NTC Module

NTC "Module" was established in 1990 by well-known enterprises of the military-industrial complex - NPO "Vympel" and the Research Institute of Radio Ribor Engineering. Over its history, the NTC "Module" has gone from applied research in the field of pattern recognition to the development of unique hardware for digital processing of signals and images and the construction of functionally completed computing complexes on their basis.

Aktivs

NTC "Module" has highly qualified personnel, modern computer equipment and technologies necessary for conducting knowledge-intensive research, development and small-scale production of various electronic equipment.

Areas of activity

• development and manufacture of embedded and onboard computers for critical applications;
• development and manufacture of hardware and software systems for image recognition;
• design of semi-order digital and analog-to-digital integrated circuits;
• development and manufacture of high-performance signal and image processing facilities.

If necessary, control over the work of the STC "Module" can be carried out by the Representative Office of the Customer of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

History

2022: Inclusion on the US sanctions list

In March 2022, the STC "Module" was included in the sanctions SDN-list USA^[1]

Russian IT companies that fell under US, EU and British sanctions in 2022-2024 TAdviser map

Map of sub-sanctioned IT companies. Click to enlarge

TAdviser has drawn up a map the Russian IT of -companies that fell under sanctions in 2022-2024. and USA EU. Britain It included, among other things, the company NTC "Module." The article about the map can be found here.

2021: Plan to launch the production of microelectronic products in the Novgorodskaya SEZ

On June 3, 2021, the Module Scientific and Technical Center and the Government of the Novgorod Region signed a cooperation agreement. The document was signed by the General Director of the NTC "Module" Andrei Adamov and the Governor of the Novgorod Region Andrei Nikitin.

According to the agreement, in the special economic zone of the industrial and production type "Novgorod" STC "Module" plans to implement the project "Creation of microelectronic production," which involves the design, construction and commissioning of a large production of microelectronic modules of multi-chip assemblies using SiP technology (system-in-package, system-in-building). The total usable production area will be 4 thousand square meters. Within the framework of the project, about 200 jobs will be created, of which more than 120 are high-tech. The project is planned to be implemented in cooperation with a foreign technological partner.

The estimated volume of investments will be 1 billion rubles. Their main part will be directed to the construction of a production building, the purchase of equipment and the creation of production premises. The investment cycle should be completed in the third year after the launch of the project. The main sources of financing for the project at the investment stage will be borrowed funds. The volume of the company's own funds is estimated at 200 million rubles.

The main consumers of future production products are enterprises with the so-called special requirements (enterprises of the space industry, fuel and energy complex, etc.), as well as manufacturers of computer and telecommunications equipment that solve the problems of increasing the level of localization in Russia.

The volume of tax privileges the SEZ will optimize selling prices for components by 10-13%, which, together with measures state to support Russian microelectronic products, will make it possible to compete with the offers of world vendors for. microelectronics market

2019: Agreement with Hi-Tech and Element on cooperation in the development of AI technologies in Russia

On December 13, 2019, the Element company informed TAdviser that it had agreed with the STC Module and the Hi-Tech group of companies on joint actions to create hardware platforms and solutions in the field of artificial intelligence technologies (AI) in Russia. Read more here.

2011: 90nm chip for digital set-top boxes begins production

In March 2011, it became known that in the fall of 2011, the production of a domestic 90 nm chip for digital set-top boxes, developed by the Module design center, will begin. The developers have already agreed with General Satellite to produce consoles based on it. Market experts say this is a big step forward for the domestic industry, although leading manufacturers are already producing telechips on the 45 nm topology.

The production of the first domestic chip for digital television will begin in the fall of 2011 after completing work^[2] its software firmware, Anton] Shkurenko, a representative of the developer of the design center microcircuit of the NTC Module^[2] CNews.

The chip with the codename K1879KhB1Ya developed in the 90 nm topology, production lines for which do not exist in Russia (such a line is currently in the process of installation at Zelenograd Micron, a plant representative told CNews). The chip will be produced by Fujitsu in Japan. The management of the NTC "Module" declares that its product can become a full-fledged replacement for foreign-made chips.

Ready-made chips can be used in set-top boxes, including for high-definition TV, and terrestrial, satellite and cable television receivers.

STC "Module" has already agreed on the production of set-top boxes for receiving a digital signal with General Satellite, an association of developers and manufacturers of set-top boxes, whose partners are, in particular, the broadcasters NTV-Plus and Tricolor TV. General Satellite enterprises are located in Technopolice Gusev in the Kalinigrad region.

The estimated production volumes of set-top boxes for digital TV were not reported, however, STC "Module" plans to produce on Fujitsu "from 100 thousand to 500 thousand chips per year." At the same time, it is domestic manufacturers of set-top boxes that will become the main sales market for them.

