A new partnership involving the University of Texas at Austin, Austin Community College District and Texas Institute for Electronics aims to transform Central Texas into a national hub for the semiconductor industry. The institutions are launching a joint program that will prepare individuals to join the semiconductor workforce and pursue careers from becoming equipment technicians to working as semiconductor engineers, according to a news release from the University of Texas.
Over 668K people moved to Texas in 2022, with most coming from California The Texas Legislature has appropriated $552 million to the Texas Institute for Electronics, which is a partnership between the State of Texas, semiconductor and defense electronics companies, national labs and 16 Texas-based academic institutions. As part of the partnership, the institute will commit initial funding of $3.