
As Phoenix Becomes a Semiconductor Boomtown, ASU Runs to Keep Up
Arizona State University is poised to play a major role in the growth of the semiconductor industry. The U.S. CHIPS and Science Act provides billions of dollars in grants to companies such as Intel and the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company as incentives that will open the door for ASU to supply much of the engineering and technical workforce for these companies’ major operations in the Arizona. Workforce recruitment efforts include support to prepare students for leading roles in evolving semiconductor research and development efforts, primarily through programs in the School of Manufacturing Systems and Networks and the School of Integrated Engineering, both part of the Fulton Schools.