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by iavael 1186 days ago
Well it's indeed one of major SoC suppliers for Russian military, but actually Baikal SoC are used for various civil purposes too: thin clients, servers, network routers, industrial automation/SCADA, CNC and so on.
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These are subpar processors for the cost, they are only used when the certification requirements of the govt are in place. Ministry of defence subcontractors hardly count as civilian users.
> These are subpar processors for the cost

Intel, Apple, etc are refusing to suppy to RU. Subpar but available parts started making sense.

Linux support enables civilian use exactly; military users likely depend on the mainstream kernel a lot less.

Sanctions created an opportunity and developers are desperate to grasp it.