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TSMC delivers first batch of Baikal BE-M1000 CPUs based on ARM Cortex-A57 cores
Baikal Electronics confirms they received the first batch of 5000 BE-M1000 CPUs from their foundry, TSMC. These are second-generation processors based on ARM architecture.
[...] Baikal BE-M1000 is based on eight ARM Cortex A57 cores all clocked up to 1.5 GHz at TDP at 30-35W. The CPU has 4MB of L2 cache and 8MB of L3 cache. It comes with an integrated ARM Mali-T682 GPU clocked at 700 to 750 MHz.
The processor offers a performance level of Intel Core i3-7300T, which should be good enough for standard office use.
The Intel Core i3-7300T was a dual-core Kaby Lake CPU launched in 2017, with a similar TDP (35 Watts).
Previously: Desktop and All-in-One Arm Linux Computers Launched with Baikal-M Processor
Related: Russia to Build RISC-V Processors for Laptops: 8-core, 2 GHz, 12nm, 2025
(Score: 2) by fraxinus-tree on Monday October 18 2021, @12:12PM
Baikals are not cheap at any rate, they are expensive as hell. The main reason Russians make these is because they want hardware they can trust in order to use it in military and related applications. This is also why these CPUs are made using somewhat older technology - the chips need to be simple enough and visible enough in order to be auditable. KGB and Politburo and comrade Stalin in particular (yes, I know they call them otherwise these days) are ok with '2000s performance at '1970s price as long as they know who is exactly responsible for the eventual security issues.