Russia’s first commercial computer chip to hit market in early 2016
Baikal Electronics, a Russian company, announced plans to launch the production of Russia’s first computer processor, the Baikal-T1, early next year
Dec 30, 2015
The processor will cost about $60 apiece, reported RBC, a sizable Russian business analyst.
The two-kernel processor is reported to use a 32-bit MIPS Warrior kernel. The developer is expected to start with a 100,000 chip production run.
There are both domestic and international customers lined up for the new Russian processor, the source said.
The Baikal-T1 is Russia’s inaugural processor developed for commercial rather than defense purposes. The Baikal’s international competition includes the Stratagx series by Broadcom and the QorIQ T1020 series by Freescale, which cost something between $50 and $70, depending on the size of a batch.
Baikal Electronics has a domestic competitor in this market, too. MTsST, another Russian developer, earlier this year announced a limited pilot production run of its own Elbrus-8C chips made to a 28 nanometer design rule. Serial production of these has yet to be put together.
Plans are to sell at least five million chips by the end of 2020.
According to Gleb Mishin, CEO for Russia, the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe at Lenovo, a sizable Chinese computer maker, if the Russian government starts supporting Baikal Electronics, the company’s new product is likely to get a lot of traction domestically. For example, government agencies may begin to exclusively purchase computers with the Baikal processors. Back in October, Lenovo said it was interested in using the Baikal in its PCs and mobile gadgets.
Next year, Baikal Electronics reportedly wants to unveil a prototype of its new 28 nanometer Baikal-M chip for ARM architecture based desktops. By the end of 2017, the company hopes to roll out the Baikal-MS, a processor for microservers.
The two-kernel processor is reported to use a 32-bit MIPS Warrior kernel. The developer is expected to start with a 100,000 chip production run.
There are both domestic and international customers lined up for the new Russian processor, the source said.
The Baikal-T1 is Russia’s inaugural processor developed for commercial rather than defense purposes. The Baikal’s international competition includes the Stratagx series by Broadcom and the QorIQ T1020 series by Freescale, which cost something between $50 and $70, depending on the size of a batch.
Baikal Electronics has a domestic competitor in this market, too. MTsST, another Russian developer, earlier this year announced a limited pilot production run of its own Elbrus-8C chips made to a 28 nanometer design rule. Serial production of these has yet to be put together.
Plans are to sell at least five million chips by the end of 2020.
According to Gleb Mishin, CEO for Russia, the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe at Lenovo, a sizable Chinese computer maker, if the Russian government starts supporting Baikal Electronics, the company’s new product is likely to get a lot of traction domestically. For example, government agencies may begin to exclusively purchase computers with the Baikal processors. Back in October, Lenovo said it was interested in using the Baikal in its PCs and mobile gadgets.
Next year, Baikal Electronics reportedly wants to unveil a prototype of its new 28 nanometer Baikal-M chip for ARM architecture based desktops. By the end of 2017, the company hopes to roll out the Baikal-MS, a processor for microservers.