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Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba revealed the $65 billion plan this week. Reuters saw an early draft of the proposal, which is scheduled to be submitted during the country's next parliament session, and notes its support of domestic chipmaker Rapidus among others.
The homegrown semiconductor manufacturer was founded in 2022 with support from several major Japanese tech companies including Sony and Kioxia, and entered into a strategic partnership with IBM in December 2022. The outfit expects to start mass production of advanced chips built on a 2nm process by 2027. It is an ambitious goal, but one that could be helped along with a significant infusion of cash.
[...] As Tom's Hardware highlights, it took many years for established players like TSMC to get to where they are today. The publication questions whether or not Japan has enough workers with the skills necessary to achieve their goals. As we have seen both domestically and abroad, finding workers with the smarts to get the job done can be a real challenge. Even China, with its heavy investments and accusations of IP theft, hasn't been able to compete toe to toe with leading chipmakers.
It remains to be seen whether or not Japan's investment will pay off, but it is hard not to think that increased competition will benefit the masses via lower prices and a more robust supply chain.
(Score: 2) by VLM on Monday November 18 2024, @02:49PM
It always comes down to too little pay and too much interference from HR acting like Soviet political officers.
Even now, for example, 50% to 75% of EE grads go into programming because there's no EE jobs or they can make more money doing CS despite having an EE degree instead of a CS degree.
Its almost as bad as K-12 education degrees where most of the grads get jobs as waitresses and baristas after graduation and only a minority get a job in the field.
Offer an EE perhaps 80% to 90% of what a CS grad gets to do EE work and you'll have more applicants than you know what to do with, because that would be about a 100% pay raise...
Similar issues in technician field. You can make $18/hr as a electrical tech doing automation wiring but if everything else pays more and the supply is enormously larger than the demand ...