Samsung is facing a talent shortage for its 3nm chip production, Korean media reveal. According to the report, the Korean firm is shifting its workforce internally, bringing teams into the R&D team for the new nodes.
Due to a shortage of local specialists and workers, Samsung had stopped accepting orders for legacy 130-65nm foundry processes from domestic small and medium-sized enterprises specializing in semiconductor design.
Samsung is not the only company facing such a problem. The high demand for modern chipsets places competing companies in a similar position, including TSMC, the market leader in chip manufacturing.
American companies will face a shortage of 27,000 people over the next 10 years, while China’s labor shortage is expected to be 300,000 people by 2025. Korea needs nearly 6,000 people with masters and doctorates in semiconductor engineering to keep up the go with the question.
Samsung Foundry R&D office in Hwaseong, South Korea
Teams at the Hwaseong R&D center will work to improve the yield of a single wafer. Next generation chipsets are in high demand, while legacy nodes are not so desired in the market anymore.
Analysts expect the chip market to expand by 1/3 in the next five years, which would push Samsung to increase its investments in signing partnership contracts with major universities. However, South Korea is facing a decline in the quality of education, putting a damper on Samsung’s intentions.
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