Russian Startup Builds Game Console to Teach Kids Coding
Engineers in Moscow have unveiled MikBoy, a homegrown educational console powered by Russia’s first RISC-V microcontroller.
At the “Microelectronics-2025” forum, residents of the Technopolis Moscow innovation hub showcased their latest designs, Deputy Mayor Maxim Liksutov announced. Among the highlights: a SIM card with cryptographic protection and digital signature from chipmaker Mikron, and a new game console built entirely on domestic hardware.
The device, dubbed MikBoy, runs on the MIK32 “Amur” microcontroller—the first fully Russian-made 32-bit chip based on RISC-V architecture. Designed as a training platform, the console helps students and budding IT specialists learn programming and circuit design in an interactive, game-like format.
The unit allows users to customize settings for individual projects and experiment freely. Its body is produced with 3D printing, underscoring the flexibility of local manufacturing.
