'We just don't see that there's enough technical people in the pipeline': US chip fabs are facing a huge worker shortfall — despite promise of huge paychecks, industry says it still needs over 150,000 workers
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A 150,000-worker shortfall in US fabs means chips are now constrained by talent pipelines as much as by capex. If your roadmap assumes “more GPUs later,” factor in that domestic manufacturing delays could ripple into pricing, availability, and geopolitical exposure for years.
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