EDITORIAL: Nurturing tech talent starts young

A year of promises to create academies dedicated to the development of semiconductor talent finally came to fruition on Friday with the opening of the Smart Semiconductor and Sustainable Manufacturing Institute at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU).
This “model of government-industry collaboration” is the first to open under a May law written to relax restrictions on universities, making it easier for them to work with businesses and encouraging research in key national industries.
To create these “semiconductor academies,” the government has promised funding of NT$9.6 billion (US$344.38 million) over 12 years to cover half of the costs, with industry paying for

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