The homes are really diverse. We have some brand new homes, as well as some small homes and some mansions.

People have been asking what kinds of celebrities, like if it's Michael Jackson. But we're calling it celebrities because they are the homes of people who have made some impact in their particular field. This time, the focus is on the people who have made Las Cruces.

The on-chip optical interconnect work that we are funding today should be available to corporate users in about eight years. It will take a little longer to get it into defense systems.

We are migrating optical data networking deeper and deeper into the hardware itself. Optical components inside systems provide higher data speeds and no cross talk. ... The box gets faster and smaller.

When [technologies] go into the commercial world, that improves the yield, uniformity, and reliability of parts. And the costs go down.

Virtually every support-paying person, unless he or she doesn't see the children at all, would be in for a reduction.