Chip Consortium Plans $600M UAlbany Expansion
ALBANY, N.Y., May 10, 2007 -- International Sematech, the research and development arm of Sematech, a consortium of international nanoelectronics manufacturers, will expand its operations at the University of Albany NanoCollege under a $600 million agreement announced yesterday. Sematech (short for Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology), is a consortium of 15 major microchip manufacturers, including Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Intel, Freescale, Samsung, IBM, Hewlett Packard (HP) and Infineon. Its corporate offices are...