Bringing Semiconductors to Kazakhstan
siliconimist.com

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johncole

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a month ago

16 comments

johncole ・ a month ago

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

  • nine_k ・ a month 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 ・ a month 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.

greenavocado ・ a month 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 ・ a month ago

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

dorkypunk ・ a month ago

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

  • johncole ・ a month 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 ・ a month ago

    you mean like NVDA for example?

vivzkestrel ・ a month ago

borat would be proud but seriously guys congrats

aboardRat4 ・ a month ago

"the takeaway"

AI generated text?

  • johncole ・ a month ago

    Why do you say that?

slackfan ・ a month ago

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

  • Acrobatic_Road ・ a month ago

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