MCST facts for kids
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| Joint-stock company | |
| Industry | Microprocessors |
| Founded | 1992 |
| Founder | Boris Babayan |
| Headquarters |
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Russia
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| Revenue | $25 million (2017) |
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Operating income
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$1.34 million (2017) |
| $911,252 (2017) | |
| Total assets | $54 million (2017) |
| Total equity | $6.15 million (2017) |
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MCST (which stands for Moscow Center of SPARC Technologies) is a Russian company. It was started in 1992. This company makes microprocessors. Microprocessors are like the "brains" of computers.
MCST's processors have been used in many devices. These include personal computers, servers, and large computing systems. The company designs its microprocessors using two different "instruction set architectures" (ISAs). An ISA is like the special language a processor understands. These two languages are called Elbrus and SPARC. MCST is connected to the famous Lebedev Institute of Precision Mechanics and Computer Engineering.
MCST is also a key part of the Department of Informatics and Computer Engineering. This department is at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. The company works on the Elbrus processor design. They also create a family of powerful microprocessors based on it. These are called VLIW microprocessors. The name "Elbrus" is a clever acronym. It stands for "ExpLicit Basic Resources Utilization Scheduling."
In June 2024, a new processor called Elbrus-2S3 appeared again in Russia. This processor has nine "cores." Cores are like mini-brains inside the main processor. It has two CPU cores, one 3D GPU core, two 2D GPU cores, and four VPU cores. It is made using a 16nm process, which means its tiny parts are very small. This Elbrus-2S3 is a smaller version of the 16-core Elbrus-16S. The 16-core version might also come back if many people want it.
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Cool Processors from MCST
MCST has developed many different processors over the years. Here are some of their important creations:
Early Elbrus Computers
- Elbrus 1 (1973): This was a fourth-generation Soviet computer. It was designed by Vsevolod Burtsev. It used a special "tag-based" design. It also used ALGOL as its main programming language.
- Elbrus 2 (1977): This computer had 10 processors. It was known as the first Soviet supercomputer. It used faster chips to improve the Elbrus 1 design.
- Elbrus 3 (1986): This was a 16-processor computer. It was designed by Boris Babayan. It had a completely different design from the earlier Elbrus computers. It used a VLIW architecture, which helps it do many things at once.
SPARC-Based Processors
- Elbrus-90micro (1998–2010): This was a line of computers. They were based on SPARC processors. These included chips like the MCST R80, R150, R500, R500S, MCST-4R (MCST-R1000), and MCST-R2000. They worked at speeds from 80 MHz to 2000 MHz.
Modern Elbrus Processors
- Elbrus-3M1 (2005): This computer had two processors. It used the Elbrus 2000 microprocessor. It worked at 300 MHz. This was an improved version of the older Elbrus 3.
- Elbrus МВ3S1/C (2009): This computer had four processors. It used the Elbrus-S microprocessor. It worked at 500 MHz.
- Elbrus-2S+ (2011): This was a dual-core (two brains) processor. It was based on the Elbrus 2000. It worked at 500 MHz. It could do 16 billion calculations per second (GFlops).
- Elbrus-2SM (2014): Another dual-core processor. It was based on the Elbrus 2000. It worked at 300 MHz. It could do 9.6 billion calculations per second.
- Elbrus-4S (2014): This was a quad-core (four brains) processor. It used the Elbrus 2000. It worked at 800 MHz. It could do 50 billion calculations per second.
- Elbrus-8S (2014–2015): This was an octa-core (eight brains) processor. It was based on the Elbrus 2000. It worked at 1300 MHz. It could do 250 billion calculations per second.
- Elbrus-8SV (2018): An improved octa-core processor. It used the Elbrus 2000. It worked at 1500 MHz. It could do 576 billion calculations per second.
- Elbrus-16S (2021): This is a powerful 16-core processor. It is based on the Elbrus 2000. It works at 2000 MHz. It can do 750 billion calculations per second for some tasks. For other tasks, it can do 1.5 trillion calculations per second (TFlops).
- Elbrus-32S (Planned for 2025): This will be a very powerful 32-core processor. It will be based on the Elbrus 2000. It is expected to work at 2500 MHz. It could do 1.5 trillion calculations per second.
See also
In Spanish: MCST para niños
