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Bringing Semiconductors to Kazakhstan
- johncole 7mo agoNursultan Kabylkas designed the first chip in Kazakhstan, and in the process he bootstrapped a new national industry.
- nine_k 7mo 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 7mo 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 7mo agoRCA played a large role, specifically. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiconductor_industry_in_Taiwan#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiconductor_industry_in_Taiw...
- dorkypunk 7mo agoWouldn't this just be the same as any other fabless company?
- slackfan 7mo agoI hate the fact that I can tell this was written with AI.
- Acrobatic_Road 7mo agoYou're right, and I want to slap myself because I didn't even notice the obvious at first. I need my coffee.
- KylerAce 7mo ago[dead]
- greenavocado 7mo agoYou're absolutely right!
- vivzkestrel 7mo agoborat would be proud but seriously guys congrats
- aboardRat4 7mo ago"the takeaway" AI generated text?
- johncole 7mo agoWhy do you say that?
- greenavocado 7mo agoI 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 7mo agoBoth can be true. It’s a much lower capital threshold to enter the verification game than the fan building game.