SOVIET AND EAST EUROPEAN PRODUCTION OF SELECTED INTEGRATED CIRCUITS (ER M 78-10

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MEWRANDUM FOR: Mr. Charles C. Swan son Director

Operationsffice of Export, Administration Department of Commerce

and East European Production of Selected Integrated Circuits

per your request, is an assessmentstatus of production of selected categories ofcircuits in the USSR and Eastern Europe.

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Soviet and East European Production of

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Selected Integrated Circuits

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Question* What la Bloc position. In CMOS, STTL, ECL, and MSISSR

The USSR is the leading producer of logic integrated circuits (ICs) among the East European countries. Most of the Soviet output of these circuits continues to be made up of small-scale integration (SSI) devices of DTL and standard TTL types. However, sinceutput of morelogic circuits of ECL and CMOS types has beenalthough their share in total output is stillto be quite small. Schottky TTL (STTL)egligible factor in the total Soviet IC product mix.

Some TTL, ECL, and CMOS logic devices which have been described in Soviet catalogs and technical Journals have technical characteristics that would classify these devices as medium-scale integration (MSI). In addition, thecommunity has acquired samples of Soviet devices for standard) andhat we would classify as MSI density. Further, some TWOS and CMOS devices have been acquiredhat we would classify a_ large-seal

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integration (LSI). The acquired LSI devices were used in

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In every case, the Soviet MSI and LSI devicesnferior to their closest US counterparts. Specifically, Soviet samples were deficient in electrical performance, design, and in other technical aspects that reflect poor quality control in manufacturing. The highest quality LSI device {PMOS, metal gate) was containedcientific calculator manufactured7 and was rated by US experts as comparable totate-of-the-art. Indeed, the LSI circuit was identifiedopy of an early US device.

Our best judgement is that the USSR currently produces (in unknown quantities) TTL, CMOS, and ECL devices at MSI density levels. There is no evidence of Soviet production of Schottky TTL at the MSI level. In fact, the Soviets first mentioned Schottky devicesatalog And, the types mentioned are small-scale integration STTL types, not MSI: nput NANu Gate B1) nput NAND GateD3).

The fact that the above Schottky devices are mentionedatalog does not permit us to conclude "that they are in production. hen they first became available, soviet IC catalogs have proven toery uncertainof production. We know that some ICs listed in earlier catalogs have never entered production, and that it is not uncommon for the USSR to list devices well

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ear or more) before they are actually put into Mao* it is known that the USSR produces ICs which have never appeared in catalogsincluding some that are used in conraorcial equipment. Eastern Europe j;

In Eastern Europe, the leading producers of logic ICs are Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Poland and, most recently Hungary. All of these countries claim to be producing standard TTL in MSI density. Levels of production are not known. The claims of Poland and Hungary are believable since much of their current IC production technology has been acquired from the West.

Czechoslovakia is the only country to claim production of Schottky TTL. The Czechs announced that several STTL devices were to enter production The Czech claims are the only information available.

There is no evidence that any of the East European countries are manufacturing ECL or CMOS logic devices of MSI or LSI complexity.

Question: What is the Bloc position in PMOS1 shiftthe6 bits and 2MHz) andcutoffs its andnd in NMOS

registers below the proposed cutoffs?

The USSR has not identified any of its shifteither PMOS orhe only MOS shift registersSoviets carry in current catalogs appear to be CMOShighest bit count given isits. There arebit dynamic shift register,bit quasi-static shift register. He haveable to acquire any samples of Soviet shiftor

Eastern Europe

Czechoslovakia announced, inhat three MOS shift registers were under development:

tatic shift registertatic shift registeritsynamic shift registerits. These devices were to be introduced into production during the 6th Five Year. We. cannot verify that they have gone into production, f

No other East European country has claimed development or production of MOS shift registershe Soviet and Czech devices. We have not been able to acquire any East European shift registers for technical evaluation. Questioni What is the Bloc positionype operational amplifiers (Op Amp)?

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According to recent Soviet cat.-logs the Soviet OpD7 is equal to the. Also, ain factor0, appears to be comparable to. However, these are very recent67nd their availability is unknown. Several samples of Soviet operational amplifiers have been evaluated to date; all were early toevel of technology and quite backward by US standards. Finally, Soviet users of such amplifiers have been openly critical of the quality and low performance of Soviet-made devices.

Eastern Europe

Czechoslovakia claimed that native equivalents forould enter production We have noto verify that such production has begun. East Gormany lists two operational amplifiers which may be in tho range ofli 9inimum gainnd9inimum gain Recent catalogs on Polish, Hungarian, and Bulgarian amplifiers are not available. There is no hard evidence with which to judge the quality and performance of East European operational amplifiers.|jj

hat is the Bloc position in custom ICs forwith particular attention to synthesizers for television tuners.

USSR

The USSR hasumber of ICs in recent catalogs which appear to be designed for television receivers.umber of these ICs are hybrid rather than One monolithic type specifically designed for TV isP picture amplifier, said to be compar-able to theroducedlefunken. Bulgaria,East Germany, and Poland include in theirumber of ICs which are specified for TV applications.

Despite catalog references, we doubt that ICs designed especially for radio/TV application- are widely available,ote, for example, that many of the same types of devices listed in catalogs continue to be imported into Eastern Europe by countries that claim to be producing them. Also, the USSR, which has the widest listing, as recently7 wasurn-key plant to produce, among others, the same kind of ICs for radio/TV receivers that they claim to be producing. Moreover, one of the types to be produced by the sought-for plantype Czechoslovakia claims to be

Question: What is the Bloc position in IC memories? in terms of MOS and bipolar (with specific mention of TTL andtatic and dynamic, RAM and ROM. For ROM, distinguish between mask-programmedactory programmed) and field-programmed. For field-programmable, discuss electrically alterable, electrically programmable UV-eraaable, and one-time electrically programmable.

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The USSR currently lists several MOS RAMs and ROMs, and Bipolar RAMs in their current IC catalogs. The various types are given below.

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bit static

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IK bit dynamic

MOS 1/

mos y

CMOS CMOS

os y

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OS y

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ECL TTL TTL

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lectrically reprogrammable and partial decoding 3/ Probably factory programmed.

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Eastorn Europe

Among the East European countries. East Germany, Bulgaria, and Czechoslovakiaew memory ICs in their catalogs.. These are shown inabulation belowi

Bulgaria

RAM CMflOOl

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TTL

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Of all the above typos (USSR and Eastern Europe),that only theit RAM, TTL)in series production. Scale of production is The Bulgarian and East Gorman MOS devices listedsaid to be particrprocessor kit that is claimedavailable in Bulgarian and East German reports. Weunable to purchase either or both of theseor any of their component parts, despite e note that these types ofremain high On: tho shopping lists of all ofespecially the technology and equipmentthem. Hence, we believe that few of theabove are available in quantity throughout Eastthe ,

n summary, our current assessment of Soviet production of; the specific classes of devices specified is as follows:

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ECL/MSI STTL/MSI CMOS/MSI

to high low to medium laboratory small to medium

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bits at 4MHzits at 4MHz

Operational Amplifiers

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IK RAMS

IK field programmable ROMS

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to medium

laboratory laboratory

laboratory laboratory

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