It is Russia’s goal to begin mass production of 28nm chips by 2027, and 14nm chips by 2030
Russia has big hopes for the semiconductor industry.
Russia is putting together plans to resuscitate its faltering domestic manufacture of semiconductors since it is unable to receive chips from its typical suppliers while it is being isolated and sanctioned by a large portion of the globe for its conflict against Ukraine.
The new chip strategy for the nation will need a fairly significant expenditure over the next eight years; nonetheless, the targets do not seem very ambitious. For instance, TSMC expects to attain 28nm by the year 2026, while a fresh report from Cnews states that Russia hopes to manufacture chips locally at 28 nanometers by the year 2027 and at 14 nanometers by the year 2030.
The government of Russia has prepared a first draught of its new microelectronics development plan, which estimates that the country would need to make expenditures of around 3.19 trillion ($38.43 billion) by the year 2030. According to Cnews, the funds will be used to improve domestic semiconductor manufacturing technology, domestic chip development, data centre infrastructure, the cultivation of local talent, and the marketing of homemade chips and solutions.
In the area of semiconductor manufacturing, the nation intends to invest 420 billion ($5 billion) on the introduction of new fabrication technologies and the scaling up of such technologies. Before the end of the year, one of the short-term aims is to increase the amount of local chip manufacture while using a fabrication method with a 90nm resolution. A longer-term objective is to begin production utilising a 28nm node by the year 2030, which is something that TSMC accomplished in 2011.
Russia has historically had a moderate amount of success with software and high-tech services, but it has had a relatively low level of success with the design and production of chips. While there are plans to train local talent and create chips locally, the nation also aims to build a reverse engineering programme of ‘foreign solutions’ to transfer their manufacture to Russia by the end of the year.
This is part of the country’s objective to grow domestic manufacturing by the end of the year. By the year 2024, all digital products shall be generated inside the country. Things that cannot be manufactured inside the borders of this nation are anticipated to be purchased from China.
Despite the fact that Russia’s plan seems to include a large number of products and sets certain targets, it is vital to keep in mind that even China has not been able to successfully localise a significant share of the production of critically important chips. It is uncertain if Russia will reach its objectives by 2024 or 2030 given that it is unable to make use of technology created in the United States, the United Kingdom, or Europe. However, this does not rule out the possibility of there being an answer.
On April 22, 2022, it is anticipated that the plan would reach its conclusion and be submitted to the prime minister for his formal approval.
