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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikron_Group https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikron_Group Currently at 65 nm, good enough to manufacture chips like these: https://
by magicsmoke 6y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikron_Group https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikron_Group
Currently at 65 nm, good enough to manufacture chips like these: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbrus-2S%2B https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbrus-2S%2B
Russia still depends on TSMC for chips at 28nm like these though: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbrus-8S https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbrus-8S
In comparison, here's BAE's RAD750 at 150 nm: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAD750 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAD750
65 nm is plenty good enough for rad-hardened military equipment, though good server chips still have to be outsourced to TSMC.
In comparison, China's SMIC is at 28 nm CMOS and ramping up 14 nm FinFET processes but it depends on foreign companies for lithography machines. China's SMEE has a 90 nm lithography machine and announced that they're delivering a 28 nm machine sometime next year. I can't seem to find any Russian lithography companies though.
- fuoqi 6y agoIt is also important to note that bigger transistor size helps with radiation resistance, so it does not make much sense to use 5-30 nm chips in space and military applications. Smaller power consumption absolutely does not worth reduced resistance. Also there is a big segment of small chips (e.g. RFID) for which a bigger process is cheaper. IIRC most of public transport tickets and cards in Russia are produced locally.