The Siliconimist
Silicon economics. Chips, capital, and consequences. www.siliconimist.com
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Designing Semiconductors in Sub Saharan Africa (opens the original)
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I was delighted to find that Sub Saharan Africa has a nascent pocket of chip talent. I sit down in this episode to chat with Ola Fadiran , founder of ChipMango , a startup designing semiconductors in sub Saharan Africa. Africa is not known for its chip ecosystem, Yet. It’s a unique spot to be engaging the industry, but Ola has a vision that stretches 20+ years into the future. He’s modeling his journey off North Africa and India’s path into the world of semiconductors: find a niche, develop tale
Credibility Is the Barrier to Entry in Silicon (opens the original)
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Darian Domocos told me the hardest part of starting a CPU company wasn’t the engineering; it was getting anyone to believe that two young guys from Romania could do it. He’s the CEO and co-founder of Fiora5 , a startup that develops and licenses RISC-V processor IP out of Europe. That’s where the conversation started before it charged through supply chain politics, why he’s ignoring the datacenter on his path to market, and what he’s reading to keep growing. Our discussion hit a pretty wide rang
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