TSMC to partner with Kyushu University on chip personnel, research

FUKUOKA, Japan -- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. is expected to reach a preliminary agreement with Kyushu University for a wide-ranging partnership focused on semiconductors as soon as April, Nikkei has learned.

TSMC, the world's largest contract chipmaker, will send staff as instructors to the Japanese university's Education Center for Semiconductors and Value Creation with an eye toward addressing a talent shortage in the field. Under the memorandum of understanding to be signed, the partners also will consider joint research in the future.