ARM's South Korea Semiconductor School To Tackle Chip Talent Shortage

ARM, a prolific designer of CPU cores and owned by Japan's SoftBank, is embarking on a major skill-building initiative in South Korea, one that would bolster the chip design expertise of the Asian powerhouse via a dedicated school that would train 1,400 individuals by 2030.

ARM's semiconductor design school will train 1,400 South Koreans by 2030

South Korea's Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy has now signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the chip designer ARM to strengthen the country's semiconductor and AI industries.

As per the terms of the MOU, ARM will establish a dedicated chip design school in South Korea to train 1,400 "world-class" semiconductor design professionals by 2030.

The move is expected to act as a major impetus for South Korea's so-called fabless sem