As the U.S. works to boost the semiconductor industry throughout the Americas to reduce reliance on east Asia, Costa Rica has stepped up to aid the effort to support the U.S. semiconductor value chain by helping to reshape the global supply chain. Costa Rica offers an attractive lure for enhancing semiconductor assembly, testing and packaging capabilities in the Americas, says Jeff Goss, who leads ASU’s Engineering Online graduate degree programs for the Fulton Schools, as well as Global Outreach and Extended Education and executive and professional development programs.