To upgrade the competitiveness of Taiwan IC design and consolidate the semiconductor manufacturing and testing industry development foundation, Taiwan semiconductor industry association (TSIA), TSMC, mediatek, ase 12 companies, as well as the platform, the qing, hand in, into a total of 20 colleges and universities recently established jointly by the "Taiwan semiconductor industry alliance (TIARA)". The alliance wish Dr Cultivate more talents, through semiconductor forward-looking technology and r&d, prompting industry development.
Taiwan semiconductor industry association director lu superior, said Taiwan's semiconductor industry is facing a moment ahead. Concern is now only TSMC outshine others, other companies, including mediatek with ase are facing serious challenges, in addition, there are more than three hundred IC design companies also felt by China and South Korea pursued immediate threat, so besides the IC manufacturing, also needs to increase IC design and testing industry.
Thoughts are many professors and students by poaching or industry outstanding engineers overseas, fills with the problem of jin let domestic suffers from a shortage of research and development personnel. Although the past can through wisdom electronic type national science and technology program (NPIE) cultivating talents in the educational world, but as the project is coming to an end, from academic circles are worried talent gap problem. Therefore, academic circles set up production "Taiwan semiconductor industry alliance", hoping to attract more students in the study the PhD and semiconductor forward-looking technology, so as to promote Taiwan semiconductor competitive strength.
It is reported that Taiwan's semiconductor industry alliance is also called the "project title", the project has won last year by the executive yuan, ministry of science and technology and the ministry of education, its target forecast year allocated billions of funds, 60% of the funds will be financed by the industry, the remaining 40% is supported by the government. The current total of 40 companies to participate in, and launched the seventy-two research projects, and has raised a $115 million.
Academia sinica distinguished researcher and clearly the former President of wen-tsuen Chen pointed out that at present, crown project r&d project can be divided into the IC design, manufacturing and testing, and other fields, the future is expected to include information and communications (ICT) applications.
Additionally notable is, get the project funded by the doctoral student, not only to get grants, at the same time also can accumulate industry seniority, to improve the talent worries accumulated experience in the industry, for a Ph.D, so students are willing to participate in crown project.
Graduated from jiaotong university motor class to recognize and to national Taiwan university study in Qian Weichen said, peer class after graduation to recognize more work in the industry, then find you more engaged in IC design industry, high homogeneity, then decided to national Taiwan university study physics. He originally due to factors such as economic and job seniority accumulated, still hesitant to read in, but recently learned that the crown plan not only provide funds, more can obtain the industry qualification, decided to grasp this opportunity to join the program, can expect from a physical point of research and development of semiconductor forward-looking technology.
