ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) \u2014 A semiconductor research facility in upstate New York was selected as one of three national technology centers and will receive up to $825 million in funding as part of a broader federal effort to boost the United States\u2019 competitiveness in the industry.<\/p>\n
U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer made the announcement Thursday. <\/p>\n
The Albany NanoTech complex was selected by federal officials as the national headquarters for research into a cutting-edge semiconductor technology known as extreme ultraviolet, or EUV, lithography. The lab will have the most advanced chip-making machinery in the world and allow researchers from the semiconductor industry to collaborate with their university counterparts, according to Schumer, the Senate\u2019s Democratic majority leader. <\/p>\n
\u201cWhen you do the high-end research, which will be done here, and you can make the most advanced chips in the world, it makes sure that our military has the edge,\u201d Schumer said in a telephone interview. \u201cIt makes sure our economy and our companies have the cutting edge, as well,\u201d <\/p>\n
The National Semiconductor Technology Center Extreme Ultraviolet Accelerator is scheduled to begin operating next year. The contract for it stems from the 2022 CHIPS and Science Act<\/a>, which was designed to create more high-tech jobs and help the United States compete with international rivals like China. The Biden administration has set a goal for the U.S. to make 20% of the world\u2019s advanced chips. <\/p>\n The Albany lab\u2019s selection also advances longstanding efforts by Schumer and other government officials to make upstate New York a global center<\/a> of semiconductor research and manufacturing. <\/p>\n Gov. Kathy Hochul late last year announced a partnership with the semiconductor industry to fund construction of the EUV Center.<\/p>\n The Biden administration announced in February<\/a> that the government would provide $1.5 billion to the computer chip company GlobalFoundries to expand its domestic production north of Albany and in Vermont. And in April, the administration announced<\/a> an agreement to provide $6.1 billion in government support for Micron Technology to produce advanced memory computer chips near Syracuse, New York; and in Boise, Idaho.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is going to make upstate New York the center of semiconductor research, not just for America, but for the world,\u201d Schumer said. <\/p>\n The Department of Commerce has not yet announced where the other two national technology centers will be. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) \u2014 A semiconductor research facility in upstate New York was selected as one of three…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4996,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[4241,288,4937,417,4939,4940,9,11,10,49,51,50,4938,87,282,421],"class_list":["post-4995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-albany","tag-business","tag-charles-schumer","tag-general-news","tag-government-appointments-and-nominations","tag-micro-and-nanotechnology","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-state","tag-new-york-state-headlines","tag-new-york-state-news","tag-ny-state-wire","tag-politics","tag-technology","tag-u-s-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4995\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}