{"id":21559,"date":"2026-10-15T12:13:51","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T12:13:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=21559"},"modified":"2026-10-15T12:13:51","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T12:13:51","slug":"russian-chipmakers-demo-homegrown-risc-v-and-arm-chips-with-retro-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=21559","title":{"rendered":"Russian chipmakers demo homegrown RISC-V and Arm chips with retro games"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Tom’s Hardware • Bruno Ferreira • October 15, 2026<\/strong><\/div>\n\n

Russian chipmakers showcased homegrown designs based on Arm, RISC-V, and Elbrus architectures at the Microelectronics 26 forum in Sochi. The event featured retro gaming to demonstrate these technologies, though a high-end gaming console previously ordered by the government did not appear on display. Dmitrii Kuznetsov reported that the first units used Baikal Electronics’ BE-U1000 microcontroller, which contains three CloudBear cores: two BR-350s running at 200 MHz and one BM-310 at 100 MHz. This chip includes 256 KB of flash memory and 192 KB of SRAM, supporting interfaces like USB 2.0 and four GPIO lines in a compact package intended for robotics and IoT applications.<\/p>\n

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A business card-sized console styled like the original NES was shown running Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers using the BE-U1000 chip. Another demonstration featured the Elvis Hypercom-U system-on-chip, which packs four Arm Cortex-A53 cores at up to 1.2 GHz, dual ELcore-50 DSPs, and a PowerVR GE8300 GPU. This unit supports up to 8 GB of RAM and connects via USB 3.0, Wi-Fi, and HDMI, playing the original Super Mario on display. The device targets multimedia, navigation, and smart camera applications.<\/p>\n

MCST also presented Elbrus-based PCs, though specific models were not detailed. Context suggests the machines may have used the Elbrus-16S chip with 16 cores at up to 2 GHz or the Elbrus-2S3 for mini-PCs. The Elbrus-2S3 operates at up to 2 GHz with a performance of 196 GFLOPS, supporting DDR4-3200 RAM and PCIe 3.0. However, power consumption can be high, as the Rostec MP21 board using similar technology can consume around 40 watts.<\/p>\n

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Source:<\/strong> Tom’s Hardware • Bruno Ferreira • October 15, 2026<\/p>\n

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AI-rewritten: This is a summary of an article from Tom’s Hardware, rewritten by AI (Qwen, running locally) to make it easier to read. The facts come from the original article – read it for the full story. Tom’s Hardware • Bruno Ferreira • October 15, 2026 Russian chipmakers showcased homegrown designs based on Arm, RISC-V,<\/p>\n

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