Advanced chipmaking tool arrives at New York state innovation hub

SAN FRANCISCO, July 21 : The first components of an ASML next-generation chipmaking tool arrived at New York state's Albany NanoTech Complex on Tuesday, the governor's office said.The NanoTech complex will use the tool to conduct research and development on future forms of chip design and manufacturing.The NanoTech facility is the only one of its kind in North America, according to NY Creates Director Dave Anderson, and is similar in scope and focus to Europe's Imec, which operates in Belgium."It really is transformative for the future of our scope of activities as well as U.S.-based R&D, and really, we're kind of at the epicenter of that next generation of technology development," Anderson said. NY Creates oversees the facility and has partnered with IBM, memory maker Micron and the Japan