The Russian supercomputers have reached Southern Africa

The Russian company of the T-platform and the National supercomputer centre of Southern Africa have signed the cooperation agreement. Joint plans assume use of the supercomputer systems developed Russian, in the projects realised by the South African supercomputer centre.

Within the limits of the T-platform agreement will put to the African party T-Blade 2. This blejd-syste with high computing density, possibility to create supercomputers level.

To provide qualitative introduction and timely support of supercomputer systems of the T-platform in Southern Africa, the Russian company plans to involve one of the local IT Companies in cooperation. Its experts will pass all-round training and practice in the Russian projects of the T-platform. As a result the South African partners can is high-grade to advance on cobtinent the Russian decisions.

This second agreement concluded by the company of the T-platform with � by partners – has beggun recently cooperation with the largest Finnish supercomputer cenntre CSC.

Net profit IBM in the second quarter 2009 has increased by 12 %

The corporation declared financial results for the second quarter 2009 Net profit in the second quarter 2009 is fixed at a rate of $3,1 mlrd that on 12 % more than a similar indicator in $2,8 mlrd, received in the second quarter 2008 Marzha of net profit has grown on 3,0 points and has made 13,3 %; marzha profits to a deduction of taxes has made 18,3 %, having increased by 4,1 points (the biggest growth for more than 3 years), is told in the company message. The profit on current activity counting on one ordinary action taking into account the given out options and encouragements with actions has reached $2,32 that on 18 % exceeds a similar accounting indicator for the second quarter 2008 making $1,97 for the action. Cumulative incomes in the second quarter 2009 have made $23,3 mlrd, having decreased on 13 % in comparison with a similar accounting indicator of second quarter 2008 IBM has raised the forecast of profit for the action following the results of 2009 from $9,20 to $9,70 (to a deduction of taxes). The company also expects that following the results of 2009 its profit (to a deduction of taxes) from software sales will grow the rates expressed by a two-place indicator, and will reach approximately $8 billion In the second quarter 2009 cumulative incomes IBM in Northern and to the South America have made $9,9 mlrd that on 9 % below accounting indicators for the similar period of 2008 Incomes of activity IBM in the countries of Europe, the Near East and Africa have made $7,9 mlrd that on 20 % below a corresponding last year's indicator.

Incomes of activity in the countries of Asian-Pacific region have decreased on 7 % to $4,9 billion Incomes of activity of OEM-manufacturers have made $537 million that on 24 % below a similar indicator of the second quarter 2008 Incomes IBM in the regional growing markets have decreased for 11 % and have made 18 % from the company aggregate profit in world regions. Cumulative incomes of global granting of services (Total Global Services) in the second quarter 2009 have decreased on 12 %; thus the profit (to a deduction of taxes) has grown on 23 %. Incomes of granting of services in segment Global Technology Services have decreased for 10 % to $9,1 billion In segment Global Business Services incomes of delivery of services have decreased on 15 % to $4,3 billion In second quarter 2009 IBM has concluded service contracts for a total sum of $14 mlrd that on 5 % below a similar indicator of the second quarter 2008, including 17 service contracts in cost more than $100 million In the second quarter 2008 The total amount of the concluded service contracts covering services of consulting and system integration, and also the integrated technological services, has decreased for 14 % and has made in money terms $6 billion At the same time, the total amount concluded autsorsingovyh contracts has increased by 3 % to $8 billion As of June, 30th, 2009 the estimated volume of operating service contracts has made in money terms $132 mlrd – in comparison with $126 mlrd as of March, 31st, 2009 Incomes of realisation ON in the second quarter 2009 have made $5,2 mlrd that on 7 % below similar result of the second quarter 2008 Incomes of sales of key software products IBM of a binding layer (middleware), including WebSphere, Information Management, Tivoli, Lotus and Rational, have made $3,0 mlrd, having shkwn recession in 2 % concerning a corresponding quarter indicator of 2008 Incomes of sales of operating systems in comparison with the second quarter of last year division Systems Incomes and Technology Group in the second quarter 2009 have decreased for 11 % to $529 million have made $3,9 mlrd, having decreased on 26 %. Incomes in a segment of server systems (Systems) have decreased also for 26 %.

