[HN Gopher] Bringing Semiconductors to Kazakhstan
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Bringing Semiconductors to Kazakhstan
Author : johncole
Score : 45 points
Date : 2026-03-16 12:09 UTC (10 hours ago)
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| johncole wrote:
| Nursultan Kabylkas designed the first chip in Kazakhstan, and in
| the process he bootstrapped a new national industry.
| nine_k wrote:
| > _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._
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| Kudos. But very expectedly it was a Chinese fab.
| joe_mamba wrote:
| _> Kudos. But very expectedly it was a Chinese fab._
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| 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 wrote:
| RCA played a large role, specifically.
|
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiconductor_industry_in_Tai
| w...
| dorkypunk wrote:
| Wouldn't this just be the same as any other fabless company?
| trhway wrote:
| you mean like NVDA for example?
| slackfan wrote:
| I hate the fact that I can tell this was written with AI.
| Acrobatic_Road wrote:
| You're right, and I want to slap myself because I didn't even
| notice the obvious at first. I need my coffee.
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