During the international exhibition CSTB 2011, General Satellite Corporation won the second National Award in the area of multi-channel digital TV, “BIG DIGIT 2011”, in the category of "The best digital set-top box." The Digital terrestrial receiver TE-8310** came out on top.
Upon receiving the award, Vice-President for Innovation of General Satellite Corporation P. Chumakov thanked the jury for the recognition of the company's progress over the last 20 years, and assured that General Satellite would remain at the forefront of digitalization and innovation for at least the next 20 years.
From February 1st to February 3rd in the exhibition center "Crocus Expo", anyone could evaluate the new market trends of television and telecommunications. The debate between the Ministry of Communications and Mass Media and the business representatives was launched at the round-table "Russia's transition to digital broadcasting.”
General Satellite Corporation, the leading developer and manufacturer of receiving equipment for television, announced plans to establish a research and educational center within the project "Technopolis Gusev" to prepare specialists in the field of microelectronics, nanotechnology and innovative entrepreneurship. Project Technopolis Gusev, implemented by General Satellite in the Kaliningrad region in 2008, will include a scientific and educational basis.
General Satellite exhibited two specifically prepared layouts for the project "Technopolis Gusev": "Center of Residential development of Technopolis” and “GS Nanotech”, a microelectronics production plant.
Of particular interest was the electronic guide, made in the form of a virtual mannequin, which gave visitors answers to various questions about the project "Technopolis Gusev."
As to be expected, the CSTB 2011 exhibition and conference provided all of the latest formats and trends of television and telecommunication technologies. More than 400 exhibitors from 27 countries for over three days showed visitors their latest developments. More than 20,750 experts, representatives of specialized agencies, media representatives and interested individuals attended the event this year.
**TE-8511 receives both open and encrypted television and radio channels. Its built on the elemental basis of standard-definition television and supports the accepted Russian progressive compression format MPEG-4. The unit is compact and of modern design.
General Satellite Corporation is a Russian research and production company, presenting at domestic and international market the hi-tech radio-electronic equipment, which specifications meet the highest standards. Reliability and professionalism through many years of successful activity enabled the company to take the leading place in telecommunications business community of Russia.
Tuesday, 24 May 2011
Wednesday, 4 May 2011
Technopolis: Gusev
One of the most important activities of the General Satellite Corporation today is the continued investment and development of the Technopolis Gusev technological project. In this article, we’ll explain the idea behind this project as well as talk about the global experience of innovative urban design, creation and the development of industrial parks.
Project Objectives:
To establish a radio-electronics industry cluster in the town of Gusev and create a new pole for innovative development at the federal level. The project provides for the launch of five high-tech industries, of which four have already been constructed and work. The idea of Technopolis involves the construction of industrial facilities as well as complex social infrastructure for a complete living environment.
Current Accomplishments:
Since 2008, Technopolis has been in operation.
As of today, Technopolis has the largest radio-electronics production in Russia and Eastern Europe with the company «NPO «Digital Television Systems» (DTVS), the production of antennas and housings for consumer electronics with the company Pankor, a factory for the manufacture of corrugated cardboard and packing and a house-building factory which will provide convenient and inexpensive cottages for the staff of Technopolis.
These capable enterprises ensure digitization of mobile television in Russia as well as already creating more than 1,500 new jobs.
Future Goals:
In 2011, Technopolis will begin construction for the center of development and production of microelectronics in the GS plant NANOTECH. The first step is to build a plant for packaging multichip microprocessors and is scheduled to begin creating chips with a topology of 45 nanometers by the end of this year. In 2012, microprocessors and printed circuit boards with 6-meter class accuracy are scheduled to be produced. By the end of 2013, Technopolis will have created a nanotechnology, scientific research and innovation center. It will operate on the basis of one of the leading Russian universities.
