Hardware, Electronics, Robotics

Russian microelectronics lags behind the world by 15 years

Lagging behind the world in the development of microelectronics for 15 years, Russia critically depends on foreign technologies in the design and production of relevant products, the authorities concede as the sanctions have made further development even more challenging.  The main issues of Russia’s microelectronics industry are listed in a draft policy document about industry development …

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Taiwan bans exports of all modern chips to Russia, Belarus

Last week Taiwan imposed a ban on the sale of modern chips to Russia and Belarus in response to the invasion of Ukraine. The Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) published a list of strategic high-tech goods that are barred from export to Russia and Belarus, reported DigiTimes. The ministry stated exports of these high-tech commodities are …

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Huawei, Lenovo, Union Pay, Xiaomi: Russia’s hopes for Chinese relief from western sanctions could be dashed to dust

Chinese IT companies are “quietly pulling back from doing business in Russia under pressure from US sanctions and suppliers,” despite calls by Beijing for companies to resist overseas pressure, WSJ reports.   Several major companies are decreasing shipments to Russia, including PC giant Lenovo and smartphone and gadget maker Xiaomi. These two companies have actually stopped deliveries to Russia, even though …

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Huawei suspends new orders, furloughs Russia staff amid sanctions threat

Chinese telecoms giant Huawei has furloughed its Russian staff for at least one month after suspending new orders as Beijing faces potential secondary sanctions for doing business with Moscow, Forbes Russia has reported. The United States has warned China not to help Russia evade sanctions, threatening to expand its toolbox of secondary penalties that force …

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Ukraine war could exacerbate global chip supply crisis

 Russia’s invasion of Ukraine by land, air and sea risks reverberating across the global chip industry and exacerbating current supply-chain constraints. Ukraine is a major producer of neon gas critical for lasers used in chipmaking and supplies more than 90% of U.S. semiconductor-grade neon, according to estimates from research firm Techcet. About 35% of palladium, a …

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How Russian customers of Western IT equipment prepare for potential sanctions

As Western powers could restrict supplies of IT equipment and support as part of potential sanctions against Russia, Sber is preparing for all scenarios. Last week, as reported by Kommersant, the state-controlled financial giant conducted technical exercises simulating the interruption of technical support from Microsoft, Nvidia, SAP, VMware and other companies. In a bid to gain more …

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US administration considers technology sanctions if Russia invades Ukraine

In the months since Russia began massing troops on the border of Ukraine, the Biden administration has, on multiple occasions, warned that any further aggression by Moscow toward its neighbor would be met with unprecedented levels of sanctions. Now, the White House appears to be dropping some specific hints about what those sanctions might look …

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Russian IoT startup receives $5.4 million in state money to develop in Western markets

Mircod, a Russian “IoT-as-a-service” company, has just received  400 million rubles ($5.4 million) from state-owned development corporation VEB.RF via its affiliate fund VEB Ventures, reports business daily Kommersant.  Established in 2016 in Tatarstan, a tech friendly region of Russia, Mircod enables rapid prototyping of IoT products and solutions. It has developed a “centralized platform to automate the development of IoT …

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“Engineering joy:” Sber’s new smart media speaker brings music, movies, gaming, food and much more to Russian homes

The technology ambitions of Sber, Russia’s state-controlled financial giant, were demonstrated again yesterday as the company presented its new smart media speaker. Sber claims the device was “created with the latest product design trends in mind” and touts it as a “one-of-a-kind in its category.” Christened ‘SberBox Time,’ the device combines the functionality of three …

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Russia and WEF to launch ‘Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution’ in Moscow

Last week the Russian government and the World Economic Forum announced Russia is joining the WEF’s Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (CFIR) Network. The agreement was inked in Moscow by WEF President Børge Brende and Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko.  CFIR Russia will be hosted by Digital Economy, a Moscow-based non-profit created by national technology leaders to facilitate …

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Skoltech scientists use supercomputer to probe limits of Google’s quantum processor

Two Skoltech research units — the Laboratory for Quantum Information Processing of the Skoltech center of Photonics & Quantum Materials (CPQM) and the ‘Zhores’ supercomputing team of the Skoltech Center for Computational and Data-Intensive Science and Engineering (CDISE) — have teamed up to emulate Google’s quantum processor. Reproducing noiseless data following the same statistics as Google’s …

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