To attract 1 billion users:
Facebook investment hardware lab have long and short term-
Facebook, Zuckerberg-IT information
Beijing time on August 13, according to the online edition of Forbes reported recently, Facebook released a blog post, introduced in the Menlo Park Office area opens up "Area 404"--a 22,000-square-foot (2044 m) hardware lab. Although Facebook most of the revenue comes from advertising on key social media platforms, but it also has hardware-related project, designed to enhance or support its main business.
Facebook's hardware business including Connectivity, Oculus virtual reality laboratory business and some of the promising research projects--such as the Aquila and OpenCellular. Area 404 goals is to team with a home base equipped with the latest equipment to help them complete their project.
As Facebook continues to grow and is committed to providing immersive social experience for your users--such as virtual reality, intelligent hardware support for their growth needs. Area 404 helps Facebook to better meet these needs.
Hardware investment to support future growth, attracting talent is crucial
Given that Facebook hopes to attract 1 billion users, new ways of trying to improve an existing user activity, Internet solution--the use of drones, satellites and other technology to universal Internet connectivity in remote areas, as well as virtual reality, are key elements of Facebook for the next ten-year development plan.
These projects require collaboration between intelligent hardware and company teams. Area 404 hardware team has enough space for all "under one roof" team. Facebook plans to use Area 404 and a number of innovative hardware solutions related to the research and development work, such as in remote areas of the Internet communications network, Aquila--, and Surround 360 camera. As Facebook continues to expand the scale, investment in hardware to support the increasing number of users and advertisers, as well as universal access to new technologies such as virtual reality is vital to the user.
Support the Open Compute Project
To support the growing number of users, Facebook 2011 launched their own data centers. However, Facebook decided not to their own hardware design secrets, and make it an open source project. It don't think hardware is its competitive advantage, decided to collaborate in the design of hardware engineers, and share your own designs. Facebook Open Compute Project was founded to promote its software and hardware development. Open Compute Project is now an independent entity, most big technology companies are the core members. Facebook would retain a development team, specializing in Open Compute Project technology into its vast work in the data center infrastructure. Open source movement in software showed a powerful subversive force, Facebook seems to be subversive to the hardware. Open Compute Project is obvious, Facebook saved about $ 2 billion in infrastructure costs, Area 404 will continue to drive Facebook's work in this area.
再吸引10亿用户：
Facebook投资硬件实验室有远虑 -
Facebook,扎克伯格 - IT资讯
北京时间8月13日消息，据《福布斯》网络版报道，最近，Facebook发布一篇博文，介绍了在门洛帕克办公区开辟的“Area 404”——一个占地2.2万平方英尺(2044平方米)的硬件实验室。虽然Facebook大多数营收来自核心社交媒体平台上的广告，但它也有与硬件相关的项目，目的是强化或支持其主营业务。
Facebook硬件业务包括Connectivity实验室、Oculus虚拟现实业务和部分颇有前景的研究项目——例如Aquila和OpenCellular。Area 404目标是向各技术团队提供一处装备有最新设备的基地，帮助他们完成自己的项目。
随着Facebook继续增长，致力于向用户提供有沉浸感的社交体验——例如虚拟现实，其增长需要智能硬件的支持。Area 404有助于Facebook更好地满足这些需求。
投资硬件对于支持未来增长、吸引人才至关重要
鉴于Facebook希望再吸引10亿名用户，尝试提高现有用户活跃度的新方式，上网解决方案——利用无人机、卫星和其他技术向偏远地区普及互联网连接，以及虚拟现实，是Facebook未来十年发展计划的关键元素。
这些项目要求智能硬件以及公司各个团队之间的协作。Area 404有足够的空间供所有硬件团队“在一个屋檐下”协作。Facebook计划利用Area 404进行与数个创新性硬件解决方案有关的研发工作，例如Aquila——在偏远地区普及互联网的通信网络，以及Surround 360相机。随着Facebook规模不断扩大，硬件投资对于支持不断增加的用户和广告客户，以及向用户普及虚拟现实等新技术至关重要。
支持Open Compute Project
为支持不断增长的用户群，Facebook 2011年推出了自己的数据中心。但是，Facebook决定不对自家硬件设计保密，而使之成为开源项目。它认为硬件不是自己的竞争优势，决定让硬件工程师在设计方面进行协作，并分享自己的设计。Facebook创办了Open Compute Project，推动其软、硬件的开发。Open Compute Project目前是一个独立实体，大多数大型科技公司都是其核心成员。Facebook将保留一个开发团队，专门从事将Open Compute Project技术整合到其庞大数据中心基础设施中的工作。开放源代码运动在软件领域表现出很强大的颠覆力，Facebook似乎把这种颠覆力引向硬件领域。Open Compute Project的作用是明显的，Facebook因此节省了约20亿美元的基础设施成本，Area 404将继续推动Facebook在这方面的工作。