Taiwan Semiconductor Camps Seek Foreign Talent Amid Falling Birth Rates

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The annual National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University and Synopsys summer semiconductor camp was held for the first time in English this year. Industry leaders and educators say that Taiwan needs to seek foreign talent to bolster its workforce amid falling birth rates.

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00:00Uncovering the secrets of Taiwan's semiconductor power, this group of young foreign students

00:07have come to Taiwan to learn more about their chosen industry, straight from the source.

00:12I think it's a pretty unique experience to gain some knowledge on the semiconductor industry,

00:18and being Taiwanese, I think it's pretty important to have that knowledge,

00:22because semiconductor is such a huge part in the Taiwanese economy.

00:30Helped by Shenzhou's National Yangming Jiao Tong University and U.S. chip designer Synopsis,

00:35this four-day summer camp is meant to spark an interest in young overseas semiconductor talent.

00:40It comes at a time when Taiwan, facing a rapidly declining birth rate,

00:44is looking to bolster its leading industry with some help from foreign students.

00:48There's an urgent need.

00:51It's a very important need to be able to do the research that we need to do the research that we need to do.

00:58This is the first year the semiconductor camp was held in English,

01:13and it attracted students from eight countries, including the U.S. and Singapore.

01:18Taiwan is hoping these foreign students can help keep the country at the top of the industry

01:22and maintain its key role in the supply chain.

01:25Because there are too many electric companies, they want to expand.

01:29Whether it's in Taiwan or from abroad, they want to fall in Taiwan.

01:33They want to fall in Taiwan.

01:34They need to be a very urgent need for these people, and they need to be a very urgent need for it.

01:40For the students themselves, the camp was also a chance to learn about Taiwan

01:44and imagine a future where they could be a part of its semiconductor industry.

01:48I feel like this camp taught me a lot of things.

01:51It brought me into really knowing the industry, including this lab.

01:57I think it led me through a lot of innovative techniques that Taiwan developed

02:04during the whole process of semiconductors.

02:08As job opportunities in the semiconductor sector rise,

02:11Taiwan will continue looking for new talent at home and abroad.

02:15Chris Ma and Tiffany Wong for Taiwan Plus.

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