The wage gap in artificial intelligence: Chip boom breeds jealousy and unrest at work in Asia.
"Welcome to the semiconductor capital of the world" reads a sign on the gate of a Samsung Electronics chip factory in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, a 20-minute express train ride from southern Seoul. Thousands of workers were at work there one November afternoon, while additional manufacturing facilities were under construction nearby to meet rising demand for advanced memory chips, critical components for artificial intelligence computing.