Mikhail Medrish, technical director of Akado, believes that the estimated sales volume in the digital television set-top box market is quite small: "DVB-T (digital terrestrial television) in large cities will have very low penetration, since each apartment already has a cable (DVB-C). The main area for receiving numbers from the air is rather not cities, but areas with loose buildings (suburbs). Therefore, the overall scale of this activity in Russia is less than if we count the population head-on. "

However, the expert says, success can await manufacturers of domestic chips if they can go beyond the Russian market with their products: "This is a difficult task, but solved - with political support and financial investments."

Another expert on the television equipment market noted that "now the leading chipmakers - Broadcom, STMicroelectronics, Trident, Intel - are already producing their chipsets in 45 nm topology. "Module" has developed a chipset using 90 nm technology, and this is normal for today, since in any case this is a step forward for the Russian manufacturer. "

2008: Victory in the tender of the Ministry of Industry and Trade for the development of technologies for creating electronic modules of the MPEG-4 decoder

In October 2008, the Ministry of Industry and Trade held a tender for "Development of basic technologies for creating unified electronic modules of the MPEG-4 decoder for digital television receivers." Design Center "Module" won the competition with an application for 58 million rubles.

Permits

NTC "Module" has the following permits:

• license of the Federal Agency for Industry for the development of weapons and military equipment;
• license of the Federal Agency for Industry for the production of weapons and military equipment;
• license of the Federal Security Service of Russia to carry out work using information constituting a state secret;
• license of the Federal Service for Technical and Export Control to carry out measures and (or) provide services in the field of protection of state secrets (in terms of countering foreign technical intelligence);
• the license of the Russian Aviation and Space Agency for space activities (the creation and production of rocket and space technology in terms of research and development work on the development and manufacture of electronic computing tools, including computers, software and algorithmic software, computer and information networks).

STC "Module" has state accreditation of a scientific organization (certificate of the Ministry of Industry, Science and Technology), as well as a license of the Federal Service for Supervision in the Field of Education and Science for the right to conduct educational activities in the field of postgraduate vocational education (postgraduate) in the scientific specialty 05.13.01 (system analysis, management and information processing (technical sciences)).

Major achievements

• In cooperation with OJSC RSC Energia named after S.P. Koroleva, FSUE NII Argon and LLC NPO Rubikon-Innovation, a number of onboard computers for the Yamal-200 communication spacecraft, as well as the Zarya functional and cargo unit and the Zvezda service module, which are part of the International Space Station;

• Central processor modules used in multifunctional indicators (MTsP-9, MTP-15) are developed and mass-produced;

• On-board integrated computer systems (BIVK) were developed, manufactured and successfully passed ground experimental development (including as part of spacecraft);

• Samples of on-board computers (BVM) were developed and manufactured completely on the domestic element base;

• Samples of digital computer for field tests (CVM12) were developed and manufactured;

• Samples of a television signal conversion unit (VPTS) designed for joint processing of several video streams have been developed and manufactured;

• The original microprocessor RISC/DSP-architecture NeuroMatrix was developed and patented, the first processor of this series was manufactured - L1879VM1 is one of the world's first 64-bit digital signal processing processors, which has no world analogues in some characteristics;

• A line of high-performance digital signal processing processors with VLIW/SIMD vector-matrix architecture is being developed based on the patented 64-bit NeuroMatrix® processor core. So, in 2009, the first samples of the 1879VM4 chip (NM6405) were obtained, and in 2011 the next NM6406 processor is expected to appear with an increased performance by 2 times;

• The SBIS of the first domestic fully software receiver was developed, designed for GLONASSGPS multi-system//GALILEO/COMPASS noise-proof navigation equipment of users, as well as for receivers of digital broadcasting, cellular communications and a wide range of digital signal processing. The receiver is made in the form of an on-chip system using modern 90nm CMOS technology.

• In 2002 The SBIS of the 1879VM3 system-on-a-chip class of digital processing and synthesis of ultra-wideband signals in real time has been developed, which is still a unique domestic development for systems using DRFM.

• The BIS 1879VA1T is a universal communication machine (terminal) of a multiplex data transmission channel according to GOST R 52070-2003. LSI 1879VA1T provides a flexible interface with 16 and 8-bit microprocessors of various families, internal shared RAM 4Kx16, expandable to 64Kx16 when using external RAM, operation in the modes of the bus controller (KS), terminal device (OC) and bus monitor (MT) of the MCP, with programmable selection of the required mode of operation;

• The BIS K1895VA1T was developed, which is a radiation-resistant analogue of the 1879VA1T, work is underway to master serial production in the domestic ceramic metal building;

• In cooperation with FSUE NPO Avtomatika, Yekaterinburg, a hybrid microassembly of the MKPD interface according to GOST R 52070-2003 in a radiation-resistant version of the K2605VG1T has been developed, combining a universal communication machine MKPD (K1895VA1T) and a redundant transceiver. Work is underway to master the serial production of microassembly;

• Results of research and development of element base for the MKPD interface in accordance with GOST P 52070-2003 formed the basis of the developed and serially released tool modules of interface of PEVM to MKPD: MB26.14 (PCI format, the KSh/OU/MT modes), MB26.16 (the PCI format, the KSh/OU/MT modes and a tester of legal characteristics of devices of the interface), MB26.20 (the desktop block interfaced to PEVM on USB tire, the KSh/OU/MT modes);

• A hardware and software platform for computer-aided design of the digital television signal decoder SBIS (DTCS SBIS) has been developed, are in debugging the DTCS SBIS and a kit for developing a digital set-top box based on the DTCS SBIS;

• A package of SF blocks suitable for use in other projects has been developed: a high-resolution video controller unit, a multi-channel audio controller unit, a data transport stream demultiplexer unit, a cryptoprocessor, a NAND Flash memory interface, a DVB-CI port and a smart card;

• Traffic-Monitor, a comprehensive solution for building a distributed network for monitoring traffic flows, has been developed and is being produced for the road industry.

