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Nursultan Kabylkas designed the first chip in Kazakhstan, and in the process he bootstrapped a new national industry.
by johncole 7mo ago
Nursultan 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...