Saturday, August 27, 2022

Russia's long-time chips failure coming home to roost - Asia Times

Russia's long-time chips failure coming home to roost - Asia Times
  • Russia will never be a first-rate power without a capable, innovative and commercially-oriented semiconductor industry
"In 1962, two Americans who spied for Russia and defected, Alfred Sarant and Joel Barr, proposed to turn the new Russian city of Zelenograd (“green city”) into a microelectronics and computer development and manufacturing center. 
Zelenograd thus became the heart and soul of Russia’s effort to build modern electronics for its military. 
But it soon failed in its mission and the legacy of failure continues to this day..."

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