Only 3% of engineering students go into chips as AI lures the rest away
ns123abc · x · 2026-09-19
A reshared post highlights a massive labor shortage in the US semiconductor industry: only 3% of engineering students go into chips, with the rest drawn to AI. Steven Glinert argues the core issue is delayed gratification—six months of design work plus three months of waiting for results—which younger workers dislike, and suggests AI could make chip design more immediately satisfying.
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