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Baikal electronics company held the First practical conference "ecosystem Development and growth drivers", where dozens of manufactured and promising partner solutions based on the Baikal processor line were presented. Baikal electronics is the largest project of the t-Nano nanocenter of the investment network of the RUSNANO group's infrastructure and educational programs Fund.
The conference was opened by the Director of the radio electronic industry Department of the Ministry of industry and tradeVasily Shpak.
The representative of the Ministry of industry and trade spoke about measures to support domestic manufacturers of computer equipment:
Measures to support buyers of domestic computing equipment are being seriously considered. "Since this year, the program of preferential leasing has already been working. We are considering direct subsidies to buyers of Russian equipment, " Vasily Shpak said. According to him, the Ministry of justice has recently approved a proposal to ban the purchase of foreign analogues if there are corresponding positions in the Register of Russian radio-electronic products.
General Director of the Computer engineering consortiumSvetlana Legostaeva called for putting the interests of the consumer at the forefront. "Domestic products have a 30% preference in public procurement, but the benefits from this are received by the supplier, not the buyer," the head of the consortium noted. She is convinced that the key player in the microelectronics ecosystem should be the consumer. "Whatever the pressure, if you exclude the interests of the consumer, who also solves state problems, all multi — billion-dollar investments will be meaningless," Svetlana Legostaeva believes. We need measures to support consumers of domestic microelectronics. "Computer technology" together with the ANO "center of competence for import substitution in the field of ICT" prepared a letter to the government of Russia, where one of the ideas is to subsidize the buyer's excess of the cost of domestic computer equipment over foreign analogues.
The letter also asks to instruct the Ministry of industry and trade and the Ministry of Finance to analyze the state information systems (GIS) of all Federal Executive authorities (foiv), determine the possibility and timing of their adaptation to the domestic architecture, and form a plan until 2024 with a view to 2030, indicating the necessary financial resources, including support for software developers, GIS and computer technology. She recalled that the share of domestic computer technology in the Russian market is extremely small — 13%, in 2024 it is planned to raise it to 44%, the share of Russian microprocessors used in domestic products is set to increase to more than 50%.
One of the key problems is the current consumer distrust of domestic computer technology and even fear of it, says Svetlana Legostaeva: "It is necessary to overcome this, in fact, unfounded prejudice by informing about real cases of using domestic technology, and it is necessary to tell on behalf of consumers."
Baikal electronics is the first Russian processor manufacturer ready to launch more than 100,000 products of the Baikal — Baikal-T and Baikal-m line in 2021. General Director of the company Andrey Evdokimov called on all developers of equipment and software to work together to create such a demand for domestic products. He also reported on Baikal electronics ' plans for the next year. The release of the third processor — Baikal-s is planned. This will be a powerful and productive server processor: 48 cores of the ARM 75 architecture, a frequency of at least 2 GHz, and rich peripherals. The first products are expected to be released in the first quarter of 2021, and the first implementations are expected in the third quarter of 2021. In the third quarter of 2021, it is planned to release the Baikal-M1/2 processor, which will have 4 cores, not 8 as in the standard, one memory controller, partially reduced peripherals, the processor will be lighter, smaller, but its cost will be lower. It will allow you to create cheaper workstations and thin clients.
Many participants of the conference talked about successful cooperation with the Baikal electronics company. Sergey Grishakov, Director of the product marketing Department of DEPO electronics, a manufacturer of domestic computing equipment, assured that " the results of a large pool of comparative tests of Baikal-M and comparable Intel models were almost comparable." He praised the wisdom of the Baikal electronics team, which collected suggestions from the entire developer community. "Therefore, the processor turned out to be very convenient. Baikal M is a great machine to build an entry-level server on. We intend to release three lines of server platforms, " said Sergey Grishankov. In client solutions, "DEPOT electronics" is also a monoblock on the basis of the Baikal-M.
