New talent is the key to continued robust growth and breaking the record for all revenue in the semiconductor industry. SEMI held an Industry Strategy Symposium (ISS) at the end of January. SEMI industry analysts pointed out that revenue for semiconductor devices (chips) soared for 2017 With a market capitalization of nearly $ 450 billion and a market capitalization of almost $ 450 billion, with sales of semiconductor manufacturing equipment up 36% and materials totaling more than $ 104 billion. Chip revenue is expected to grow another 7% in 2018 and semiconductor equipment will grow 11%.
Manocha said: 'Talent has become the bottleneck of industrial growth. In the Silicon Valley alone, there are thousands of job vacancies in SEMI member companies and more than 10,000 job vacancies worldwide. Attracting new candidates and developing them Emerging global manpower is a key factor in sustaining innovation and growth, and if we do not act together as soon as possible, it will hinder our growth. "
SEMI recently developed a complete set of development plans to attract and nurture a variety of talents to meet the needs of different regions and different attributes and technologies.Manocha in the letter called SEMI member enterprise managers support the collective manpower development plan for the SEMI global Members build and maintain access to talent According to Manocha's recent article entitled "Work to Do to Keep the Good Times Rolling," talent development is the mainstay of the SEMI 2.0 program One of the core.
As part of its workforce development program, the SEMI Foundation for the past 17 years has been pursuing a career-based science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM) career exploration program based on hands-on experience, encouraging high school students Pursuing related education and careers SEMI High Tech U Learning Camp has access to more than 7,000 high school students through SEMI member facilities in 11 U.S. states and 9 countries worldwide since 2001. Among high school students who participated in HTU activities, More than 70% into STEM education and career.
In recent years, SEMI Taiwan has been actively cooperating with local enterprises to organize talent training activities for HTU study camps and has received positive repercussions and acclaim. Cao Shihun, President of SEMI Taiwan, said that in the face of international competition, I hope that both Taiwan's government and enterprises Can pay more attention to the talent problem of the semiconductor industry, only by retaining the talents and further attracting international talents to come to Taiwan can the long-term competitiveness of the semiconductor industry in Taiwan be sustained. In the future, SEMI will also be more active in working with the government and enterprises to work together for Taiwan Semiconductor Industry convergence, talent retention and education efforts.