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Global semiconductor shortage: How the US plans to close the talent gap
Jacqueline Choi
July 18, 2024
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🇺🇸 Global semiconductor shortage: How the US plans to close the talent gap
📸 New and improved camera inspired by the human eye
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The semiconductor industry, which is a cornerstone of modern technology and economic prosperity, has been dealing with a serious labor shortage for some time. This pervasive issue extends beyond the US, affecting key players worldwide and threatening to impede the sector’s growth and innovation.
With over two million direct employees worldwide in 2021 and more than one million extra skilled professionals required by 2030, Deloitte expects that more than 100,000 hires are needed every year. For background, there are less than 100,000 graduate students enrolling in electrical engineering and computer science in the US each year, as per Deloitte’s data.
Even countries like Taiwan, South Korea, China, Japan, and Europe are facing challenges in finding enough qualified workers to meet the demands of their rapidly expanding semiconductor sectors.
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A team led by University of Maryland computer scientists invented a camera mechanism that improves how robots see and react to the world around them. Inspired by how the human eye works, their innovative camera system mimics the tiny involuntary movements used by the eye to maintain clear and stable vision over time.
The team’s prototyping and testing of the camera—called the Artificial Microsaccade-Enhanced Event Camera (AMI-EV)—was detailed in a paper published in the journal Science Robotics in May 2024.
“Today’s event cameras struggle to capture sharp, blur-free images when there’s a lot of motion involved,” said the paper’s lead author Botao He, a computer science Ph.D. student at UMD. “It’s a big problem because robots and many other technologies—such as self-driving cars—rely on accurate and timely images to react correctly to a changing environment.”
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