The Russian IT company "Aquarius" has started designing servers for the first domestic microcontroller (microchip designed to control electronic devices) "MIK32 Amur", built on the RISC-V core. This was announced by a representative of the "Element" Group.
"Aquarius" has already purchased a pilot batch of "MIK32 Amur" (its analogue is STM32L0 from ARM) for use in new servers.
If the servers are initially based on a specific microcontroller, then in the case of mass production, the "Aquarius" servers will run on the same microcontroller.
The source emphasized that replacing a key component would require a complete restructuring of all processes.
According to the president of "Aquarius", Vladimir Stepanov, "Amur" microchips are used in the latest generation of servers. However, he did not specify the number of servers that will receive the new microcontrollers.
"Amur" is based on the RISC-V processor core. It was developed by engineers from "Micron" and NIIMA "Progress" (part of the "Element" Group).
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