--- title: "Broadcom, Meta, and four other giants invest $125 million to collaborate with UCLA to establish an AI semiconductor center to address the chip talent shortage" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/287332430.md" description: "Broadcom, Meta, and three other tech giants jointly invested $125 million to collaborate with UCLA in establishing an AI semiconductor center, aimed at addressing the talent shortage and technological innovation challenges in the semiconductor industry. The center will promote research and development across the entire chip design and manufacturing chain and establish an engineering doctoral internship program to facilitate deep integration of industry, academia, and research" datetime: "2026-05-22T08:43:03.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/287332430.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/287332430.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/287332430.md) --- # Broadcom, Meta, and four other giants invest $125 million to collaborate with UCLA to establish an AI semiconductor center to address the chip talent shortage According to Zhitong Finance APP, in the face of the dual challenges of explosive growth in the AI-driven semiconductor industry and a continuously widening talent gap, global tech giants are accelerating their strategic outreach to academia. Broadcom (AVGO.US), Meta (META.US), Applied Materials (AMAT.US), GlobalFoundries (GFS.US), and Synopsys (SNPS.US) jointly announced that they will collaborate with the Samueli School of Engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to jointly invest $125 million to establish a "Semiconductor Center," aimed at accelerating research and talent development in AI-driven chip technology. The initial cooperation period for the project is five years, during which the five companies will promote innovation and research across the entire semiconductor ecosystem, including chip design, equipment, software, and manufacturing. **Deep integration of industry, academia, and research to shorten the chip innovation cycle** The center will be located within the UCLA Samueli campus, where faculty and student researchers will work alongside expert teams from the five founding companies to tackle technical challenges, aiming to shorten the time it takes for new chip innovations to enter rapidly changing markets. Ah-Hyung “Alissa” Park, Dean of the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, admitted in an interview, "No one, including the industry itself, knows what the semiconductor industry will look like in ten years. But can we continue to pose the most challenging, difficult, high-risk, and high-reward questions? That is what we hope to achieve, as progress in such discussions is currently quite slow." Notably, this funding also establishes a one-year internship program specifically for engineering doctoral students. Students will work on-site at partner companies such as GlobalFoundries and Applied Materials, receiving mentorship from industry professionals. Park believes that guidance from industry mentors will greatly enrich students' growth experiences and provide them with "better career paths." Gary Dickerson, CEO of Applied Materials, stated in a statement, "As the complexity of semiconductors increases and the pace of AI development accelerates, strengthening the connection between industry and academia is more important than ever. We look forward to closely collaborating with our partners at the Semiconductor Center to bring technological breakthroughs to market faster while nurturing the next generation of engineering talent in the U.S." **The trillion-dollar market faces a talent bottleneck, and the U.S. chip industry is experiencing a "labor shortage" dilemma** As the UCLA Semiconductor Center is launched, AI continues to impact the job market, with tech and other industry companies laying off thousands of employees. As one of the project partners, Meta also plans to initiate a new round of layoffs this week, cutting 8,000 positions, about 10% of its total workforce. In contrast, the global semiconductor talent shortage is becoming increasingly severe. According to KPMG's "2026 Global Semiconductor Industry Survey" released on May 21, the global semiconductor market is expected to reach $1 trillion by 2026, with AI becoming the primary revenue source for 73% of semiconductor companies. A Deloitte report also predicts that global chip sales will reach $975 billion by 2026, a 26% year-on-year increase, with revenue from generative AI chips expected to approach $500 billion, accounting for about half of global chip sales However, KPMG also pointed out in the report that with the rapid expansion of AI demand, companies are not only actively investing in advanced processes and computing infrastructure but are also facing challenges such as supply chain restructuring, energy supply, and talent shortages. Supply chain resilience and AI talent deployment have become key to future competition for enterprises. ![image.png](https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://img.zhitongcaijing.com/image/20260522/1779437223909145.png?x-oss-process=image/auto-orient,1/interlace,1/resize,w_1440,h_1440/quality,q_95/format,jpg) The U.S. semiconductor industry is also facing a severe talent crisis. According to research by the Semiconductor Industry Association and Oxford Economics, by 2030, the U.S. semiconductor industry will need to add approximately 115,000 jobs, but about 67,000 of these positions may remain unfilled due to talent shortages. 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