  The CHIPS Act is driving the U.S. towards a self-sustainable future in
domestic chip production. Decades of outsourced manufacturing, assembly,
testing, and packaging has diminished the workforce ecosystem, imposing major
limitations on semiconductor companies racing to build new fabrication sites as
part of the CHIPS Act. In response, a systemic alliance between academic
institutions, the industry, government, various consortiums, and organizations
has emerged to establish a pipeline to educate and onboard the next generation
of talent. Establishing a stable and continuous flow of talent requires
significant time investments and comes with no guarantees, particularly
factoring in the low workplace desirability in current fabrication houses for
U.S workforce. This paper will explore the feasibility of two paradigms of
Industry 4.0, automation and Augmented Reality(AR)/Virtual Reality(VR), to
complement ongoing workforce development efforts and optimize workplace
desirability by catalyzing core manufacturing processes and effectively
enhancing the education, onboarding, and professional realms-all with promising
capabilities amid the ongoing talent shortage and trajectory towards advanced
packaging.
