#microelectronics
Russia can:

- refurbish old solid motors
- remanufacture legacy components, and
- reuse stored hardware

They cannot:

- produce new high-precision microelectronics at scale
- build modern composite airframes in volume, or
- field advanced digital guidance systems unless imported (sanctions)
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January 11, 2026 at 10:56 PM
⚡️Ukraine slaps sanctions on companies supplying Russia's military industry.

The new measures target 95 individuals and 70 entities, including manufacturers of communications, electronic warfare, and microelectronics for Russia's military-industrial complex and security agencies.
Ukraine slaps sanctions on companies supplying Russia's military industry
The new measures target 95 individuals and 70 entities, including manufacturers of communications, electronic warfare, and microelectronics for Russia's military-industrial complex and security agenci...
kyivindependent.com
January 4, 2026 at 12:23 PM
❗️Zelensky has imposed sanctions against 95 individuals and 70 legal entities.

The restrictions apply to companies and executives related to the Russian defense-industrial complex, communications, EW, microelectronics, as well as the chemical, metallurgical, mining and fuel and energy industries.
January 4, 2026 at 9:13 AM
Ukraine sanctioned 95 individuals and 70 companies tied to Russia's military-industrial complex.

The list targets suppliers of electronic warfare systems, communications gear, and microelectronics - some expected in the EU's 20th sanctions package.

euromaidanpress.com/2026/01/04/u...
Zelenskyy blacklists Russian military suppliers ahead of EU’s 20th sanctions package
95 individuals and 70 companies named in new sanctions decree.
euromaidanpress.com
January 4, 2026 at 2:38 PM
The very first piece of microelectronic tech I ever bought was an open board LED clock display that looked exactly like that one. I had forgotten how magical and entrancing it was. A glowing harbinger of the new world of chips and solder that was dawning.

#Microelectronics #Calculators #Computers
January 4, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Of Taiwan, enough to strike first and take out defenses designed to defeat a mass landing.

Mind that an invasion will be catastrophic for the world economy because Taiwan is central to high end microelectronics production , and it will be on Xi.
December 29, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Paypal, SWIFT and so on.
Same in microelectronics.
A self-inflicted, naively accepted dependency from which one can now only extricate oneself at great expense. Unfortunately, this is not globalization with a claim to shaping the future. Neither as the EU as a whole, nor as individual nation-states.
December 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM
According to the authorities' plan for the development of electronics and microelectronics, the launch of mass production of semiconductors with a 65 nm topology is supposed to take place before 2028.

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December 21, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Celebrating the 89th birthday of sub-micron electrical engineer Wu Dexin! She was the director of the Chinese Academy of Science's Microelectronics Center where she worked on improving transistor switching speed and heterojunction FET research.

#WomenInSTEM #ElectricalEngineering #Physics 🧪⚛️
December 20, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Belarusian microelectronics, including smartphones created on its basis, will be able to become competitive in 25 years, said the deputy chairman of the All-Belarusian People's Assembly, Alexander Kosinets.

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December 20, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Russia has failed to find funding to build a chip manufacturing plant in Tatarstan.

For several years,Element,a Russian microelectronics holding,had been developing plans to construct a factory within the Innopolis special economic zone.
December 17, 2025 at 10:46 AM
consumers now are visiting stores less frequently and purchasing cheaper goods.
From an earlier report related to Russian Defense spending, Russia is facing issues of replenishing air-defense missile stockpiles. They are facing shortages of microelectronics, diminished imported components, fewer
December 15, 2025 at 3:39 PM
🚀 Russian industry is unable to replenish anti-aircraft missile stocks in a timely manner due to Ukraine's massive use of cheap drones, - Militarnyi

The problems are primarily related to the shortage of microelectronics, dependence on imported components, and a limited number of enterprises…
December 13, 2025 at 9:16 AM
🇺🇦 Ukrainian intelligence says Russia cannot quickly replace air-defense missiles due to Ukraine’s mass use of cheap drones, compounded by microelectronics shortages, reliance on imports, vulnerable logistics, and limited production capacity
December 13, 2025 at 11:50 AM
So, uh, solar radiation screws with microelectronics and ... wireless data transmission is inefficient, and ... server coolant systems will have worse heat dissipation in the thermos of space. So generally this is just a horrendously bad idea.
“.. Skeptics believe the technical risks are being underestimated and say space-based data centers won’t be competitive on cost, especially if power and other constraints ease on the ground.”

@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/tech/bezos-a...
December 11, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Lack of microelectronics/processors, dwindling workforce, overreliance on China; Russia is working on AI but a much smaller scale than competitors. However, Rus military AI R&D is not well known: "Putin Wanted AI Supremacy. Now Russia Is Struggling to Stay in the Race." www.wsj.com/tech/ai/puti...
Putin Wanted AI Supremacy. Now Russia Is Struggling to Stay in the Race.
Moscow finds itself even more dependent on China as war and sanctions curb artificial-intelligence efforts.
www.wsj.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Two things: Chinese drones have mostly toy-quality microelectronics and are easy to jam, but the motors and batteries can be excellent (though not always).
December 3, 2025 at 7:38 PM
🔲 In 2026, Ukraine plans to launch its first clean room dedicated to microelectronics research and development.

militarnyi.com/en/news/ukra...
Ukraine to Establish Chip Production Base: Microelectronics Clean Room Set for 2026 Launch - Militarnyi
Together with international partners and industry associations, the first research projects in the field of chip manufacturing are being developed.
militarnyi.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:52 AM
The semester can't end soon enough... I need to spend more time thinking about cool Internet stuff and not microelectronics!!!
December 2, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The Department of Chemistry at @waynestateclas.bsky.social are inviting applications for a faculty position in the broad area of microelectronics chemistry. #wsuchemistry #ChemSky #chemjobber #AlDep

Visit the following link to apply: waynetalent.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
November 21, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Yesterday, Jan Watté @jwatte168.bsky.social represented PhotonHub in Munich, Germany 🇩🇪 at the EPIC Technology Meeting on Microelectronics & Photonics – Two Sides of One Coin at attocube.

Want to see how photonics can boost your innovation?
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November 18, 2025 at 9:49 AM
The Illinois Quantum & Microelectronics Park promises to become a hub of innovation and collaboration. Upgrades to Metra, starting with the South Chicago Branch, are essential to making that happen—and would improve the lives of people who already live in the neighborhood.
November 17, 2025 at 6:34 PM
@igorsushko.bsky.social
💥 #Russia: Silicon EL microelectronics factory struck by Ukrainians drones in Bryansk. The defense contractor produces parts for Iskander ballistic missile systems and #Pantsir air defense systems, among others. https://x.com/igorsushko/status/1847524971360506076?s=46
October 19, 2024 at 10:54 AM