Baikal Electronics has signed the largest commercial contract for the supply of Russian Baikal-U (BE-U1000) microcontrollers. The customer is Reglab (part of the Prosoft-Systems group).
Within a year, the company will ship at least 1.5 million chips worth over 1 billion rubles. The first batch — 150,000 microcontrollers worth 100 million rubles — will arrive by the end of June 2026.
The components are planned to be used in equipment for industrial automation. According to Andrey Evdokimov, CEO of Baikal Electronics, the company intends to supply about 1 million Baikal-U to the market in 2026.
The partnership with Reglab is the biggest step towards achieving this goal. There are already orders in many segments, and we expect further growth in demand.
Baikal-U is a Russian analogue of STM32F4 and STM32F7. The chip is built on the RISC-V architecture, which reduces dependence on Western licenses. This is a three-core solution in a 10×10 mm package with support for USB 2.0, CAN FD, UART, SPI and built-in eFLASH memory.
The production site is not disclosed. It should be noted that there are no factories with modern technological processes in Russia (the most advanced Mikron operates at 90 nm), so production is likely to be organized in Asia.
