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U.S. Universities Are Building a New Semiconductor Workforce

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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing C o. TSMC), which was already building a $12 billion fab in Arizona , upped the investment to $40 billion with a second plant. economy, there’s a potential problem: Where will the industry find the qualified workforce needed to run these plants and design the chips they’ll make?

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FREYR Battery in license & services agreement with Aleees for LFP cathode active material

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FREYR Battery has entered into an agreement with Aleees , the Taiwan-based lithium-iron phosphate (LFP) cathode battery material manufacturer. FREYR anticipates that the agreement will enable FREYR to meet the future LFP cathode material needs of the Giga Arctic battery production facility in Mo i Rana, Norway.

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TSMC to Build Chip Fab in Japan

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After a week of media rumor, leaks and speculation, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. TSMC), the world's largest contract chip manufacturer, announced in an online earnings briefing Thursday that it would build a semiconductor plant in Japan. TSMC gains fundamental science knowledge to help it build more advanced chips.

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India Injects $15 Billion Into Semiconductors

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India’s is the latest in a string of efforts to boost domestic chip manufacturing in the hope of making nations and regions more independent in what’s seen as a strategically critical industry. “On There could not have been a better time for India to make its entry into the semiconductor manufacturing industry.”

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The Day the U.S. TV Industry Died

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The Evolution of Zenith (and the TV Industry) 1918. production facilities, in Matamoros, Mexico, and in Taiwan, and patents surface-wave intermediate-frequency filter. Zenith’s scheme for stereo TV, Multi-channel Television Sound, is accepted as the industry standard. TV industry from Japanese advances. GE buys RCA.)

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The Godfather of South Korea’s Chip Industry

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Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) assumed top posts in the industry as well as coveted positions teaching or researching semiconductors at universities and government institutes. awarded him its prestigious Ho-Am Prize in 1993 for “building a solid foundation for Korea’s semiconductor industry.”

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TSMC R&D Chief: There’s Light at the End of the Chip Shortage

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Yuh-Jier Mii started on the ground floor of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. The world’s largest contract chip manufacturer credits Mii with helping it maintain technology leadership in the foundry segment of the global semiconductor industry. He says the industry missed signs that demand was growing.

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