Micron has increased the production of Amur microcontrollers

2024

Production of 100 thousand microcontrollers MIK32 Amur

Micron and GS Nanotech on July 18, 2024 announced the release of the next batch of RISC-V microcontrollers MIK32 Cupid: chip crystals were produced on Micron, assembly into a case was carried out at the facilities of GS Nanotech in the Kaliningrad region. 100 thousand microcontrollers MIK32 Amur passed incoming control at Micron and are shipped in accordance with current contracts to manufacturers and developers of devices and equipment.

Due to the high demand and in order to increase the volume of product packaging, in addition to Micron's own assembly production, the capacity of GS Nanotech is used for July 2024. Under the terms of the agreement, the Kaliningrad enterprise will assemble up to half a million Amur microcontrollers in the building by the end of 2024, - said Gulnara Khasyanova, General Director of Micron JSC.

MIK32 Amur (K1949VK018) - a domestic 32-bit microcontroller with a core based on the RISC-V architecture, developed and manufactured in Russia in the Element group, included  in the Unified Register of Russian Radio-Electronic Products (PP RF 878). Designed for use in smart devices, telecom equipment, industrial automation and other equipment.

On the basis of the enterprise in the Kaliningrad region, the first 100 thousand microcontrollers for Micron were assembled into the building. We have extensive experience in building microcontrollers and are glad to use it in cooperation with our long-time partner, - said Fyodor Boyarkov, vice president of GS Group for production development.

The experience of assembling the first batch within the volumetric order was extremely positive. From the idea to many thousands of deliveries, a lot of difficult tasks were successfully solved with colleagues from Micron. This undoubtedly opens up prospects for even more complex and mutually beneficial projects, "said Volodymyr Dmitriyev, Executive Director of GS Group.

During the implementation of the order, the technical specialists of GS Nanotech applied the expertise and competencies developed earlier during the large-scale assembly of chips in BGA, LGA cases, as well as complex multi-output microcircuits, including SiP technology (systems-in-case). This made it possible to ensure a yield of 99.2%. At the production site of the enterprise, a test program was developed and implemented to control 100% compliance with the declared functionality of microcontrollers.

Start of chip assembly at the facilities of the Kaliningrad plant GS Group

Micron began collecting chips at the facilities of the Kaliningrad plant GS Group in order to cope with a flurry of orders. This became known in early May 2024.

According to Kommersant, Micron organized at GS Group a building - (installing semiconductor crystals in the case) of its own Amur microcontrollers, which are designed for industrial automation devices and the Internet of Things (IoT), wireless peripherals, security systems, monitoring, telemetry and for other consumer and industrial solutions.

source = Micron

According to the source of the publication, Micron failed to provide all customers with finished products, so 400 thousand MIK32 Amur microcontrollers will be built at the site of the Kaliningrad partner.

Since the start of sales at the end of February, we have seen increased interest in our products from companies in various industries, the Element group, which includes Micron, told the newspaper.

According to the director of the company Promobit"" (a manufacturer of servers and) DSS Bitblaze , against the Maxima Koposova background of the course for Russia IT import substitution, the demand for Amur microcontrollers has grown several times, since the installation of this element in equipment can add finished equipment points to pass the registry threshold (Ministry of Industry and Trade gives preferences for public procurement) according to the 719th government decree.

At the same time, one of Kommersant's informants among electronics manufacturers suggested that the partial transfer of the Amur microcontroller enclosure may not be associated with increased interest from customers, but with the fact that Micron needs to occupy its capacities with other products.

There were no reports that the microcontroller began to be massively included in the design of radio electronics, the source added.[1]

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