Negotiations on a joint program to train highly qualified personnel in the field of micro-and radio-electronics programming and mathematical modeling are carried out with the Immanuel Kant State University of Russia, Saint Petersburg State Polytechnical University and the Bonch-Bruevich Saint-Petersburg State University of Telecommunications.
January 28, 2011, an agreement was signed between the Saint Petersburg State University of Engineering and Economics and General Satellite Corporation to cooperate in facilitating the innovative development of the Russian Federation, including promoting the modernization of scientific innovation and the educational system for training and retraining of young professionals in the field of advanced technologies.
The contract provides for the establishment of a research and education program to train specialists in the field of microelectronics, nanotechnology and innovative entrepreneurship.
The scientific and educational basis will function within the framework of the Technopolis Gusev project area of scientific and technological development, implemented by the project investor General Satellite since 2008 in the Kaliningrad region. The agreement was signed by General Satellite President A. Tkachenko and O. Goncharuk, Rector of Saint Petersburg State University of Engineering and Economics.
Creating innovative cluster involves the construction of not only industrial buildings, but also objects social infrastructure. The house-building factory “Beliy Klyuch” will build houses for a permanent residence of Technopolis specialists that will create a unique social environment for innovation and attract intellectual capital. The first phase of residential settling is already planned for the end of 2011.
International Experiences:
The most successful project of such kind is Silicon Valley in California, USA. This technology center concentrates scientific and production companies whose activities are related to research and the implementation of electronic devices and biotechnological innovations. In Britain, Milton Keynes became the most successful project, which is located 75 miles to the northwest of London. In 2006, the city’s population reached 215,000, of whom 46% were under the age of thirty. The concept of the architectural design of the city states that no building can be taller than the tallest tree in the city. Milton Keynes has more than 1600 hectares of parks, a city surrounded by ancient forests and 160 hectares of lakes. The production zone consists of world-class industrial and commercial buildings.
Russian Experience:
The biggest projects to be implemented in the near future are: Innovation Center Skolkovo near Moscow and the coal-metallurgical center Uglenaukograd. Also, in the Kemerovo region, an experimental investment project of integrated development is a satellite city named “Lesnaya Polyana” where President Medvedev was present when the first stone was laid. This pilot project is an example of successful implementation of a new strategy for socio-economic development in low-rise buildings and entered a number of significant federal projects. It can also be noted that for every one ruble of budget investment, there are four rubles of private investment in the project. As for Technopolis Gusev, it is the first and only project of such scale that is supported only by private investments.
Andrey Tkachenko, the president of the General Satellite Corporation said: "In 2008 we began to build a high-tech industrial park in Gusev. Manufacturing plants, housing, infrastructure facilities including a community center for housing development, as well as communication and roads - all with a clean slate. These places where people live are not just dots on the map of our country; they are, first and foremost, a space for those people to life a comfortable life. Innovations that are being introduced into the real economy bring visible improvements in the entire socio-economic life of the region; successfully solving problems with jobs and housing."
What is a “technopolis”?
Technopolis is (from the Greek, “techne”, meaning the skill; and “polis”, meaning city) a modern form of territorial integration of science, education and highly developed production. It represents the integrated scientific, production, educational and cultural areas, all united around the science center. This concept of development of territories is tested and cost-effectively applied in many countries.
Project Objectives:
To establish a radio-electronics industry cluster in the town of Gusev and create a new pole for innovative development at the federal level. The project provides for the launch of five high-tech industries, of which four have already been constructed and work. The idea of Technopolis involves the construction of industrial facilities as well as complex social infrastructure for a complete living environment.
Current Accomplishments:
Since 2008, Technopolis has been in operation.
As of today, Technopolis has the largest radio-electronics production in Russia and Eastern Europe with the company «NPO «Digital Television Systems» (DTVS), the production of antennas and housings for consumer electronics with the company Pankor, a factory for the manufacture of corrugated cardboard and packing and a house-building factory which will provide convenient and inexpensive cottages for the staff of Technopolis.
