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Russian Baikal 48-Core CPU Die Shots, Benchmarks Emerge (Vaporware)

posted by janrinok on Saturday October 15 2022, @02:19PM   Printer-friendly
from the the-(a?)-die-is-cast? dept.

takyon writes:

Russian Baikal 48-Core CPU Die Shots, Benchmarks Emerge

Twitter user Fritzchens Fritz has managed to obtain a sample of Baikal Electronics' 48-core BE-S1000 server-grade system-on-chip (SoC) and throw it under an infrared microscope to reveal its internals. In addition, some benchmark results of the SoC have surfaced.

Baikal Electronics has developed several system-on-chips for different devices to replace x86 processors from PCs and various compute appliances made in Russia. However, the pinnacle of the company's design prowess should have been its BE-S1000 server-grade SoC with 48 Arm Cortex-A75 cores, which the company managed to tape out and produce the first sample using TSMC's 16FFC fabrication technology, but which will never be released commercially due to sanctions against Russia for its invasion in Ukraine.

Also at TechPowerUp.

Previously:
TSMC Ships First Batch of Baikal BE-M1000 ARM CPUs
UK Sanctions Russian Microprocessor Makers, Banning Them From ARM
BITBLAZE Titan BM15 Arm Linux Laptop Features Russian Baikal-M1 Processor
Former Co-Owner of Russia's Baikal Microelectronics Goes Bankrupt

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  • (Score: 2) by RamiK on Saturday October 15 2022, @04:47PM (4 children)

    by RamiK (1813) on Saturday October 15 2022, @04:47PM (#1276746)

    It was sampled by TSMC in Taiwan.

    That said, "West Taiwan" might retaliate over the new ZTE and Huawei sanctions by providing the Russians with 28nm chips.

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  • (Score: 2) by Opportunist on Saturday October 15 2022, @05:25PM (3 children)

    by Opportunist (5545) on Saturday October 15 2022, @05:25PM (#1276750)

    West Taiwan... I can't help but say I like that.

    • (Score: 2, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 15 2022, @05:39PM (2 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 15 2022, @05:39PM (#1276751)

      It's a funny meme but the counterargument is that it still implies the two countries should be unified, when Taiwan just wants to be left alone.

      • (Score: 3, Touché) by RamiK on Saturday October 15 2022, @06:28PM (1 child)

        by RamiK (1813) on Saturday October 15 2022, @06:28PM (#1276756)

        For me it's the other way around: Just like with North vs. South Dakota, the fact you differentiate by cardinal directions immediately suggests there's a valid reason why the two are separated even if there isn't one due to how North vs. South America, Northern vs. Southern hemisphere, or Eastern vs. Western are such well entrenched concepts in our collective minds.

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