20 %-s' recession of incomes of division of systems of data storage System Storage and 23 %-s' recession of incomes of division of microelectronics (Microelectronics) is noted also, and here incomes of deliveries of decisions for retail trade (Retail Store Solutions) have fallen in the second quarter 2009 to 41 %. Incomes of division Global Financing following the results of the second quarter 2009 have decreased for 10 % to $568 million The general total profitability of corporation IBM in the second quarter 2009 has made 45,5 % – against 43,2 % in the second quarter 2008 Growth of this indicator is caused, mainly, higher indicators marzhi have arrived in segments of services and ON, have explained in IBM. The operating tax rate applied to IBM in the second quarter 2009, has made 27,2 % against 27,5 % in the second quarter 2008 the Average quantity of ordinary actions IBM being in circulation, taking into account the given out options and encouragements with actions, has made in accounting quarter 1,34 mlrd actions (1,40 mlrd actions in the second quarter 2008 ). As of June, 30th, 2009 in circulation were 1,31 mlrd ordinary shares of company.

The general debts IBM, including division Global Financing debts, have made $29,4 mlrd in comparison with $33,9 mlrd on the end of 2008 Without Global Financing the general debts have made $6,6 mlrd, having decreased from the end of 2008 on $3 mlrd; as a result the relation of debts to capitalisation has decreased from 48,7 % to 35,0 %. IBM has finished the second quarter 2009 with a cash for the sum of $12,5 mlrd at a free monetary stream in $3,4 mlrd, excepting division Global Financing debts. The company has compensated to shareholders of $2,4 mlrd by means of dividends at a rate of $732 million and the return repayment of actions for the sum $1,7 billion Profit IBM on current activity during first six months 2009 which has ended on June, 30th, 2009, is fixed at a rate of $5,4 mlrd that on 6 % more than the given indicator for the similar period of 2008 Which made $5,1 billion Following the results of first two quarers 2009 profit IBM on current activity counting on one ordinary action, taking into account the given out options and encouragements with actions, has reached $4,02 that on 11 % exceeds the similar accounting indicator of first two quarters 2008 making $3,61 for tthe action.

Intel in losses for the first time for 23 years

Company Intel has delivered the financial report on US GAAP for 2nd sq. 2009 According to its data, as a whole the gain for this period has made $8 billion However a corporation dead loss for the accounting period is measured by $398 million (from them $38 million losses on investments into securities and payment of percent). Operational costs for accounting quarter have made $12 million, loss on the action - $0,07. Year before net profit Intel for similar three months has made $1,6 billion Intel for the first time since 1986 has finished quarter with a dead loss. The corporation reporting was knocked down by the considered penalty at a rate of $1,45 mlrd, on the company the European market regulators. If not it not on GAAP net profit Intel would make about $0,18 on the action.

Despite it, investors and representatives Intel look at results of corporation c optimism. Financial results Intel for the second quarter reflect improvement of market conditions in a segment of personal computers: We have shown the maximum growth of results of the second quarter in comparison with the first since 1988 We expect that second half of year traditionally will appear even more strongly, - the president and CEO Intel has commented. Floor of Otellini. (Paul Otellini).

Strategic investments Intel into new technologies and innovative products, together with the further orientation on efficiency of operations, will continue to bear fruit in the form of strengthening of our financial indicators, - he has added. Despite losses, the market has positively apprehended report Intel. In 3rd quarter 2009 Intel predicts the income at a rate of $8,5 mlrd ($400 million plus/minus), a dead loss from investments into securities and as a resut payments of percent at level $80 million Total profit, under own forecasts of the company, in 3rd sq. will increase by 53 % plus/minus of 2 % in comparison with 51 % for the previous period. As transfers Reuters, the publication of financial results Intel was favorably reflected in the auctions by company securities.

So, following the results of the expanded tradimg session in the USA actions Intel have grown almost on 8,5 %.

At the auctions in Frankfurt the action price has increased by 8,1 %.

In spite of the fact that Intel feels on itself consequences of economic recession and reduction of IT Expenses, Pol Otellini has declared in April that personal computer sales were as much as possible low in 1st quarter, and now the market comes back to the seasonal tendencies. In the accounting period of sale Intel in Asia have grown on 21 % and have made $4,41 mlrd, they also have increased by 12 % in Northern and Southern Americas and have decreased on 9,4 % in Europe. As processors Intel are used in more than 75 % of the personal computer all over the world, financial result of the company are a barometre of a condition of all world computer sector.

