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New YorkAlbany NanlTech, a research and development (R&D) center created as a university/industry collaboration at the University at Albany, which is part of the State University of New York, has a commitment for funds in the amount of $385 million by the state of New York and has also received funds from several electronics companies, including IBM, has a total of $1.5 billion for R&D. This level of funding for R&D is unique for New York, says Alain Kaloyeros, executive director of Albany NanoTech and a professor in the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering. Other states investing money in nanotechnology R&D are California, Texas, Florida, New Jersey, Oregon and others, but New Yorks spending is highest. The federal government, which has been the primary funder of basic research in the U.S., has been cutting back its investments in basic research into electronics as a percentage of gross domestic spending, so the investments by states and industry are very welcome. Kalyeros, who thinks researchers cannot make significant headway in nanotechnology manufacturing without a production class wafer fabrication facility, says the only other nanomicroelectronics R&D centers with facilities comparable to the ones being built at Albany NanoTech are in Belgium and Japan.
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