Samsung Donates $1M to Texas A&M University to Bolster Training in Semiconductor

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Samsung Electronic have donated a sum of $1 million to the Texas A&M University's College of Engineering to bolster the training and development of workforce for the growing semiconductor industry in US.  

This donation is the second in one month given by the South Korea headquartered company. Early this month, Samsung Electronic made a donation of $3.7 million to the University of Texas, Austin. One million of the money is meant to be channelled toward the training and development of skill workforce for the semiconductor industry while the rest is expected to be utilised for research and development.  

Semiconductors are essential part  of electronic devices. It has varieties of application in communications gadget and equipment, computer system, healthcare services, transportation, clean energy, military system and more. Samsung Corporation is one of the five biggest manufacturers of this component in the world and thus the need for investment in training and development of human resources for the next generation of the semiconductor technology.  

The $1 million donation is made through the Samsung Austin Semiconductor. 

Samsung Austin Semiconductor is a Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. advanced semiconductor facility, in Taylor, Texas. This facility and some others which are being build across US call for huge investment in training and development of highly skill manpower to help boost production of next generation semiconductor to power future innovations and technologies.  The site of the Samsung Austin Semiconductor shows why higher institution of learning in Texas are the target for the donation. 

It was reveal that the relationship between Samsung and Texas A&M happened a while ago, for many of the Texas A&M engineering students have had their internship done at Samsung while many other were hired after graduation. 

Samsung Electronic is making more investment in Samsung Semiconductor, Taylor by way of expansion of the facility and procurement of state of art technology. This will require thousands of workers, most of which will be in field of engineering and this call for investment in training and human resources development. 


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