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U.S. semiconductor manufacturing is facing a historic worker shortage as demand for chips surges, leaving major producers including Samsung and TSMC struggling to find sufficient talent. Universities and chipmakers are working together on initiatives aimed at building a pipeline of skilled workers to support expanding domestic fabrication capacity. The labor crunch underscores a structural constraint on the buildout of U.S. chip manufacturing capacity even as demand for semiconductors, particularly for AI applications, continues to climb.