improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article or section might be slanted towards recent events . please try to keep recent events in historical perspective . june 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . june 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message sematech type joint venture industry semiconductor manufacturing genre consortium founded 1987 headquarters albany new york united states key people ronald goldblatt president and ceo website www.sematech.org 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 . contents 1 history 2 technology focus 3 college of nanoscale science and engineering cnse 4 location 5 industry participation 6 references 7 external links history edit sematech was conceived in 1986 formed in 1987 and began operating in austin texas 4 in 1988 1 as a partnership between the united states government and 14 u.s. based semiconductor manufacturers to solve common manufacturing problems and regain competitiveness for the u.s. semiconductor industry that had been surpassed by japanese industry in the mid 1980s . 2 sematech was funded over five years by public subsidies coming from the u.s. department of defense via the defense advanced research projects agency darpa for a total of 500 million . following a determination by sematech board of directors to eliminate matching funds from the u.s. government after 1996 1 2 the organization s focus shifted from the u.s. semiconductor industry to the larger international semiconductor industry abandoning the initial u.s. government initiative . its members represent about half of the worldwide chip market . technology focus edit sematech conducts research on the technical challenges and costs associated with developing new materials processes and equipment for semiconductor manufacturing . advanced technology programs focus on euv lithography including photomask blank and photoresist development materials and emerging technologies for device structures metrology manufacturing and environment and safety issues . college of nanoscale science and engineering cnse edit in january 2003 3 sematech and the university at albany state university of new york established a major partnership to commercialize advanced semiconductor nanotechnology and other emerging technologies . through its government university industry partnership with the state of new york and the college of nanoscale science and engineering cnse of the university at albany sematech is conducting programs in lithography and metrology at cnse s albany nanotech complex . in 2010 4 sematech expanded its cooperation with cnse with the announcement that the ismi would relocate its headquarters and operations to cnse s albany nanotech complex beginning in january 2011 . in 2015 5 sematech merged with the suny s polytechnic institute . with over 6.5 billion in high tech investments cnse s 800 000 square foot 74 000 m2 albany nanotech complex features the only fully integrated 300 mm wafer computer chip pilot prototyping and demonstration line within 80 000 square feet 7 400 m2 of class 1 capable cleanrooms . 6 location edit sematech has access to laboratories and development fabs in albany new york and austin texas . its headquarters are at cnse in albany . industry participation edit sematech hosts a variety of worldwide conferences symposiums and workshops e.g. litho forum manufacturing week and delivers papers presentations and joint reports at major industry conferences spie iedm semicon west . references edit a b sematech history . web.archive.org . 2013 01 11 . archived from the original on july 2 2013 . retrieved 2015 03 07 . a b memorandum of understanding sematech pdf . dod.mil . retrieved 2015 03 07 . history . cnse.albany.edu . retrieved 2015 03 07 . 1 dead link 2 3 dead link external links edit sematech homepage v t e albany new york history general history prehistory 1664 1664 1784 1784 1860 1860 1900 1900 1942 1942 1983 1983 present architecture national register of historic places listings 17th century mohawks mahicans dutch west india company 1621 1791 fort nassau 1614 fort orange 1624 rensselaerswijck 1629 1840 beverwijck 1652 1664 stadt huys 1635 1646 or 1673 fort frederick 1676 1789 dongan charter 1686 18th century van ostrande radliff house 1728 quackenbush house 1736 albany plan of union 1754 schuyler mansion 1765 19th century clermont 1807 erie canal 1825 albany basin 1825 albany lumber district 1830s 1908 city hall 1832 governor s mansion 1856 city hall 1883 new york state capitol 1899 20th century albany municipal airport 1908 miss albany diner 1941 w. averell harriman state office building campus 1956 1994 albany county airport 1960 empire state plaza 1965 1978 times union center 1990 albany international airport 1996 1998 21st century hudson river way 2002 albany convention center proposed government mayor of albany current kathy sheehan albany city hall coat of arms albany fire department see also government of new york state neighborhoods arbor hill buckingham pond center square chinatown delaware avenue dudley heights dunes eagle hill helderberg hudson park melrose new albany normansville north albany park south pine hills sheridan hollow south end kenwood krank park mansion district mount hope the pastures second avenue university heights washington park west hill whitehall people thomas 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