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Thank you, Mr. Air, a netizen of CTOnews.com, for your clue delivery! CTOnews.com Sept. 7 news, after the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, Russia faces the crisis of chip shortage due to the sanctions imposed by the West. Earlier this year, Mikron, Russia's largest semiconductor maker, prepared an investment project to triple production capacity (6000 chips a month) to produce 180-90nm chips. However, in order to implement the project, the company needs about 10 billion rubles (about 1.14 billion yuan).

Recently, the Russian government announced that it will spend 7 billion rubles (about 800 million yuan) to support Mikron, Russia's largest semiconductor company, to increase its chip production capacity, but the funds are 10-year loans guaranteed by Mikron production equipment.

It is understood that Mikron can currently produce semiconductors with process technologies ranging from 0.18micron to 90nm, which are not advanced and mature enough to produce transportation cards, the Internet of things, and even some general-purpose processor chips.

It is reported that Mikron is the only semiconductor supplier in Russia that can produce chips above 180nm, and it is also the largest chip company in Russia, which can both contract manufacturing and design. Other companies such as Angstrem mainly use 600nm technology to make products for the military-industrial complex (MIC). Mikron's revenue in 2021 was 5.69 billion roubles, with a net profit of 257 million rubles.

CTOnews.com learned that in April this year, the Russian government announced a new semiconductor plan, which is expected to invest 3.19 trillion rubles (about $38.43 billion) by 2030. The funds will be used for the development of local semiconductor production technology, domestic chip development, data center infrastructure, local talent training and marketing of homemade chips and solutions. Among them, in semiconductor manufacturing, Russia plans to invest 420 billion rubles (about 5 billion US dollars) to develop new manufacturing processes and follow-up improvements. One of the short-term goals is to increase local chip production using the 90nm manufacturing process by the end of 2022, and one of the longer-term goals is to achieve 28nm chip manufacturing by 2030.

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