Awards

• Gold medal at Eureka's "99 'Innovations and Inventions' exhibition in Brussels. The World exhibition of invention Research and industrial innovation. Brussels, 16.11.1999 Organizing Committee for Participation of Russian Enterprises and Organizations in the World Salon of Inventions

• Medal and Diploma of the IV Moscow International Salon of Innovation and Investment for participation in the organization and conduct of the salon. Moscow, All-Russian Exhibition Center, 25-28.02.2004 VK "OP VVC" SCIENCE AND EDUCATION. "

• Diploma of the participant of the Golden Chip competition in the nomination "For contribution to the development of Russian electronics," Moscow, ChipExpo, 19.09.2006 by the decision of the jury of the Golden Chip competition.

• Medal "Guarantee of quality and safety" competition "National security." Diploma to the medal for the development of the SBIS 1879VM3 system-on-a-chip. Moscow, III Moscow International Industrial Fair "MIIF-2004," 23.11.2004 by the Decision of the Competition Committee represented by the Chairman of the Competition Committee of the President of the All-Russian Quality Organization Academician G.P. Voronin

• Certificate of honor for active participation in the scientific and practical conference of military and dual technologies "New technologies in radio electronics and control systems," Saratov, 2003. Signed by General Director of RASU G.V. Kozlov

• Evidence of the competition of Russian innovations-2003. Finalist of the Russian innovation competition. Intelligent Transport Detector Project Traffic-Monitor. 2003. Signed by the head of the project "Competition of Russian Innovations" D.S. Medovnikov and General Director of ZAO "Journal Expert" A.N. Pryvalov

• Gratitude to OJSC GAZKOM for the creation of modules of computing devices for the Yamal space complex. Signed by Director General of GAZKOM OJSC N.N. Sevastyanov

• Diploma of the Hanover Industrial Fair for fate in the exhibition "Russia is a partner country." Hanover. 11-15.04.2005. By the decision of the Executive Directorate. Head of the Executive Directorate - Yu.N. Koptev.

• Diploma of the exhibition society "Ural Exhibitions" exhibition "Electronics 2000" for the development of a domestic processor for digital processing of L18979VM1 signals (NM6403). Yekaterinburg, 19-22.09.2000 Signed by the Chairman of the Jury, Deputy Head of the Rossvyaznadzor Department for the Sverdlovsk Region V.A. Lebedev

• Diploma of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation Federal Agency for Science of the Russian Federation for active participation in the exhibition "Promising Technologies of the XXI Century." Moscow, All-Russian Exhibition Center, 18-21.05.2004 Signed by the Head of the Federal Agency for Science of the Russian Federation S.N. Mazurenko

• Diploma for the revival of the scientific and industrial complex of Russia and participation in the VI international exhibition-congress "High technologies. Innovation. Investments. " Saint Petersburg, 12-15.06.2001. Signed by the Governor of St. Petersburg V.A. Yakovlev.

• Diploma of the III International Industrial Fair. M. 07-10.09.2004. Laureate of the competition of the III International specialized exhibition "Radioelectronics and Communications" for the development of SBIS 1879VM3. 2004 Signed by Chairman of the Competition Committee, Rector of the Moscow Institute of Radioelectronics and Automation A.S. Sigov

• Diploma of Samsung Electronics and SID Rassian Chapter II degree for active participation in the competition of ideas "Promising display technologies and image processing methods" and creative contribution to the development of high technologies, as well as international scientific and technical cooperation. Moscow, 14.09.2004. Signed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Visual Display Division PARK Yung Jun и Society for Information Display Rassian Chapter BELYAEV Victor;

• Gratitude from the Department of Logistics of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, 10.11.2005 Signed by the head of the department of information and telecommunication technologies and communications of the Department of Logistics of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia Trushin S.V.;

• Diploma of the international specialized exhibition-forum "Road," 22-25.11.2010 Signed by A.I. Agalarov, President of Crocus International CJSC;

• Diploma of the participant of the contest "Golden Chip" in the nomination "The best products of Russian electronics and microelectronics 2009-2010," Signed by: Chairman of the jury Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Yu.I. Borisov and General Director of CJSC "ChipEXPO" A.G. Bilenko;

• Diplomas of the DSPA, ExpoElectronica and ChipExpo exhibitions for participation.

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