“…Caulfield said the expanding Colleges of Nanoscale Science and Engineering in Albany attracted GlobalFoundries to the region. "It created the ecosystem," he said.

Michael Cadigan, general manager of microelectronics systems & technology at IBM, also said the establishment of GlobalFoundries' Malta fab had a direct link to the presence of CNSE in Albany, where dozens of semiconductor companies are conducting research on the next generation of microprocessors…"