These capable enterprises ensure digitization of mobile television in Russia as well as already creating more than 1,500 new jobs.
Future Goals:
In 2011, Technopolis will begin construction for the center of development and production of microelectronics in the GS plant NANOTECH. The first step is to build a plant for packaging multichip microprocessors and is scheduled to begin creating chips with a topology of 45 nanometers by the end of this year. In 2012, microprocessors and printed circuit boards with 6-meter class accuracy are scheduled to be produced. By the end of 2013, Technopolis will have created a nanotechnology, scientific research and innovation center. It will operate on the basis of one of the leading Russian universities.
Negotiations on a joint program to train highly qualified personnel in the field of micro-and radio-electronics programming and mathematical modeling are carried out with the Immanuel Kant State University of Russia, Saint Petersburg State Polytechnical University and the Bonch-Bruevich Saint-Petersburg State University of Telecommunications.
January 28, 2011, an agreement was signed between the Saint Petersburg State University of Engineering and Economics and General Satellite Corporation to cooperate in facilitating the innovative development of the Russian Federation, including promoting the modernization of scientific innovation and the educational system for training and retraining of young professionals in the field of advanced technologies.
The contract provides for the establishment of a research and education program to train specialists in the field of microelectronics, nanotechnology and innovative entrepreneurship.
The scientific and educational basis will function within the framework of the Technopolis Gusev project area of scientific and technological development, implemented by the project investor General Satellite since 2008 in the Kaliningrad region. The agreement was signed by General Satellite President A. Tkachenko and O. Goncharuk, Rector of Saint Petersburg State University of Engineering and Economics.
Creating innovative cluster involves the construction of not only industrial buildings, but also objects social infrastructure. The house-building factory “Beliy Klyuch” will build houses for a permanent residence of Technopolis specialists that will create a unique social environment for innovation and attract intellectual capital. The first phase of residential settling is already planned for the end of 2011.
International Experiences:
The most successful project of such kind is Silicon Valley in California, USA. This technology center concentrates scientific and production companies whose activities are related to research and the implementation of electronic devices and biotechnological innovations. In Britain, Milton Keynes became the most successful project, which is located 75 miles to the northwest of London. In 2006, the city’s population reached 215,000, of whom 46% were under the age of thirty. The concept of the architectural design of the city states that no building can be taller than the tallest tree in the city. Milton Keynes has more than 1600 hectares of parks, a city surrounded by ancient forests and 160 hectares of lakes. The production zone consists of world-class industrial and commercial buildings.
Russian Experience:
The biggest projects to be implemented in the near future are: Innovation Center Skolkovo near Moscow and the coal-metallurgical center Uglenaukograd. Also, in the Kemerovo region, an experimental investment project of integrated development is a satellite city named “Lesnaya Polyana” where President Medvedev was present when the first stone was laid. This pilot project is an example of successful implementation of a new strategy for socio-economic development in low-rise buildings and entered a number of significant federal projects. It can also be noted that for every one ruble of budget investment, there are four rubles of private investment in the project. As for Technopolis Gusev, it is the first and only project of such scale that is supported only by private investments.
Andrey Tkachenko, the president of the General Satellite Corporation said: "In 2008 we began to build a high-tech industrial park in Gusev. Manufacturing plants, housing, infrastructure facilities including a community center for housing development, as well as communication and roads - all with a clean slate. These places where people live are not just dots on the map of our country; they are, first and foremost, a space for those people to life a comfortable life. Innovations that are being introduced into the real economy bring visible improvements in the entire socio-economic life of the region; successfully solving problems with jobs and housing."
What is a “technopolis”?
Technopolis is (from the Greek, “techne”, meaning the skill; and “polis”, meaning city) a modern form of territorial integration of science, education and highly developed production. It represents the integrated scientific, production, educational and cultural areas, all united around the science center. This concept of development of territories is tested and cost-effectively applied in many countries.
