complicated recipe," he said. "You want to make sure the recipe is just right and works the way its supposed to.”
The facility will become fully operational by the end of the year and grow to 500 employees in 2019, he said....
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*PING*
Now that’s change I can believe in. MAGA.
200 + 300 = 500 kids they hire : )
Their tiny fingers can handle the small parts.
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