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New York’s Tech Valley, RPI, host FIRST Robotics Competition

Posted on March 6, 2019 by Richard Wallace |

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will host the three-day New York Tech Valley FIRST Robotics Competition which gets underway in Troy on March 7, 2019. The event will bring together student teams…

Is Samsung eyeing Tech Valley and GlobalFoundries NY chip fabs?

Posted on February 27, 2019 by Richard Wallace |

Samsung Electronics is reportedly eyeing New York’s Tech Valley – and a buyout of GlobalFoundries upstate chip manufacturing operations – as part of a major expansion of the Korean company’s…

Tech Valley New York college building $14.5-million center for manufacturing workforce training

Posted on February 23, 2019 by Richard Wallace |

Hudson Valley Community College – in New York’s Tech Valley – is building a $14.5-million, 37,000-sq.-ft. advanced manufacturing center to train CNC machinists, toolmakers, CNC programmers, and industrial maintenance personnel.…

Idealab incubator comes to NY’s Tech Valley

Posted on February 22, 2019 by Richard Wallace |

Rhinebeck, NY, in the Hudson River’s Tech Valley, is the the new home of a new Idealab business incubator focused on early stage company creation. The new startup studio will…

GlobalFoundries New York: For Sale?

Posted on February 15, 2019 by Richard Wallace |

GlobalFoundries chipmaking operation in New York – the one taking a pass on the 7nm semiconductor manufacturing process node – is up for sale according to industry source ComputerBasereport. “A…

30 Tech Hot Spots in New York

Posted on February 14, 2019 by Richard Wallace |

If you drive a car in New York you have probably driven by at least one or two officially designated ‘innovation hot spots,’ maybe in an old industrial zone? And…

Student entrepreneurs swap classrooms for startup

Posted on February 12, 2019 by Richard Wallace |

Have you ever wondered what’s driving today’s tech startup funding curve on the university campus? Two words: Student entrepreneurship. Some of the greatest technology companies in Silicon Valley’s were launched…

IBM’s AI Hot Spot: Tech Valley New York

Posted on February 12, 2019 by Richard Wallace |

Tech Valley is the next Artificial Intelligence Hot Spot, a designation that follows recent reports that IBM Research will build a cutting-edge technology center for AI hardware in New York’s…

Tech Valley NY movers and shakers celebrated by Albany business paper

Posted on February 10, 2019 by Richard Wallace |

The Albany Business Review has published an informative article and image slideshow celebrating 11 Tech Valley entrepreneurs who “have carved out a niche in the software, video game and manufacturing…

GlobalFoundries, AMD renew semiconductor supply agreement

Posted on January 30, 2019 by Richard Wallace |

Chip maker GlobalFoundries this week renewed a long term wafer supply agreement with AMD according to an industry report. Under the terms of the agreement the two companies set long-term…