Bringing Semiconductors to Kazakhstan

[−] johncole 61d ago

Nursultan Kabylkas designed the first chip in Kazakhstan, and in the process he bootstrapped a new national industry.

[−] nine_k 61d ago

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Through a partnership with a Chinese fab, the team got space on Multi-Project Wafer (MPW) and received back their RISC-V general purpose processor. The project went viral, the media caught on, and the project gained national attention.

Kudos. But very expectedly it was a Chinese fab.

[−] joe_mamba 61d ago

>Kudos. But very expectedly it was a Chinese fab.

Kudos to China then. The world can always benefit from more supply. The US was the one who brought semiconductor manufacturing to Japan and Taiwan over 60 years ago. Now it's China's time to shine.

[−] chasil 61d ago

RCA played a large role, specifically.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiconductor_industry_in_Taiw...

[−] greenavocado 60d ago

I love how verification is somehow a "[focus] on high-skill employment" as if the actual fab construction and operation isn't a high skill.

[−] johncole 60d ago

Both can be true. It’s a much lower capital threshold to enter the verification game than the fan building game.

[−] dorkypunk 61d ago

Wouldn't this just be the same as any other fabless company?

[−] johncole 60d ago

Not much different, no. But I thought it was a good story, bringing it to Kazakhstan, which traditionally doesn't have a semi industry.

[−] trhway 61d ago

you mean like NVDA for example?

[−] vivzkestrel 61d ago

borat would be proud but seriously guys congrats

[−] aboardRat4 61d ago

"the takeaway"

AI generated text?

[−] johncole 60d ago

Why do you say that?

[−] slackfan 61d ago

I hate the fact that I can tell this was written with AI.

[−] Acrobatic_Road 61d ago

You're right, and I want to slap myself because I didn't even notice the obvious at first. I need my coffee.

[−] greenavocado 60d ago

You're absolutely right!

[−] KylerAce 61d ago

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Bringing Semiconductors to Kazakhstan (siliconimist.com)

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