Rosnano and Sitroniks will start a batch production of integrated schemes in Russia

Supervisory board Rosnano has approved participation of corporation in the project on creation of a domestic production of the superbig integrated schemes on a basis nanoyеlektronnoi technologies with design norms 90 nanometrov.

The Russian chips for the smart cards used in electronic passports, driver's licences and certificates on registration of vehicles, bank and social cards, SIM-cards for mobile phones, and chips for RFID-labels (radio-frequency identification labels) become project end-products. Also the integrated schemes which are let out within the limits of the project, will be claimed in devices of satellite navigationn GLONASS/GPS and digital television hookups.

The total amounnt of financing of the project will make 16,5 mlrd the Partner and soinvestorom to corporation in the project there is one of leaders in manufacture of the Russian microelectronics company Sitroniks. For project realisation the design company in which authorised capital soinvestor will bring an industrial line on release of integrated schemes, and will be created by Rosnano – will enclose 6,5 billion Project will be realised on the basis of an industrial platform and infrastructure NIIMYe and the Micron, a part Sitroniks.

As a result of realisation of the project of Sitroniks becomes the centre of the further development of microelectronic branch in Russia. Within the limits of the project the licence of one of leading world manufacturers of semi-conductor devices – companies ST Microelectronics – on technological process of manufacturing of integrated schemes with design norms 90 nanometrov will be used. Creation of the design centre which will carry out designing of own chips Also is supposed.

Rosnano and Renova will create the joint venture on manufacture of solar batteries

The Russian corporation nanotehnologii () and Group of companies Renova frameworks of the Petersburg international economic forum have signed the investment agreement on joint venture creation on manufacture of solar modules on the basis of technology of thin films Oerlikon Solar (Switzerland).

As it was already informed in May, supervisory board Rosnano has approved corporation participation in on manufacture of solar modules on the basis of technology f thin films.

The financing total amount will make 20,1 mlrd the Size of the contribution of GK Rosnano in an authorised capital stock the corporation will make 3,7 mlrd Besides, will give to joint venture extra financing in volume 9,8 mlrd Thus a share of Rosnano in a joint venture authorised capital stock will make 49 %. The group of companies Renova will own 51 % of an authorised capital stock and to be responsible for business development, is told in the joint press release of Rosnano and Renova.

The factory on manufacture of solar modules will be placed in territory of an industrial platform of Open Society Himprom, Novocheboksarsk the Chuvash republic, a designed capacity one million solar modules a year that there corresponds 120 MVT/YEAR. The project beginning is planned for 3 quarter 2009, the exit on a designed capacity is expected in the fourth quarter 2011 It is supposed that in 2015 the gain of the design company will make 10,3 billion As it is marked, on the basis of the enterprise creation of the large research centre also is planned.

The centre will work over increase of efficiency of solar modules in cooperation with Physicotechnical institute of Ioffe of the Russian Academy of Sciences. In manufacture the newest world workings out in manufacture of thin films will be used. As base technology it is planned to use technology of thin-film photo cells on a basis mikromorfnogo silicon. Creation of manufacture of solar batteries completely corresponds to one of strategic problems of Rosnano – realisations klasternyh the projects creation final nanotehnologicheskih the products interconnected on manufacturing techniques or sequence in a technological chain should become which result.

Such projects are backbone for formation of new innovative branches of the Russian econmy. Earlier Supervisory boaed Rosnano also participation of corporation in other project from area of solar power – on creation of the scale complex first in Russia on manufacture of polycrystalline silicon and the monosilane which is raw materials for manufacture of solar batteries. Besides, project realisation on manufacture of thin films, predictably, will promote stimulation of auxiliary manufactures, in particular, manufactures of especially pure technical gases and special glass in territory of Russia. The countries of Southern Europe (Italy, Spain, Greece) and Germany become the basic commodity markets of production of joint venture Rosnano and Renova. Company Avelar Energy Group (entering into GK Renova) which professionally is engaged in installation of solar modules in Europe, will carry out finished goods sale.

In long-term prospect to 15 % of made solar modules it is planned to direct for the Russian market.