The level of security services for critical information infrastructure possible on foreign processors is incomparably lower than in the case of integrated security based on our topology, which is possible only on Russian processors, "among which there is a new flagship-Baikal M", said Andrey Tikhonov, General Director of the Trusted Platform Association, which unites 34 companies engaged in import substitution in the field of microelectronics. He is confident that Baikal-M will take the lead among desktops( desktop computers), and intends to make every effort to make the same happen in network technology. The head of the Association reminded that starting from the middle of next year, the list of Telecom equipment suppliers will include manufacturers working only with a Russian processor.
The specialist, who has worked for IBM for a long time, is sure that "without your own electronics, there is no digital sovereignty, and without it there is no sovereignty at all. We have all the capabilities to create the most advanced electronic component base. In 3-5 years, we will achieve parity with foreign manufacturers in all key areas."
Edelweiss specialists have long been familiar with Baikal processors and have developed about 20 complex electronic devices based on them, said Alexander Murashov, head of the company's technical expertise and product promotion Department. According to him, the most promising for commercialization is a personal workstation, which is already presented in two versions. Edelweiss is ready to adapt them to any operating system. Also on the basis of Baikal-M monoblocks are made, information stands are developed. They are already used for ticket sales in Yekaterinburg and Nizhny Novgorod. There are options for specialized purposes: for museums, universities, kindergartens, shops. Recently, a new end product has appeared — smart stops, where in addition to information boards there is Wi-Fi, charging, a security button, and four video cameras. The first 150 units are already operating in Nizhny Novgorod. The company is also preparing the first prototypes of the server Board for organizing data storage systems, which are going to be produced next year. The next step, according to Alexander Murashov, will be the release of a laptop based on Baikal-M, for which a new Board will be developed, and then an industrial computer.
In "Edelweiss" together with Nvidia, based on Baikal processors, they intend to develop telecommunications equipment that "has such speeds that are currently absent in Russian products," he assured Alexander Murashov. Eventually, it will be possible to build IT networks of entire industrial enterprises based on Baikal processors, including workstations, servers and routers, and almost all automated control systems.
Finally, the Lagrange Sarmah modular computer on the Baikal-m processor was demonstrated for the first time at the conference. The first engineering samples were received in August of this year (estimated cost 49 thousand rubles). The new product was presented by Alexander Kornev, General Director of the Lagrange project, a developer of computing machines — computers and motherboards. "We always wanted to develop equipment on domestic processors," the head of the project admitted. As concepts, the company has packaged solutions based on Baikal-M in the form of a blade server that can be placed in a server rack or stand on a table (the price for one design is around 50-60 thousand rubles), and a monoblock based on Lagrange Sarmah with a 27-inch display, Full HD, with a fully passive cooling system. It is expected in the middle of 2021, the price is around 80 thousand rubles.
During the conference, Baikal electronics and the Association of software developers "Domestic software" signed a cooperation agreement. The document was signed by Andrey Evdokimov, General Director of Baikal electronics, and Executive Director of Otechestvenny soft» Renat Lashin. Andrey Evdokimov explained the conclusion of the agreement by the need to create a single ecosystem for consumers:
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The Foundation for infrastructure and educational programs is one of the largest institutions for the development of innovative infrastructure in Russia. It was created on the basis of the law "on reorganization of the Russian Corporation of nanotechnologies" in 2010.
The objective of the Fund — financial and non-financial development of nanotechnology and other high-tech sectors of the economy through the implementation of national projects, the formation and development of innovation infrastructure, the transformation of further education through the creation of new curricula and educational technologies, providing institutional support and information, contributing to the elimination of the market technological solutions and products, including in the field of end-to-end digital technology.
Chairman of the Board, as a collegial management body is the Board Chairman of OOO "UK "ROSNANO» Anatoly Chubais, General Director of the Foundation- Andrey Svinarenko .
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"Baikal Electronics» — a joint venture between the Russian supercomputer developer T-Platforms and the t-Nano nanocenter of the RUSNANO group infrastructure and educational programs Foundation. Specializes in the design of integrated circuits and systems on a chip based on ARM and MIPS architectures. The company's developments are designed for use in energy-efficient computer and industrial systems with different levels of performance and functionality.
