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Russia Plans Replacing Intel and AMD Chips with Domestic Brand
Russia has let it be known that it will be replacing Intel and AMD processors in government operated computers and replacing them with home-grown Baikal computer chips. The first products will be Baikal M and M/S chips, designed on the basis of 64-bit nucleus Cortex A-57 made by UK company ARM, with frequency of 2 gigahertz for personal computers and micro servers.
The Baikal chips will be installed on computers of government bodies and in state-run firms, which purchase some 700,000 personal computers annually worth $500 million and 300,000 servers worth $800 million. The total volume of the market amounts to about 5 million devices worth $3.5 billion.
Initially this abandonment of Intel/AMD CPUs only appears to be aimed at government/state-owned systems and in the near-term aren't any plans to abolish US-made hardware or any import bans. The new Russian-made processors are called "Baikal" and designed by T-Platforms in cooperation with Rostec and Rosnano. The Baikal name for the processor is in reference to Lake Baikal, the deepest fresh water lake in the world
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#4851243 Posted on: 06/21/2014 08:19 PM
The US has made itself into mighty big **** pie these last 10 years.
The US has made itself into mighty big **** pie these last 10 years.
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#4851334 Posted on: 06/21/2014 09:33 PM
what kind of hardware runs their military and space programs?
what kind of hardware runs their military and space programs?
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#4851367 Posted on: 06/21/2014 10:04 PM
North Korea agrees with them. Enough said right there.
North Korea agrees with them. Enough said right there.
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#4852059 Posted on: 06/22/2014 12:25 PM
They just don't want to be giving their money to American companies, or running their government systems dependent on American manufacturing. I doubt they really think there's back doors in them.
They just don't want to be giving their money to American companies, or running their government systems dependent on American manufacturing. I doubt they really think there's back doors in them.
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They are paranoid that AMD/Intel have built in Kill Switches and hackers could shut down all of Russia's systems with a single line of code.
I'd believe that too hence they want to move away from American silicon.