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Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Vasily Shpak reported this in an interview with RIA Novosti. He clarified that this is not about building from scratch, but about reconstructing existing areas: "There are four main sites in Russia where equipment is manufactured: Moscow, Zelenograd, St. Petersburg and Novosibirsk. There are also enterprises that produce microelectronics and will be consumers of this equipment. It is clear that we will create testing grounds there. It would be very strange to transport equipment across the entire country."
A representative of the press service afghanistan whatsapp resource of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation confirmed plans to reconstruct existing sites to a ComNews correspondent, but specified that the final decision will not be made until 2024: "We are following the path of test sites at existing production facilities - we free up space and test equipment there. The Department of Machine Tool Building is preparing a corresponding concept. Most likely, at first we will try to use existing areas. But for now we are still working on the project. The final decision on how we will start with it will be made in the second quarter of 2024."
Electronics (JSC NIIME) Evgeny Gornev explained the advantage of new testing sites over existing laboratories: "Testing of equipment is part of the process of its creation. The consumer must receive fully debugged and tested equipment. Therefore, it is possible to use existing research centers and laboratories for testing only if the equipment is created according to the technical specifications of this center or laboratory. Abroad, for example, any manufacturer has a division with the appropriate technological conditions for testing equipment."
A representative of the press service of the Russian integrated circuit manufacturer JSC Mikron positively assessed the idea of creating such testing grounds in Russia: "We believe it is right to develop and conduct experimental launches of equipment for the production of microelectronics separately from serial production. This format has already proven its effectiveness. It is successfully used by ITRI in Taiwan, IBM in the USA, CEA-Leti in France, Imec in Belgium. At such testing grounds, it is possible to design individual stages of the technological route and test the full line of equipment, as well as to certify components, spare parts, tools and accessories (SPTA), materials and technological recipes using them. Of course, existing market players should actively participate in order to effectively implement such projects."
The Ministry of Industry and Trade, together with the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation and specialized universities, announced the initiative to create testing grounds for equipment back in July 2023. At that time, the vice-rector of the Moscow Institute of Electronic Technology (NIU MIET) Alexey Pereverzev told the Kommersant newspaper that in order to organize a testing ground in Zelenograd, it was planned to reconstruct and technically re-equip one of the university buildings, which houses the Proton plant for the production of electronic equipment for military and space projects.
"The testing ground will become a platform for the development and transfer of basic technological processes based on new equipment and the training of engineering and scientific personnel together with industrial and academic partners. Each unit of equipment will have a digital twin to reduce the cycle of development and certification of technological processes, and the organization of virtual technological lines will increase the volume of training of specialists in the field of electronic engineering, processes and technologies of the electronic component base," added Alexey Pereverzev.
Also in July 2023, Anatoly Kovalev, CEO of the Zelenograd Nanotechnology Center (ZNTC), spoke about the problem the testing grounds will solve: "The testing ground will solve the problem of debugging and testing equipment. If we test and configure the installations at existing Russian semiconductor factories, of which there are not many in the country, then we will have to disrupt technological processes and stop production."
Also, Kommersant, citing a source in the semiconductor market, reported that the cost of the engineering infrastructure for the test site is about 1.7 billion rubles. At
A representative of the press service afghanistan whatsapp resource of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation confirmed plans to reconstruct existing sites to a ComNews correspondent, but specified that the final decision will not be made until 2024: "We are following the path of test sites at existing production facilities - we free up space and test equipment there. The Department of Machine Tool Building is preparing a corresponding concept. Most likely, at first we will try to use existing areas. But for now we are still working on the project. The final decision on how we will start with it will be made in the second quarter of 2024."
Electronics (JSC NIIME) Evgeny Gornev explained the advantage of new testing sites over existing laboratories: "Testing of equipment is part of the process of its creation. The consumer must receive fully debugged and tested equipment. Therefore, it is possible to use existing research centers and laboratories for testing only if the equipment is created according to the technical specifications of this center or laboratory. Abroad, for example, any manufacturer has a division with the appropriate technological conditions for testing equipment."
A representative of the press service of the Russian integrated circuit manufacturer JSC Mikron positively assessed the idea of creating such testing grounds in Russia: "We believe it is right to develop and conduct experimental launches of equipment for the production of microelectronics separately from serial production. This format has already proven its effectiveness. It is successfully used by ITRI in Taiwan, IBM in the USA, CEA-Leti in France, Imec in Belgium. At such testing grounds, it is possible to design individual stages of the technological route and test the full line of equipment, as well as to certify components, spare parts, tools and accessories (SPTA), materials and technological recipes using them. Of course, existing market players should actively participate in order to effectively implement such projects."
The Ministry of Industry and Trade, together with the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation and specialized universities, announced the initiative to create testing grounds for equipment back in July 2023. At that time, the vice-rector of the Moscow Institute of Electronic Technology (NIU MIET) Alexey Pereverzev told the Kommersant newspaper that in order to organize a testing ground in Zelenograd, it was planned to reconstruct and technically re-equip one of the university buildings, which houses the Proton plant for the production of electronic equipment for military and space projects.
"The testing ground will become a platform for the development and transfer of basic technological processes based on new equipment and the training of engineering and scientific personnel together with industrial and academic partners. Each unit of equipment will have a digital twin to reduce the cycle of development and certification of technological processes, and the organization of virtual technological lines will increase the volume of training of specialists in the field of electronic engineering, processes and technologies of the electronic component base," added Alexey Pereverzev.
Also in July 2023, Anatoly Kovalev, CEO of the Zelenograd Nanotechnology Center (ZNTC), spoke about the problem the testing grounds will solve: "The testing ground will solve the problem of debugging and testing equipment. If we test and configure the installations at existing Russian semiconductor factories, of which there are not many in the country, then we will have to disrupt technological processes and stop production."
Also, Kommersant, citing a source in the semiconductor market, reported that the cost of the engineering infrastructure for the test site is about 1.7 billion rubles. At