Saturday, August 1, 2009

The government has decided to merge Angstrem and Micron

Minpromtorg studies a question of association of two Russian microelectronic factories Angstrem and Micron (enters in Sitroniks, supervised AFK System) on manufacture of sdmi-conductor components in the size of 90 nanometers. With such statement has acted zamglavy the ministries. Jury Borisov. , informs Interfax.

According to Borisov, at the given stage the Micron project on manufacture of chips of 90 nanometers is actually started, and factory Angstrema realisation was tightened. In 2011 Russia can receive two factories with identical technological parametres which will compete in the same grocery niches, considers Borisov. Association - process uneasy as behind two projects there are private companies - AFK System and group of companies Angstrem, but both projects are financed in VYeBe, the detached onlooker, and the serious player who can promote this association are supported through realisation of federal target programs, therefore the state here noot, - representative Minpromtorga has declared.

In 2008, in interview to magazine CNews, Jury Borisov expressed an opposite position: Both for Angstrema, and for Micron of a sphere of action will suffice.

Presence of two, instead of one factories - is always better for many reasons. From the point of view of the state is a technological and information safety. From the point of view of a competition is a stimulus to development. Why the ministry position has cardinally changed today, it is necessary to guess only. Jury Borisov has not answered call CNews.

Other representative Minpromtorga has on the condition of anonymity informed that full association of actives of two enterprises is supposed. On Monday, on July, 27th, representatives of Angstrema and Micron will discuss, as he said, this question in Minpromtorge. In opinion. Dmitry Milovantseva.

, chairman of board of directors Angstrem, it is logical to begin association of two enterprises with association of grocery rulers. Workings out of new chips for microelectronic factories cost ten millions dollars and if both companies play one market creation of products is logical for conducting in common, - he considers. Further, at creation of manufacture of chips with the topological sizes 65 and 45 nanometers, as he said, make sense to unite and at level of manufactures. In System CNews press-service AFK have informed that know about idea of association of two enterprises, but official proposals in this respect did not receive. Representatives of Sitroniksa were inaccessible to comments.

The source in Micron has informed CNews that the question of association of two enterprises lay on a surface for a long time already. The Russian market of microelectronics small, therefore to two players on it is not present a place, - he speaks. - on the other hand, presence of two enterprises creates a competition, but at their association we will compete also to foreign players. Zelenograd Angstrem, entering into group Angstrem, has put 100 % of actions for reception of the credit from Foreign trade and investment bank for the sum of 815 million euro off the beginning of 2008 On this money equipment AMD for manufacture of chips in the size of 130 nanometers and factory building in Zelenograd which at present is not finished has been paid. Sitroniks also it was financed through parent company AFK System at VYeBa, and recently has entered into the agreement with Rosnano about attraction 6,5 mlrd rub for building on Micron of manuacture of integrated schemes on technology of 90 nanometers.

Both enterprises intend to let out chips for equipment GLONASS, biopassports and prefixes of digital TV.

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