Costa Rica was all set to join the booming semiconductor industry. It looked promising when the Biden administration named Costa Rica a strategic partner and promised funding to help build out the country’s role in the global chip supply chain. If Costa Rica wants in, it needs to build a workforce ready for the challenge. Costa Rica also has a strong record of hosting multinational companies like Intel, Qorvo, Teradyne, and National Instruments in its semiconductor sector, which has been growing since the 1990sDon’t Count Costa Rica OutThe current picture isn’t great, but experts quoted by La República say Costa Rica shouldn’t give up. “Costa Rica needs to keep making itself more competitive globally.