Taiwan is racing to set up specialized ¡°chip schools¡± that run year-round to train its next generation of semiconductor engineers and cement its dominance of the crucial industry.
The plans, championed by President Tsai Ing-wen, come as chip companies plow billions of dollars into capacity expansion to make the ¡°brains¡± that power everything from smartphones to fighter jets, amid a global shortage. Chip giant TSMC alone this year will spend up to $44 billion and hire more than 8,000 employees.
Jack Sun, who retired as TSMC¡¯s chief technology officer in 2018 and became dean of one of the new semiconductor graduate schools last year, said chip companies need a lot more and better talent to compete on the global stage.
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