News Russia certifies homegrown Raspberry Pi-like computers for critical applications — Elbrus ES3 already used in nuclear facilities

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Russia includes programmable controllers based on dual-core Elbrus 2C3 proccors into a list of hardware that can be used at critical information infrastructure facilities.

Russia certifies homegrown Raspberry Pi-like computers for critical applications — Elbrus ES3 already used in nuclear facilities : Read more

 

[SocDriver]

Most likely the chips will be made in China with a high probability that SMIC makes them, they may even help advance them to a better process node. Another option might be India as they grow their chip manufacturing in country. Oil for chips trade.

 

[usertests]

Most likely the chips will be made in China with a high probability that SMIC makes them, they may even help advance them to a better process node. Another option might be India as they grow their chip manufacturing in country. Oil for chips trade.

I'm fuzzy on India's capabilities. Apparently they're going for 28nm?

https://globalsmtasia.com/can-28-nm-catapult-india-to-semiconductor-manufacturing-leadership/

 

[bit_user]

I was going to ask what ISA these are using, but then I found it's indeed the funky VLIW-like flavor of other Elbrus CPUs we've seen before:

https://www.researchgate.net/public...-Core_VLIW_Processor_with_Integrated_Graphics
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That mentions integrated graphics, but it's behind a paywall. According to this, it's a PowerVR GX6650:

https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9681771
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That paper also mentions it being "planned for mass production in 2022 using 16 nm FinFET".

Finally, I was curious what was meant by the phrase "supports convenient programming of the "PLC-Elbrus" controllers using IEC-61131-3 standard languages." A quick web search suggests this is referring to:

• Ladder Diagram
• Instruction List
• Function Block Diagram
• Structured Text
• Sequential Function Chart

The standard applies to Programmable Logic Controllers, which are basically realtime controllers used for things like industrial automation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programmable_logic_controller
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