Russian computers to be?
Cnews reports that shipments of domestic Elbrus-3M computers will begin this year based on the Elbrus processors of the same name.
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The development of Elbrus systems began long ago. The first computer in the series, the Elbrus-1, was built in 1979. At that time, its performance was approximately 5.5 million op / s, and the amount of RAM is impressive for those times 64 megabytes. Technologically, the supercomputer was made on a TTL chip .
In 1984, the Elbrus-2 was created. Its performance was already equal to 125 million operations per second, and the amount of RAM - 144 megabytes.
In 1991, the Elbrus-3 processor appeared. At this time, it became possible to cooperate with foreign companies, than the above-mentioned companies were not slow to take advantage of. The first (in 1994) "Elbrus" became interested in SUN. As a result of the joint work, the Elbrus-2000 was developed, but it did not go into production. In 2004, contracts with SUN were broken and Intel picked up the baton, but in its own way. She literally bought a part of the processor developers, which ensured a lot of new solutions and, importantly, the possibility to patent them. In particular, some technologies developed for the Elbrus processors are used in the Intel Itanium processors.
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Of course, the care of some of the leading developers seriously slowed down the development of the processor, but CJSC MCST continued to exist and fulfill government orders. And finally, it was announced that “until the end of 2008, customers will be supplied with up to 100 computing complexes”. The complexes built on the base of Elbrus processors.
By today's standards, the Elbrus-3M systems are far from the most productive, but the applied design solutions make it possible to achieve practically peak performance indicators in solving some problems (for example, when multiplying matrices).
The Elbrus-3M processors are compatible with x86 architecture and can execute up to 23 instructions per cycle. Microcircuits are produced using a fairly “rough” 130-nm technology, but, despite this, they have a low specific heat release per unit of performance — 0.4 W / Gflops. In this case, the peak performance is approximately 9.6 Gflops.
The Elbrus-3M systems will operate under the control of the MSVS (Mobile System of the Armed Forces) operating system. Customers "MCST" has not yet named, but it is authentically known that these systems will be used for the needs of the armed forces of the Russian Federation. The latter seems to me the most important, since to ensure the defense of the country, systems are needed whose design is completely known, which cannot be achieved using foreign products. And the development of a domestic enterprise guarantees the absence of “black inputs”.
To summarize, I want to be glad for the domestic electronic industry. I am glad that she is still alive and hope that this success is not the last.
According to cnews.ru and ru.wikipedia.org
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The development of Elbrus systems began long ago. The first computer in the series, the Elbrus-1, was built in 1979. At that time, its performance was approximately 5.5 million op / s, and the amount of RAM is impressive for those times 64 megabytes. Technologically, the supercomputer was made on a TTL chip .
In 1984, the Elbrus-2 was created. Its performance was already equal to 125 million operations per second, and the amount of RAM - 144 megabytes.
In 1991, the Elbrus-3 processor appeared. At this time, it became possible to cooperate with foreign companies, than the above-mentioned companies were not slow to take advantage of. The first (in 1994) "Elbrus" became interested in SUN. As a result of the joint work, the Elbrus-2000 was developed, but it did not go into production. In 2004, contracts with SUN were broken and Intel picked up the baton, but in its own way. She literally bought a part of the processor developers, which ensured a lot of new solutions and, importantly, the possibility to patent them. In particular, some technologies developed for the Elbrus processors are used in the Intel Itanium processors.
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Of course, the care of some of the leading developers seriously slowed down the development of the processor, but CJSC MCST continued to exist and fulfill government orders. And finally, it was announced that “until the end of 2008, customers will be supplied with up to 100 computing complexes”. The complexes built on the base of Elbrus processors.
By today's standards, the Elbrus-3M systems are far from the most productive, but the applied design solutions make it possible to achieve practically peak performance indicators in solving some problems (for example, when multiplying matrices).
The Elbrus-3M processors are compatible with x86 architecture and can execute up to 23 instructions per cycle. Microcircuits are produced using a fairly “rough” 130-nm technology, but, despite this, they have a low specific heat release per unit of performance — 0.4 W / Gflops. In this case, the peak performance is approximately 9.6 Gflops.
The Elbrus-3M systems will operate under the control of the MSVS (Mobile System of the Armed Forces) operating system. Customers "MCST" has not yet named, but it is authentically known that these systems will be used for the needs of the armed forces of the Russian Federation. The latter seems to me the most important, since to ensure the defense of the country, systems are needed whose design is completely known, which cannot be achieved using foreign products. And the development of a domestic enterprise guarantees the absence of “black inputs”.
To summarize, I want to be glad for the domestic electronic industry. I am glad that she is still alive and hope that this success is not the last.
According to cnews.ru and ru.wikipedia.org
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/28246/
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