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Thursday 13 July 2023
Why Taiwan semiconductor firms refrain from enforcing layoffs amid market headwinds
Despite significant sales shrinkages amid lingering economic downturns and market headwinds, there have been no significant layoffs among nearly all the upstream and downstream players...
Tuesday 4 July 2023
It is built, but will they come? Taiwan's Academia Sinica quantum research base hungers for tech talents
Academia Sinica, Taiwan's top research institution, along with the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) and the Technology Division of the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA),...
Friday 30 June 2023
Taiwan seeking foreign experts in cybersecurity and maritime technology
Taiwan plans to expand its Employee Gold Card program, which aims to attract foreign professionals in fields like economics, science and technology, among others, to include the cybersecurity...
Thursday 29 June 2023
TSMC to back up Arizona site with manpower, highlighting US talent shortage problem
According to sources, TSMC and its suppliers plan to dispatch hundreds of workers from Taiwan to Arizona, USA, to accelerate the construction of TSMC's fab. The move highlights not...
Thursday 29 June 2023
Talent shortage: Samsung rumored to be dispatching hundreds of employees to US site
It was previously reported that Samsung Electronics' investment of over US$17 billion in the construction of a new plant in Taylor, Texas, is facing a shortage of talent and the challenges...
Monday 26 June 2023
Oppo chip design failure casts shade over Chinese brand firms' chip pursuit
Oppo's IC design team, Zeku, abruptly ceased operations, shocking the semiconductor industry. There are rumors that, with the exception of Oppo's top executives, the Zeku team did...
Tuesday 20 June 2023
MediaTek, TSMC try to lure female students into semiconductor industry
Talent shortages have become a universal issue in the semiconductor industry worldwide. In Taiwan's ecosystem, the gender ratio imbalance is severe. Leading semiconductor companies...
Tuesday 20 June 2023
China firms poach Korean semiconductor talent by setting up R&D centers in South Korea
The Chinese semiconductor industry has recently been actively courting South Korean semiconductor talents, not only recruiting them with high salaries, but also planning to establish...
Friday 9 June 2023
Samsung calls for "national-level" solution to solve U.S. semiconductor talent shortage
Han Jin-man, who oversees Samsung Electronics' Semiconductor and Device Solutions (DS) business in the Americas, highlighted the shortage of semiconductor technology talent in the...
Friday 19 May 2023
With China's smart manufacturing talent unable to replenish in time, Taiwanese AI companies aim to take the lead
Taiwan's AI startups are actively trying to break into the Chinese market, where there is still a huge demand gap. They stated that right now, China's smart manufacturing talents...
Monday 24 April 2023
Over 80% of South Korean AI companies have already generated revenue; talent shortage concerns surfacing
AI companies in South Korea have seen their revenue grow by around 40% in the past three years. During the same period, R&D investment in AI-related departments also reached an...
Wednesday 12 April 2023
SEMI Europe-led consortium wins funding to help overcome Europe's microelectronics industry skills and talent shortage
On April 11, SEMI Europe has won up to EUR 4 million in funding to develop the European Chips Skills Academy, an initiative to help tackle the skills and talent shortages in Europe's...
Friday 31 March 2023
SMIC weighed down by talent shortage and reliance on mature nodes
Following two years of US sanctions, Chinese foundry champion Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC) has been focusing on legacy process nodes like 28nm.
Wednesday 29 March 2023
Why is Taiwan's chip fabrication sector worst hit by talent shortage?
"When I did my research at Stanford University, the cleanroom was mainly staffed by those from East Asia and India," recalled Dr. Chih-Huang Lai, Vice Dean of the College of Semiconductor...
Wednesday 29 March 2023
Solutions to talent shortage in Taiwan highlighted at IC design event
Talent shortage has been a big headache to global semiconductor companies and may push them into a long-term scramble for professionals. How to tackle the issue became a core topic...
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