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Bringing Semiconductors to Kazakhstan(siliconimist.com)

57 points·by johncole·4 mesi fa·15 comments
siliconimist.com
Bringing Semiconductors to Kazakhstan

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

16 comments

johncole·4 mesi fa
Nursultan Kabylkas designed the first chip in Kazakhstan, and in the process he bootstrapped a new national industry.
nine_k·4 mesi fa
> 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 mesi fa
>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·4 mesi fa
RCA played a large role, specifically.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiconductor_industry_in_Taiw...
greenavocado·4 mesi fa
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·4 mesi fa
Both can be true. It’s a much lower capital threshold to enter the verification game than the fan building game.
dorkypunk·4 mesi fa
Wouldn't this just be the same as any other fabless company?
johncole·4 mesi fa
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·4 mesi fa
you mean like NVDA for example?
vivzkestrel·4 mesi fa
borat would be proud but seriously guys congrats
aboardRat4·4 mesi fa
"the takeaway"

AI generated text?
johncole·4 mesi fa
Why do you say that?
slackfan·4 mesi fa
I hate the fact that I can tell this was written with AI.
Acrobatic_Road·4 mesi fa
You're right, and I want to slap myself because I didn't even notice the obvious at first. I need my coffee.
greenavocado·4 mesi fa
You're absolutely right!
KylerAce·4 mesi fa