NGO KIS

History

2023: Creating a Division to Invest in Electronics Developers

January 13, 2023 it became known about the creation of the Department of Mergers and Acquisitions as part of the research and production association "Critical Information Systems" (NGO CIS; included in Rosatom).

According to Kommersant, by mid-January 2023, employees of the new division are already negotiating "with technology companies, instrument-making organizations and microelectronics developers" about a possible business acquisition.

Rosatom has created a division for investment in electronics developers

Through the procedures of mergers and acquisitions, the newspaper writes, Rosatom plans to build a holding for the development of electronics and its supplies to the public sector as opposed to Rostec.

Rosatom has experience in managing complex technological projects, entering international markets and a sufficient amount of funds for investment in this segment, - quotes the publication of the words of the founder of the SPC Yaroslav Petrichkovich.

The source of the publication claims that NGO KIS will become for Rosatom the basis of a "large vertically integrated holding for work in the electronics and microelectronics market." According to sources in the semiconductor market, the idea of ​ ​ the project in coordination with NGO CIS of existing developers and manufacturers for the production of computer equipment and equipment for critical information infrastructure in the interests of state customers.

As a top manager in the semiconductor market told the publication, the state corporation's plan is for electronics manufacturers to produce products under the order of government agencies for the operation of critical information infrastructure (CII).

In fact, we are observing how the state is building a new Rostec, only on the basis of Rosatom, he adds.

Arseny Brykin, director of the Consortium of Funds, Resources and Technologies for the Production of High-Tech Products Basis, believes that the period while the electronics and microelectronics market is unstable may be favorable for the purchase of assets^[1]

2022: Creation of an enterprise for the production of protected IT equipment by Rosatom

In October 2022, it became known about the creation by Rosatom of an enterprise for the production of protected IT equipment. We are talking about JSC "NPO KIS."

As Kommersant writes with reference to the SPARK-Interfax base, this company was established on September 19, 2022, its authorized capital is 500 million rubles, the main activity is "the production of elements of electronic equipment." Alexey Titarenko, chief designer of the All-Russian Research Institute of Experimental Physics, became the general director of the company.

Rosatom has created an enterprise to produce protected IT equipment

The enterprise will have to form an ecosystem of critical information infrastructure (CII) solutions. Such products will be supplied by both Rosatom State Corporation and a third-party customer. The emergence of the structure will be another step in the implementation of the strategy for import substitution, as well as ensuring the technological independence and security of KII in Russia.

Шаблон:Quote 'If NPO CIS plans to produce equipment completely independent of foreign vendors, it will need to focus on processors and other microelectronic components that do not depend on foreign licensors, the publication says. The President Zelax (produces telecom equipment) Sergey Sukhman emphasizes that if NPO CIS plans to produce equipment completely independent of foreign vendors, he will need to focus on processors and other microelectronic components that do not depend on foreign licensors.

{{quote'So far, this criterion is even partially met only by "Elbrus," he says. }} MCST In (develops processors of this line), they did not comment on possible cooperation with Rosatom. Other developers of domestic processors - "" and Baikal Electronics SPC "" - are developing Elvis processors under license, the the British ARM publication points out.^[2]

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