Specialists from the Research Institute of Molecular Electronics (NIIME, located in Zelenograd) will develop an analogue of Intel microchips for use in onboard digital computing systems for aviation and space technology. The corresponding tender for the amount of 365 million rubles has been published on the public procurement portal.
The customer is the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia. The contract was concluded on June 3, 2024, and the deadline for its completion is November 30, 2026.
The documents note that funding for the "development and mastering of mass production of microchips of a basic matrix crystal with a capacity of 10 million basic digital cells with built-in SF blocks of RAM, PLL, LVDS" is divided into three tranches. NIIME will receive 78.9 million rubles, then 118.3 million rubles, and 167.7 million rubles.
According to the terms of the contract, the institute's specialists must develop and manufacture a basic matrix crystal microchip, replacing the Cyclone V line of integrated microcircuits from Intel. Currently, there are no analogues of such crystals in Russia.
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