On February 13, 2022, the blogger released on the YouTube channel “Oh, how simple!” review of the engineering version of the Russian BITBLAZE Titan laptop based on the Baikal-M processor (8 ARM Cortex-A57 cores, Mali-T628 GPU). This product is currently under development, it is assembled on the basis of a domestic chip, and other Russian components are also installed in it.
The blogger said that now the laptop has a lot of problems and shortcomings - it is heavy, loud, thick (5.5 cm high due to the full-fledged test motherboard for the nettop installed inside), it does not turn off, the power button runs out, problems with the hinges, it has The screen often flickers, but everything is in order with the cable. The laptop runs on ALT Linux. The engineering version of the laptop has two coolers.
No screen or keyboard.
Motherboard and outputs to external ports.
Internal loops and connectors from PC.
The final modification of the BITBLAZE Titan BM15 laptop will be thinner (promised 2.5 cm and laptop motherboard) and lighter. Its cost is expected from 100 thousand rubles for a 15" version (IPS, 1080p) with 16 GB of DDR4 RAM (up to 64 GB) and a Russian 256/512/1 TB GS Nanotech SSD with SATA 3.0 interface. Connectors: 4 pcs. USB 2.0 Type A, USB 3.0 Type-C (power), HDMI, Microphone/Headphones Combo, RJ-45 80 Wh battery capacity claimed (3-5 hours battery life).
The manufacturer promises two options for the laptop case - aluminum and titanium (+ 100 thousand rubles).
In Russia, the development of laptops based on "Baikal-M" and "Elbrus-2C3" is carried out by the company "Promobit". The manufacturer promises that mobile devices will weigh from 1.5 to 2.5 kg. The main problem is that the power saving function is not supported in Russian processors, so the batteries in such devices last a maximum of two hours. After refinement with processor manufacturers, Promobit plans to have up to four hours of battery life for laptops after they are released to the market.
On January 20, on e, Krok showed what it looks like near a monoblock on Baikal-M and Alt Linux Workstation 9.2.
On January 18, the media reported that the Ministry of Digital Transformation offered Lenovo, HP and Acer to release a test batch of laptops (about 50 thousand pieces) based on Russian processors, for example, Baikal-M or Elbrus-2C3.
In December 2021, the ICL computer manufacturing company introduced a monoblock based on the Russian Baikal-M processor, and 3Logic Group released the Graviton D10B mini-PC based on the Baikal-M processor.
Earlier, iRU launched serial production of desktop PCs based on Baikal-M processors that support Russian operating systems RED OS, Astra Linux and Alt Linux.
At the end of April 2021, the blogger tested a computer based on Baikal-M at home and, in principle, was satisfied with its performance.
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