Arizona launched a semiconductor manufacturing apprenticeship program with TSMC
Erin Price-Wright · Jobs of the Future: Where Hardware Meets Software · Dec 12, 2024 · at 5:12
Erin Price-Wright, General Partner at a16z, discusses domestic semiconductor manufacturing reshoring efforts and worker training programs in Arizona.
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“Governor Katie Hobbs has introduced this big apprenticeship. Program, where they're helping to train new semiconductor manufacturing employees alongside folks who have come over from TMC.”
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