Advanced Manufacturing & Semiconductors Archives

What Working in Phoenix, Syracuse, and Columbus Taught Me About the Austin Semiconductor Workforce Ecosystem

by padilla.edgar1@gmail.com | Aug 5, 2026 | Advanced Manufacturing & Semiconductors

I live near the Samsung site in Taylor, Texas. I’ve watched the cranes go up, the roads widen, and the conversations change at the coffee shop. So when I started benchmarking how other semiconductor regions are building their workforce ecosystems, it...

Austin’s Built the Training and On-Ramps. Now Comes the Harder Work: Moving the Needle on Awareness, Accessibility, and Action

by padilla.edgar1@gmail.com | Jun 22, 2026 | Advanced Manufacturing & Semiconductors

I live a few minutes from the Samsung site in Taylor. Over the last couple of years, I’ve watched cranes give way to cleanrooms, and this spring the first EUV lithography tools (the machines that etch features smaller than a virus) started testing inside that fab, on...