In the footsteps of the forum of future technologies: what's up with the Russian iPhone?

Well, no one needs to talk about what kind of phones were once created in Skolkovo and for what money? This story has long become a meme, and it hardly needs an explanation, because the years go by, something develops somewhere, and even future technology forums are held, but things are still there ...

For those who missed this significant event, the Future Technologies Forum 2023 was held in the capital from July 9 to 14 under the title “Computing and Communication. Quantum world. And, of course, that any person from the world of events or the near-marketing sphere has already admired his organization and the amount of money that would be required for this story. The only question is that the state was the customer here, and its budget is not limited in such cases. And the contractor-organizer was clearly not alone there.

In general, what can I say: we are very good at holding large events for big money. Who doubts, can look at the ratings of the Olympiads or world football championships. Everything is very clear and understandable. Moreover, even "our" Olympics-80 is quite up to par, compared to other, more modern events. So here we are ahead of the rest, slightly behind only China.

But, if the very organization of the event and the declared messages can and should be praised, then the presented “advanced developments”, to be honest, evoke strong sadness, longing and hopelessness for frankly badly spent taxpayers' money. And no, everything is not right so that oh, I want to cry. Simply, in our country, as always, they think about everything except its inhabitants.

And if we talk about industrial developments, then everything is cool here, there are quantum computers based on ions from Rosatom, and even a project for a backbone quantum network, which they promise to stretch across 34 regions of Russia by 2030. But if about the household level, which, unfortunately, today we have closed for the still friendly China, then tears really well up in our eyes.

Neither domestic microprocessors, nor a Russian smartphone or laptop that is competitive in the market - so far, apparently, there is no need to wait. And this despite the fact that "somewhere in the suburbs" slowly but surely our native processor Elbrus is dying, the architecture of which served as the basis for the Pentium in the distant 90s. And why not send a small part of the Skolkovo budget there? They have enough...