Promobit from Omsk, Russia has launched a “Russian notebook computer” BITBLAZE Titan BM15. According to the schedule of the device, it will be officially available at the end of the year. This notebook comes with a Russian processor, Baikal-M, and uses a 15.6-inch screen. This notebook uses titanium alloy and targets the Russian government and enterprise customers. In terms of pricing, this device will have a 100,000 rubles ($980) starting price.
The RF “Baikal-M” series CPU adopts an 8-core ARM architecture and it is based on TSMC’s 28nm process. It clocks at 1.5 GHz and integrates a Mali-T628 MP8 core, GPU frequency 750MHz, supports dual-channel DDR4-2400 or DDR3- 1600 memory. The power consumption of this device does not exceed 35W.
The BITBLAZE Titan BM15 comes with a 15.6-inch IPS display with a resolution of 1920 × 1080. This device also supports 16GB of memory and a 512GB SSD. It weighs about 2 kg and is about 2 cm thick. Furthermore, this notebook has a battery life of about two hours.
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This laptop will be available in two versions. The first one uses an aluminum casing, priced at about 100,000 rubles ($980) while the other uses a titanium alloy casing and costs about 200,000 rubles ($1961). The prices, for now, are just speculations. As of now, there there is no official price tag or sales date for this device. What we know for now is that this notebook exists and it will enter mass production at the end of this year.
Russia needs to get ready
Since the commencement of the crisis between Ukraine and Russia, most countries in Europe, the US, and the UK have been on Ukraine’s side. These countries and regions have visited Russia with a plethora of bans. These restrictions are crippling the free flow of things in Russia and many companies are exiting the Russian market. To this end, Russian companies are gearing up to take advantage of the available vacuum in the market. The BITBLAZE Titan BM15 is one of such products to give Russians an option.
Well, many of these Russian companies can not freely do business outside Russia. Thus, it is only pertinent that these companies focus on Russia. Between now and the end of the year, many products will still be available in the Russian market. However, as its inventory diminishes without replacements, Russian products like the BITBLAZE Titan BM15 will find their place in the market. This is probably why the company wants its mass production to be at the end of the year.
