The Russian company Promobit is preparing to produce a Bitblaze Titan BM15 notebook computer. This laptop will use an in-house-made “Baikal-M” processor.
This sounds quite interesting. But we have
to get into details in order to understand whether this model will be able to
substitute those used by Russians. As for other key features, the Bitblaze
Titan BM15 notebook will feature a 15.6-inch 1080p IPS screen; also, it will
come with 16GB memory and 512GB SSD storage; our protagonist will support Wi-Fi
and Bluetooth; there will be built-in USB 3.0, HDMI, USB Type-C and RJ-45
interfaces as well as an audio jack; lastly, the laptop will sport a 6000mAh
battery.
The manufacturer is going to offer two
versions in terms of materials. Apart from the conventional aluminum alloy
variant, there will also be a titanium alloy version. Well, all these features
seem not astonishing but acceptable. What about the performance? As said, the
laptop uses the Baikal-M series processor developed by a Russian company.
[drumroll] But it uses a TSMC 28nm process. Also, its octa-core architecture
integrates Cortex-A57 cores at a frequency of up to 1.5GHz. The chip adopts the
Mali-T628 MP8 GPU core at a frequency of 750MHz. It supports dual-channel
DDR4-2400 or DDR3-1600 memory. The chip’s power consumption does not exceed
35W. Finally, it is compatible with Astra Linux or Alt Linux operating systems.
Now, the good news. The first batch of
Bitblaze Titan BM15 will be assembled in the next few months. There will be
around 1,000 units. The main consumers of the Bitblaze Titan BM15 will be
Russian government and enterprise customers. Lastly, the laptop prices will
vary from 100,000 rubles (US$ 1608) to 120,000 rubles (US$ 1929).
