S. Korea, British chip firm Arm open training school in southwestern city of Gwangju
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and British semiconductor design company ...
South Korea and British chipmaker Arm have unveiled a training center in the southwestern city of Gwangju to cultivate semiconductor design experts, according to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources. The Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)-Arm School, established following a meeting between President Lee Jae Myung and Arm CEO Rene Haas in Seoul in December, aims to provide a specialized graduate program for master's and doctoral students, as well as an academy for undergraduate students, job seekers, and industry professionals.
Over the next five years, the school plans to train 1,400 semiconductor specialists, beginning in the second half of this year. Lee Min-woo, a senior ministry official, stated that the GIST-Arm School, a collaboration between a local university and a global computing platform company, will serve as a model for semiconductor talent development, contributing to the revitalization of the regional semiconductor industry ecosystem in line with the Lee administration's three mega projects initiative focused on semiconductors and artificial intelligence.
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