U.S. Universities Are Building a New Semiconductor Workforce
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Abstraction: CHIPS Act spurs US universities to rapidly build semiconductor talent pipelines
Key points:
- CHIPS Act requires an estimated 50,000 new semiconductor engineers over five years; only ~20,000 job openings existed at end of 2022
- Intel pledged $50M to 80 Ohio higher-education institutions; Samsung and TSMC are similarly investing near their new fab sites
- Ohio State University leads a 10-college Center for Advanced Semiconductor Fabrication Research and Education; Purdue launched the nation's first comprehensive Semiconductor Degrees Program
- Community colleges are critical: ~70% of Intel's new fab jobs require only two-year degrees, yet COVID-era shortages of technicians are acute
- U.S. manufactures just 12% of world's chips today, down from 37% in 1990; Taiwan controls ~65% of global chip production
Connections: Intel · Tsmc · Purdue University · Semiconductor Manufacturing · Chips Act · Workforce Development
Source: https://spectrum.ieee.org/chips-act-workforce-development