Baikal Electronics, a Russian developer of processors and system-on-chips, is gearing up to develop AI processors to address the country's needs for artificial intelligence applications. The venture expected to span three years and costing potentially 2 billion rubles ($21.25 million), according to estimates by a former employee of MCST, another Russian CPU developer.
"A new division has been formed to develop a lineup of specialized chips for artificial intelligence, which will adopt the best architectural practices existing at the moment," said Andrey Evdokimov, chief executive of Baikal, in an interview with CNews. "A key task for the team is to build a software ecosystem for the new processors."
