Question: Advanced Technology Development Facility began operations as a research plant for SEMATECH, a not-for-profit consortium that performs research and development to advance what?

Context articles: SEMATECH
University of North Texas Discovery Park
Technology Development Board
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Air Weapons Complex
Advanced Technology Development Facility
Advanced Technology Program
Donghu New Technology Development Zone
Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration

SEMATECH (from Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology) is a not-for-profit consortium that performs research and development to advance chip manufacturing.
 SEMATECH has broad engagement with various sectors of the R&D community, including chipmakers, equipment and material suppliers, universities, research institutes, and government partners.
 The group is funded by member dues.
The University of North Texas Discovery Park Campus, formerly Research Park, is a satellite research facility of the University of North Texas.
 Discovery Park is located in Denton, Texas, north of the main campus, on U.S. Highway 77.
 In January 2004, the 550000 sqft facility, formerly occupied by Texas Instruments, opened to students from the UNT College of Engineering.
 In 2008, the newly formed College of Information joined the Discovery Park campus.
 The facility houses offices and labs for the Departments of Engineering Technology, Computer Science and Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Library and Information Science and Learning Technologies.
 The Center for Technology Development and Transfer (CTDT) began operations from Discovery Park in 2006.
Technology Development Board (TDB), is a statutory body established by Government of India under Technology Development Board Act, 1995,to promote development and commercialisation of indigenous technology and adaptation of imported technology for wider application.
 The board consists of 11 Board members.
 The Government reconstituted the Board in March 2000.
 The Board plays a pro-active role by encouraging enterprises to take up technology oriented products.
 Provides equity capital or loans to industrial concerns and financial assistance to research and development institutions.
 The loan carries a simple interest rate of 5% per annum.
The MIT Lincoln Laboratory, located in Lexington, Massachusetts, is a United States Department of Defense research and development center chartered to apply advanced technology to problems of national security, the Laboratory provides a technical base for military electronics ranging from radars to reentry physics.
 Research and development activities focus on long-term technology development as well as rapid system prototyping and demonstration.
 These efforts are aligned within key mission areas.
 The laboratory works with industry to transition new concepts and technology for system development and deployment.
 The laboratory also maintains several field sites around the world.
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), located in Golden, Colorado, specializes in renewable energy and energy efficiency research and development.
 NREL is a government-owned, contractor-operated facility, and is funded through the United States Department of Energy.
 This arrangement allows a private entity to operate the lab on behalf of the federal government.
 NREL receives funding from Congress to be applied toward research and development projects.
 NREL also performs research on photovoltaics (PV) under the National Center for Photovoltaics.
 NREL has a number of PV research capabilities including research and development, testing, and deployment.
 NREL's campus houses several facilities dedicated to PV research.
Air Weapons Complex (AWC) is a development and production centre for airborne weapons systems in Pakistan, more recently becoming involved in various commercial and other non-military projects also.
 The facility began operations in 1992 and has since grown considerably.
 Located near Wah, Pakistan, AWC now works under the umbrella organization of NESCOM.
Advanced Technology Development Facility (ATDF) is a research and development foundry for the semiconductor industry.
 It began operations as a research plant for SEMATECH in 1988, but was reorganized as a for-profit subsidiary in July 2004.
The NIST Advanced Technology Program (ATP, or NIST ATP) is a United States government (U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology) program designed to stimulate early-stage advanced technology development that would otherwise not be funded.
Donghu New Technology Development Zone (), also referred to as Optics Valley () or Guanggu, is a New Technology Development Zone in Wuhan, China.
 It was established in 1988.
 In 1991 it was approved as one of the National New Technology Development Zones of China.
 In 2011 it was designated as a New Technology Development Zone for Optical technology, and since then self-labeled as the "Optics Valley" of China.
An Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration (ACTD) enables the evaluation of mature advanced technology for usage by the United States Military.
 ACTDs allow technology evaluation earlier and cheaper than would be possible through the formal acquisition of new production capabilities.
 ACTDs must be sponsored by an operational user with approval and oversight from the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Advanced Systems and Concepts (DUSD(AS&C)).
 No ACTDs were initiated after 2006, when the DUSD(AS&C) initiated the follow-on Joint Concept Technology Demonstration (JCTD) program to emphasize multiservice technology development and improved planning for transition to operations.