Monday, 25 April 2011
The world's first clownery-performance was held in Moscow in 3D format.
April 19, 2011, in Moscow's cinema center Karo Film October, the first clownery premiere in the world was held in 3D format. The Russian Corporation General Satellite - the largest developer and manufacturer of television set-top boxes has made a movie version of Leonid Leikin’s Show (by the Litsedei Theater) Fly and Saw, dedicated to Slava Polunin.
The Fly and Saw Program is a best creation by Leonid Leikin, a world famous unique clown, who for the last 12 years cheers up the spectators at the DU SOLEIL Circus.
Before the premiere, the Project-Makers shared with the assembled reporters the goal of such an unusual experiment as the clownery in 3D that they have decided to go for.
"Our theater is very fond of everything innovative: we have been the first to leave the mime theater and create an established clownery theater, - Leonid Leikin said. - Therefore, when the General Satellite Company came to us with a proposal to tape the show in the 3D format, we readily agreed. Even in Soviet times, I loved to watch TV shows, and I am very sorry that this tradition is almost gone: The movie you can shoot anew, while each theater performance is unique, it is shot the way it is, and its value lies therein."
Pavel Chumakov the General Satellite Company’s Innovation Director supported Leonid Leikin, "It is very difficult to shoot such an action. We have long been engaged in the technology and content creation, yet this experience is the first one and is very important to us. In the movies, you can reshoot the take. A theater-play is sort of a frozen reality that cannot be repeated, so you need to shoot at the one and only attempt. Our Project is something new both technologically and as far as the creative vision is concerned."
After the official part, Leonid Leikin, Victor Solovyev, Anwar Libabov and Anna Orlova greeted the guests, and the young actors of the Litsedei tried to leave everyone with a nose: bright clown noses and flutes brought joy that evening not to the children only but also to all the participants.
Armen Dzhigarkhanjan, Oleg Mityayev, Nikita Vysotsky, Igor Ugolnikov with his wife, Helen Vorobei and her family, Catherine Strizhenova with her youngest daughter Sasha, Cornelia Mango, Viktor Chaika and other fans of Litsedei came to the premiere to congratulate their friends and colleagues. Armen Dzhigarkhanjan admitted it was for the first time in his life that he saw something in 3D and enjoyed trying on the glasses before the show.
The Premiere guests greeted the unusual movie-play: the applause did not cease throughout the entire show, so the Cinema Hall (designed to seat 1500 spectators) of the October Movie Center resembled a rather huge auditorium that evening. The Project-Makers hope that the 3D movie-play by Litsedei will soon be available to a wide range of Russian viewers.
The Fly and Saw Program is a best creation by Leonid Leikin, a world famous unique clown, who for the last 12 years cheers up the spectators at the DU SOLEIL Circus.
Before the premiere, the Project-Makers shared with the assembled reporters the goal of such an unusual experiment as the clownery in 3D that they have decided to go for.
"Our theater is very fond of everything innovative: we have been the first to leave the mime theater and create an established clownery theater, - Leonid Leikin said. - Therefore, when the General Satellite Company came to us with a proposal to tape the show in the 3D format, we readily agreed. Even in Soviet times, I loved to watch TV shows, and I am very sorry that this tradition is almost gone: The movie you can shoot anew, while each theater performance is unique, it is shot the way it is, and its value lies therein."
Pavel Chumakov the General Satellite Company’s Innovation Director supported Leonid Leikin, "It is very difficult to shoot such an action. We have long been engaged in the technology and content creation, yet this experience is the first one and is very important to us. In the movies, you can reshoot the take. A theater-play is sort of a frozen reality that cannot be repeated, so you need to shoot at the one and only attempt. Our Project is something new both technologically and as far as the creative vision is concerned."
After the official part, Leonid Leikin, Victor Solovyev, Anwar Libabov and Anna Orlova greeted the guests, and the young actors of the Litsedei tried to leave everyone with a nose: bright clown noses and flutes brought joy that evening not to the children only but also to all the participants.
