Schools preview AMD future; Group from Ballston Spa district tours Albany NanoTech to learn more about industry.(Business)

Byline: LARRY RULISON - Business writer

ALBANY - Advanced Micro Devices Inc.'s computer chip factory planned for Saratoga County will be located within the Ballston Spa Central School District.

So it was with great anticipation that a group of 30 teachers, guidance counselors and administrators visited the University at Albany's College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering Wednesday afternoon to learn exactly what AMD planned to do with the $3.2 billion it plans to spend on the factory.

The college is home to the Albany NanoTech complex, a $3.5 billion nanotechnology research center that is exploring ways to build the next generation of computer …