Lebedev Institute of Precision Mechanics and Computer Engineering
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Lebedev
Sergei Alekseyevich Lebedev
Sergey Alexeyevich Lebedev was a Soviet scientist in the fields of electrical engineering and computer science, and designer of the first Soviet computers....

 Institute of Precision Mechanics and Computer Engineering
(IPMCE) is a Russia
Russia
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n research institution
Research institute
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. It used to be a Soviet Academy of Sciences organization in Soviet times. The institute specializes itself in the development of:
  • Computer
    Computer
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     systems for national security
    National security
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  • Hardware
    Hardware
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     and software
    Computer software
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     for digital
    Digital
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     telecommunication
    Telecommunication
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  • Multimedia
    Multimedia
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     systems for control and training
  • Positioning and navigational systems


In August 2009 IPMCE became a joint-stock company.

Computers developed by IPMCE

  • BESM-1
    BESM
    BESM is the name of a series of Soviet mainframe computers built in 1950-1960s. The name is an acronym for "Bolshaya Elektronno-Schetnaya Mashina" , literally "Large Electronically Computing Machine". The series began as a successor to MESM...

  • BESM-2
    BESM
    BESM is the name of a series of Soviet mainframe computers built in 1950-1960s. The name is an acronym for "Bolshaya Elektronno-Schetnaya Mashina" , literally "Large Electronically Computing Machine". The series began as a successor to MESM...

  • BESM-4
    BESM
    BESM is the name of a series of Soviet mainframe computers built in 1950-1960s. The name is an acronym for "Bolshaya Elektronno-Schetnaya Mashina" , literally "Large Electronically Computing Machine". The series began as a successor to MESM...

  • BESM-6
    BESM
    BESM is the name of a series of Soviet mainframe computers built in 1950-1960s. The name is an acronym for "Bolshaya Elektronno-Schetnaya Mashina" , literally "Large Electronically Computing Machine". The series began as a successor to MESM...

  • Elbrus-1
    Elbrus (computer)
    The Elbrus is a line of Soviet and Russian computer systems developed by Lebedev Institute of Precision Mechanics and Computer Engineering.In 1992 a spin-off company Moscow Center of SPARC Technologies was created and continued development....

  • Elbrus-2
    Elbrus (computer)
    The Elbrus is a line of Soviet and Russian computer systems developed by Lebedev Institute of Precision Mechanics and Computer Engineering.In 1992 a spin-off company Moscow Center of SPARC Technologies was created and continued development....

  • Elbrus-3
    Elbrus (computer)
    The Elbrus is a line of Soviet and Russian computer systems developed by Lebedev Institute of Precision Mechanics and Computer Engineering.In 1992 a spin-off company Moscow Center of SPARC Technologies was created and continued development....


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