Armen Dzhigarkhanjan, Oleg Mityayev, Nikita Vysotsky, Igor Ugolnikov with his wife, Helen Vorobei and her family, Catherine Strizhenova with her youngest daughter Sasha, Cornelia Mango, Viktor Chaika and other fans of Litsedei came to the premiere to congratulate their friends and colleagues. Armen Dzhigarkhanjan admitted it was for the first time in his life that he saw something in 3D and enjoyed trying on the glasses before the show.
The Premiere guests greeted the unusual movie-play: the applause did not cease throughout the entire show, so the Cinema Hall (designed to seat 1500 spectators) of the October Movie Center resembled a rather huge auditorium that evening. The Project-Makers hope that the 3D movie-play by Litsedei will soon be available to a wide range of Russian viewers.
Wednesday, 23 March 2011
The General Satellite Corporation joined the International Telecommunication Union
March 23, 2011
The Association of Electronic Equipment Manufacturers and Traders in Kaliningrad Region the General Satellite Corporation became a member of the Telecommunication Development Sector of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The Company’s Application was approved by the national regulator - the Ministry of Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation.Joining the ITU allows the General Satellite Corporation taking part in international telecommunications development programs and events dedicated to urgent problems’ solving in the telecommunications field. Admission to ITU membership means recognizing the Corporation as answering the most modern standards. Functioning within the ITU framework provides the Company with a basis to step out into international markets development.
ITU was formed in 1865 by 20 countries, including Russia, and is the oldest international organization among the existing ones. ITU is currently a UN specialized agency with the membership of 192 countries and about 700 companies of both public and private sectors.
The purpose of the Union is to promote and enhance the international cooperation in the regional use of all communication forms, improving technical means, their efficient operation.
Thursday, 17 March 2011
Russia's first chip for digital TV
March 15, 2011
At the First International Business Conference for the production of microelectronics and nanoelectronics Si-Forum 2011 in the Technopolis Gusev (Kaliningrad region), the General Satellite Corporation, and the RC Module announced the development and manufacture of Russia's first chip for digital TV.
In Gusev, Kaliningrad region, the First International Business Conference for the production of micro and nanoelectronics Si-Forum 2011 took place, held by the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Kaliningrad region Government. The Si-Forum 2011 hosts are the Association of Manufacturers and Traders in Electronic Equipment in Kaliningrad Region the General Satellite Corporation and the leading developer of chipsets in Russia the Research Center Module.
International semiconductor companies attended the Si-Forum 2011. Among them Texas Instruments, Fujitsu, Renesas, Crocus Technology. The Rosnano Company took part in the Si-Forum 2011 as well.
The main topics of the Forum have been the prospects for Russia's participation in the international labor division in the field of micro and nanoelectronics. The Forum’s congress consisted of presentations and discussions that focused in the most pressing issues affecting the electronics’ development and manufacture in Russia, and other relevant topics.
The following issues were discussed among the topics for reports and discussion:
- Prospects for the electronic components base development and manufacture in Russia.
- Foreign companies’ interest in the transfer of contract microelectronics manufacturing from Southeast Asia to Russia.
- Special economic zones’ emergence and development in Russia and the microelectronic production development. Kaliningrad region prospects to turn into an international platform for the microelectronics production.
- Reducing the cost of electronic-component base production by means of contract manufacturing in special economic zones in Russia.
- Formation of new effective poles for innovation development in the micro and nanoelectronics field in Russia. Emergence of new clusters of electronics industry in Russia.
- Russia's first chip for digital TV development and manufacturing. Creating a digital terrestrial set-top box on the basis of the chip.
In the framework of Si-Forum 2011, signing a set of agreements between Fujitsu, the RC Module and the General Satellite Corporation to set up digital television components manufacturing in Kaliningrad region has become the first step in implementing the strategy chosen by the Forum’ hosts to transport microelectronics contract manufacturing projects from Southeast Asia to Russia.
