<s>
Baikal	B-General_Concept
CPU	I-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
line	O
of	O
MIPS	B-Device
and	O
ARM-based	O
microprocessors	B-Architecture
developed	O
by	O
fabless	B-Algorithm
design	O
firm	O
Baikal	B-General_Concept
Electronics	I-General_Concept
,	O
a	O
spin-off	O
of	O
the	O
Russian	O
supercomputer	O
company	O
T-Platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Judging	O
by	O
the	O
information	O
available	O
from	O
online	O
sources	O
Baikal	B-General_Concept
Electronics	I-General_Concept
have	O
selected	O
a	O
different	O
approach	O
compared	O
to	O
other	O
Russian	O
microprocessor	B-Architecture
initiatives	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Elbrus-2SM	B-General_Concept
,	O
Elbrus-8S	B-General_Concept
by	O
MCST	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Multiclet	B-General_Concept
line	O
of	O
chips	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
design	O
by	O
Baikal	B-General_Concept
Electronics	I-General_Concept
is	O
based	O
on	O
existing	O
commercial	O
IP	B-Architecture
Cores	I-Architecture
from	O
Imagination	O
Technologies	O
and	O
ARM	O
Holdings	O
,	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
more	O
innovative	O
approach	O
of	O
Multiclet	B-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
the	O
Elbrus	B-Device
CPU	O
which	O
has	O
a	O
history	O
dating	O
back	O
to	O
the	O
Elbrus	B-Device
supercomputers	I-Device
from	O
the	O
Soviet	O
Union	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
T-NANO	O
,	O
a	O
future	O
investor	O
in	O
Baikal	B-General_Concept
Electronics	I-General_Concept
,	O
registered	O
on	O
march	O
3	O
,	O
2012	O
as	O
a	O
joint	O
venture	O
of	O
T-Platformi	O
(	O
50.5	O
%	O
)	O
and	O
the	O
Russian	O
Direct	O
Investment	O
Fund	O
(	O
49.5	O
%	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
the	O
first	O
processor	O
being	O
developed	O
(	O
Baikal-T1	O
or	O
BE-T1000	O
)	O
MIPS	B-Device
architecture	I-Device
by	O
Imagination	O
Technologies	O
and	O
28	O
nm	O
process	O
were	O
chosen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
may	O
27	O
,	O
2014	O
T-Nano	O
formally	O
became	O
an	O
investor	O
in	O
the	O
development	O
,	O
production	O
and	O
sales	O
of	O
Baikal	O
processors	O
in	O
a	O
tri-party	O
agreement	O
between	O
T-Nano	O
,	O
Baikal	B-General_Concept
Electronics	I-General_Concept
and	O
T-Platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
March	O
,	O
2015	O
,	O
Synopsys	O
Inc	O
.	O
announced	O
that	O
Baikal	B-General_Concept
Electronics	I-General_Concept
has	O
selected	O
Synopsys	O
Solutions	O
to	O
accelerate	O
design	O
and	O
verification	O
of	O
their	O
advanced	O
System	O
on	O
chips	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
May	O
,	O
2015	O
,	O
Baikal	B-General_Concept
Electronics	I-General_Concept
and	O
Imagination	O
Technologies	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
first	O
commercial	O
Baikal	O
microprocessor	B-Architecture
will	O
be	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
MIPS	B-Device
Warrior	O
P5600	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
will	O
be	O
called	O
Baikal-T1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
May	O
15	O
,	O
2015	O
Baikal	B-General_Concept
Electronics	I-General_Concept
was	O
granted	O
two	O
licenses	O
from	O
the	O
state	O
security	O
certification	O
center	O
(	O
part	O
of	O
FSB	O
)	O
,	O
permitting	O
development	O
and	O
distribution	O
of	O
cryptographic	O
,	O
data	O
exchange	O
and	O
telecommunications	O
systems	O
(	O
0011055	O
14287Н	O
and	O
0012494	O
14964Н	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
compulsory	O
for	O
further	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
November	O
6	O
,	O
2015	O
Baikal	B-General_Concept
Electronics	I-General_Concept
was	O
contracted	O
by	O
the	O
state	O
Russian	O
Fund	O
of	O
Technology	O
Development	O
(	O
the	O
former	O
name	O
for	O
the	O
Fund	O
for	O
Industry	O
Development	O
)	O
under	O
the	O
federal	O
procurement	O
program	O
“	O
Development	O
of	O
Electronic	O
Components	O
Production	O
and	O
Radio	O
Electronics	O
for	O
2008-2015	O
”	O
by	O
the	O
Trade	O
Ministry	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
run	O
on	O
a	O
test	O
motherboard	O
was	O
performed	O
on	O
October	O
,	O
28th	O
,	O
successfully	O
booting	O
a	O
Linux-like	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Baikal-T1	O
mainly	O
targets	O
applications	O
for	O
networking	O
and	O
industrial	O
automation	O
,	O
with	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
hardware	O
support	O
for	O
virtualization	B-General_Concept
and	O
a	O
high	O
performance	O
128-bit	O
SIMD	B-Device
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
computer	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Baikal-T1	O
CPU	O
,	O
SM750	O
Graphics	B-Architecture
processing	I-Architecture
unit	I-Architecture
and	O
the	O
Debian	O
Linux	B-Application
as	O
the	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2021	O
,	O
Baikal	B-General_Concept
Electronics	I-General_Concept
announced	O
that	O
it	O
had	O
started	O
shipping	O
the	O
BE-M1000	O
,	O
a	O
System	B-Architecture
on	I-Architecture
a	I-Architecture
Chip	I-Architecture
with	O
eight	O
ARM	O
Cortex-A57	O
cores	O
,	O
an	O
8-core	O
Mali-T628	O
GPU	B-Architecture
,	O
HDMI	O
,	O
PCI	O
Express	O
,	O
10Gb	O
Ethernet	O
and	O
SATA	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Baikal	B-General_Concept
Electronics	I-General_Concept
plans	O
to	O
ship	O
15.000	O
CPUs	O
per	O
month	O
,	O
mostly	O
to	O
Russian	O
state-owned	O
companies	O
running	O
government-approved	O
software	O
such	O
as	O
Astra	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
