Bringing Semiconductors to Kazakhstan

https://www.siliconimist.com/p/bringing-semiconductors-to-kazakhstan

by johncole • 4 months ago

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johncole4• 4 months ago

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

nine_k• 4 months ago

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• 4 months 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.

dorkypunk• 4 months ago

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

trhway• 4 months ago

you mean like NVDA for example?

johncole4• 4 months 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.

slackfan• 4 months ago

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

Acrobatic_Road• 4 months ago

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

greenavocado2• 4 months ago

You're absolutely right!

vivzkestrel• 4 months ago

borat would be proud but seriously guys congrats

aboardRat4• 4 months ago

"the takeaway"

AI generated text?

johncole4• 4 months ago

Why do you say that?

greenavocado2• 4 months 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.

johncole4• 4 months ago

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

Bringing Semiconductors to Kazakhstan

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