Fab 8 of GlobalFoundries, And Its Surroundings

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Manufacturing in Saratoga | The Springs That Heal; A watering-place and racing resort becomes a high-tech hub. Economist, Apr 14, 2012.
http://www.economist.com/node/21552607

Note:
(a)
(i) Saratoga Springs, New York
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saratoga_Springs,_New_York
(Saalso known as simply Saratoga; a city in Saratoga County, New York; Battles of Saratoga (Sept 19 and Oct 7, 1777))
(ii) Saratoga County, New York
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saratoga_County,_New_York
(The name is a corruption of an Indian word "sah-rah-ka" or "Sarach-togue," that means "the hill beside the river")

The county abuts northern tip of Albany County.
(b) The article says "James Bond placed a flutter at the Saratoga track in 'Diamonds are Forever.'”

flutter (n): "chiefly British : a small speculative venture or gamble"
www.m-w.com
(c) The article then mentions "five-county spread."
(i) Albany-Schenectady-Troy Metro Area. Federal Reserve Bank of New York, undated.
http://www.newyorkfed.org/regional/profile_albany.html
("Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady and Schoharie Counties [:] This metro area, comprising five counties")
(ii) Capital District
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_District
(generally refers to the four counties surrounding Albany, the capital of the state: Albany County, Schenectady County, Rensselaer County [whose seat is Troy], and Saratoga County)
(iii) Schoharie County, New York
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schoharie_County,_New_York
(The county seat is Schoharie, a name that comes from a Mohawk Indian word meaning "floating driftwood")

(d)
(i) Hudson Valley Community College
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson_Valley_Community_College
(at Troy; section 7 Off-campus sites: "TEC-SMART (Training and Education Center for Semiconductor Manufacturing and Alternative and Renewable Technologies) – Opened in January 2010, the TEC-SMART facility is a joint initiative between the college and NYSERDA (New York State Energy Research and Development Authority). Located in Malta, New York’s Saratoga Technology and Energy Park")
(ii) For "University of Albany," see University at Albany, SUNY
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_at_Albany,_SUNY
(The State University of New York at Albany, also known as University at Albany, State University of New York, SUNY Albany or simply UAlbany, is a public university; Established 1844)
(e) Tokyo Electron
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Electron(a supplier of equipment to fabricate integrated circuits (IC), flat panel displays (FPD), and photovoltaic cells (PV)--the third largest in the world; Founded 1963; Headquarters Tokyo)

(f)
(i) GE Global Research
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GE_Global_Research
(the research and development division of General Electric; located in Niskayuna, New York)
(ii) Heritage of Research. GE, undated.
http://www.ge.com/company/history/research.html
("It started in a barn in 1900 when General Electric Company was only eight years old. * * * born in the carriage barn in [Charles Proteus] Steinmetz's backyard")
(iii) Niskayuna, New York
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niskayuna,_New_York
(a town in Schenectady County, New York; "The name of town was derived from the [Native American] term 'Nis-ti-go-wo-ne' or 'Co-nis-tig-i-one.' The original meanings of the words translate roughly as 'extensive corn flats'")

(g)
(i) Panalpina
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panalpina
(ii) SEMATECH
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEMATECH
(SEMATECH (from "SEmiconductor MAnufacturing TECHnology"), a not-for-profit consortium, performs research and development to advance chip manufacturing)
(iii) For Sinclair Schuller--a young man--see Apprenda’s Leadership Team
http://apprenda.com/company/leadership/
(Sinclair Schuller, CEO)

(h) Mahican
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahican
(The Mahican (also Mohican) are an Eastern Algonquian Native American tribe, originally settling in the Hudson River Valley (around Albany, NY); The tribe's name for itself (autonym) was Muh-he-con-neok, or "People of the waters that are never still")