The RC Module and the General Satellite Corporation agreed to cooperate in the field of digital set-top box creation on SLSI K1879HB1YA (the first chip for digital TV developed in Russia according to the 90nm technology) and arrange the final manufacturing of SLSI analog at the GS plant NANOTECH in Gusev, Kaliningrad region. It was also agreed to create a hybrid chip that would have the decoder and descrambler chips’ functionality with full hardware support for CAS ROSKRYPT-PRO.
The RC Module and Fujitsu (the RC Module’s long-term partner) agreed that Fujitsu will host the production of the first chip for digital TV developed in Russia at Fujitsu’s manufacturing facilities. The two Sides agreed as well to continue cooperation in the development and manufacture of digital television components.
During the Si-Forum 2011, the operation of a SD / HD digital terrestrial receiver prototype based on the first national SLSI K1879HB1YA was shown – a standard and high definition digital television decoder. The designed set-top box meets the functionality specifications for Russia's digital broadcasting national network.
The Forum’ Hosts Summary
The Association of Manufacturers and Traders in Electronic Equipment in Kaliningrad region the General Satellite Corporation
The GS was founded in 2008 in order to facilitate a speedier digitalization of broadcasting in the Russian Federation by establishing a complex of modern highly automated production facilities that would meet the consumers’ demand for digital set-top boxes. In addition, an important task to be solved by the Association is testing an innovative model for small cities’ development in Russia as shown by the investment project The Area of Scientific and Technological Development Technopolis Gusev.
The CJSC Research Center Module
The CJSC RC Module was founded in 1990 by leading State research institutes engaged in the development of advanced radio-electronics. Since 1995, the CJSC RC Module develops high-performance processor cores with the DSP / RISC architecture and analog-digital system-on-chip based on the leading global companies semiconductor technology.
The CJSC RC Module was founded in 1990 by leading State research institutes engaged in the development of advanced radio-electronics. Since 1995, the CJSC RC Module develops high-performance processor cores with the DSP / RISC architecture and analog-digital system-on-chip based on the leading global companies semiconductor technology.
In 2010, the RC Module has successfully completed complex design and manufacturing projects of systems-on-chip based on NeuroMatrix® and ARM® processor cores in the navigation and digital television fields, which pertain to the national development infrastructure and priority areas. These systems-on-chip are made according to the 90-nm technology.
Friday, 11 March 2011
The General Satellite Corporation at the Andina Link'2011 Conference in Cartagena (Colombia)
March 05, 2011
February 22 - 24, representatives of the General Satellite Corporation participated in one of the largest conferences in the field of telecommunications in Latin America - the Andina Link'2011, which was held in Cartagena (Colombia).
According to the Event results, the General Satellite representatives came into agreement to cooperate with Companies from the United States, Colombia, Costa Rica, United Arab Emirates and the Netherlands.
As a part of this Event, there was held the FICA 2011 International Forum, dedicated to new technologies and new markets emerging in digital broadcasting. The event was represented by companies from 14 states, mostly from Latin America. General Satellite Delegation presented their projects and developments in direct satellite broadcasting, terrestrial television digitalization as well as cable television digitalization.
General Satellite Corporation at the CabSat MENA and Satellite MENA Exhibition
March 04, 2011
February 08-10, 2011, the General Satellite Corporation took part in one of the largest exhibitions of latest achievements in the field of telecommunications and broadcasting in the Middle East and North Africa - CabSat MENA and Satellite MENA that was held in Dubai, UAE.
Contacts have been established at the Exhibition with the satellite operators interested in commercialization of TV broadcasting through their participation in service provider projects, as well as with a few other large companies of the same industry, who are looking for opportunities to establish joint projects in broadcast digitalization in the region.
In the spring of 2011, The General Satellite Corporation will hold extensive consultations with the potential partners according to the results of negotiations held at the Exhibition.
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