News
GlobalFoundries Expected to Have Big Impact on Local Businesses
July 20, 2010
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CEG Hosts Booths at Semicon West, Intersolar
July 13, 2010
The Center for Economic Growth has booths at two San Francisco conferences—Semicon West and Intersolar North America 2010.
The Capital Region Heats up San Francisco
July 12, 2010
Leaders and partners from the Center for Economic Growth’s (CEG) NY Loves Nanotech (www.nylovesnano.com) and NY Loves Clean Tech (www.nylovescleantech.com) initiatives are heading west this week to promote the range of benefits of doing high-technology business in the Capital Region and Tech Valley.
Officials Talk High-Tech in Calif.
July 12, 2010
CAPITAL REGION — Regional economic development officials are in California this week to promote Tech Valley to high-tech companies considering following GlobalFoundries into the region.
A Relationship to Cherish
May 14, 2010
MALTA -- Don't take GlobalFoundries for granted.
That was the advice given Thursday in Malta to local business leaders by Martin Gillo, a member of parliament in the German state of Saxony, where GlobalFoundries has two computer chip "fabs" similar to the $4.2 billion factory the company is building in Saratoga County.
"Never take the company for granted, just like you don't take your husband or wife for granted," Gillo said during a talk at Hudson Valley Community College's new TEC-SMART facility just down the road from the GlobalFoundries project.
Gillo appeared along with David Lawrence, the former deputy city manager for Hillsboro, Ore., where computer chip giant Intel Corp. has several fabs, as part of a three-day speaking tour organized by the Center for Economic Growth and National Grid. More than 150 people attended Thursday's talk.
The two provided insight into how the two regions were able to land semiconductor manufacturing facilities and what impact they have had on the local economies.
For instance, in Saxony, formerly part of communist East Germany, 44,000 people are now employed by the microelectronics industry, which has five major businesses supporting it, including GlobalFoundries. That's in addition to 1,200 smaller companies, many of them suppliers.
Gillo cautioned against apathy or too much government regulation of the industry, saying that Silicon Valley in California lost much of its chip manufacturing to places like Hillsboro because it overburdened the industry with bureaucratic requirements.
Much of the industry, including GlobalFoundries and Intel, still have their headquarters there, but new factories have been built elsewhere.
"They lost it," Gillo said. "They drove manufacturing away to Oregon, to Austin, to San Antonio, to New Mexico. It's a perfect example of a marriage gone bad. Cherish your wife."
Gillo should know. Before becoming a leader in the Saxony government, he was an executive with Advanced Micro Devices, the Sunnyvale, Calif., company that spun off its fab operations into GlobalFoundries. He spent time at AMD sites in the United States, Switzerland and also oversaw the company's manufacturing in Dresden from 1996 to 2002.
Lawrence, who now works as a consultant, said the Capital Region is better off than Hillsboro, a city outside Portland, Ore., ever was before its semiconductor industry took off in the 1990s, attracting $20 billion in investment.
"You have a nanocenter (Albany NanoTech) that we never had. You have IBM and GE. We never had that," Lawrence said.
Like Gillo, Lawrence says that this region has a special opportunity to grow with the GlobalFoundries project, which is expected to attract hundreds of suppliers that need to be within an hour's reach of the facility, known as Fab 8. But those suppliers will leave the area overnight if GlobalFoundries departs.
"GlobalFoundries has given you a seal of approval that you can never buy," he said. "Don't squander it."
Events
SIA 2009 Forecast & Award Dinner
November 5, 2009
Keynote:
Bob Woodward, award-winning journalist and author -
Robert N. Noyce Award 2009 Recipient:
John E. Kelly III, Senior Vice President, Research, IBM Corporation -
Robert N. Noyce Award 2009 Presenter:
John Daane, Chairman, President & CEO, Altera Corporation and SIA Chairman 2010 -
SIA Chairman’s Reflections:
Hector de J. Ruiz, Chairman, Global Foundries and SIA Chairman 2009
Tools for Technology Expo
March 18 & 19, 2010
The College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE), in partnership with the Empire State Technology Group, will host a Symposium on the Convergence of Nanotechnology and Life Science and exposition. The 5th annual, two-day conference will offer five short courses, vendor expositions and a full day of scientific presentations including a keynote lecture in Microfluidic Platforms related to Nanomedicine.
Come find out what is happening now in Albany, what's going to happen, and what part YOU can play in the bio/nanotechnology arena.
Don't miss out -- REGISTER TODAY!
STEM 2010 EXPO
March 26, 2010
A Sharing of Best Practices for 21st Century K-12 Teaching and Learning in the Tech Valley Region.
SEMICON West
July 13-15, 2010
SEMICON West draws the world’s leading microelectronics technology companies - companies responsible for every major technology breakthrough since the birth of the integrated circuit.
SEMICON West is more than semiconductors. With the explosive growth of emerging and growing high-technology markets – including photovoltaics, MEMS, fuel cells, flexible electronics and displays, and solid state lighting – SEMICON West is home to an ever growing array of new technologies and new opportunities.
SEMICON Europa
October 19-21, 2010
SEMICON Europa 2010 will again be hosted with the support of the city of Dresden and the state of Saxony, as well as with the support of other European associations, including Silicon Saxony. SEMI and our partners are committed to ensuring the continued success of the event in Dresden through increased engagement with IC manufacturers, equipment and materials companies, and other customer industries. As a major German city, Dresden boasts easy access to other technology centers in Germany and across Europe.
