Microchip giant TSMC strikes $11.6 billion deal with Biden to boost production in Arizona

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President Joe Biden and TSMC chairman Mark Liu.

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Sam Altman wants to raise up to $7 trillion. That's, uh, a lot of dough.

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Sam Altman is looking to raise $5-7 trillion for the future of chip building.

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They paid hundreds to train for a 'job of the future.' Now they're struggling to find a gig.

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Semiconductor chip companies are racing to train workers for the jobs of the future. But many have been slow to hire new trainees.

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TSMC's Arizona plant is delayed over poor management, not a shortage of US skilled labor, the workers building it say

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TSMC's chair, Mark Liu, and workers on-site in Phoenix.

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