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Yerevan Automated Control Systems Scientific
Research Institute (YerACSSRI) is the pioneer of
IT Industry in Armenia.
The computer systems design in Armenia has started to make
real progress in the late 50s of the 20th century. In 1956 by the
initiative of Academy
of Sciences of
Armenian SSR, and by the decision of the union government the Yerevan
Scientific Research Institute of Mathematical Machines (YerSRIMM)
was founded. A young scientist and academician named Sergey Mergelyan has played an important role in establishing
the institute, and has become YerSRIMM’s first
director. Even today, the institute is popularly known as "Mergelyan Institute", and has become synonymous to
YerSRIMM. The following prominent scientists have
contributed to the establishment of the institute, and to the development
of IT and Software Industry in Armenia:
Artashes Shahinyan, Andranic Iosifyan, Fadel Sargsyan. The institute
employees include prominent academicians, scientists and engineers.
 In 1960, the first time ever in the USSR, a
semiconductor-based computer named "HRASDAN" was developed and
presented to the government commission. Subsequently the computer was
enhanced, and its new version dubbed "HRASDAN-2" has begun to be
widely used in scientific research community and in manufacturing. In 1965
the next generation of these computers, named "HRASDAN 3", was
released. Later, on this platform, a new computer system was developed
named "Marshrut-1", which was designed for railroad ticket sales
automation system. For a long period of time this system was in use at some
railroad station ticket sales terminals in Moscow. A group of scientists who has
worked on the development of the "Marshrut-1" system was
presented with the prestigious Government Award of the former USSR. In the
1960s, the efforts to develop a new family of minicomputers named "Nairi" have started at YerSRIMM.
From 1960s to 1970s various models from this family of computers have been
developed ("Nairi-1", "Nairi-2", "Nairi-3",
"Nairi-3.1", "Nairi-3.2", "Nairi-3.3",
"Nairi-4, "Nairi-4.1"), designed to solve the wide range of
problems in the various fields of science, technology and economics. The
main feature of the "Nairi" family of
computers was the user-friendly interface, which allowed system interaction
based on the language close to the mathematical notations.
In 1980s, the further development of this family of computers has resulted
in creation of "Nairi-4B", "Nairi-4B C" and
"KOBER" multi-computer and multiprocessor systems, which were
compatible on the software level with the
well-known DEC PDP (PDP-11/40, PDP-11/44) computer series. For creation of
"Nairi" family of computers, the
institute was presented with the prestigious Government Award of the former
USSR.
For many years YerSRIMM was involved in research
aimed at developing experimental designs of the magnetic data storage
devices based on cone-shaped surface domain magnetic tapes. For this work
the institute was presented with the Government Award of the Armenian SSR.
One of the main directions of YerSRIMM’s research
activity was the development of series of minicomputers, such as EC-1030,
EC-1045 and EC-1046, and creation of the multi-computer and
multiprocessor-based systems on their platform. These minicomputers were
compatible on the hardware architectural and software levels with the
well-known IBM-360 and IBM-370 mainframe series by IBM.  In 70s and 80s, these computers and systems have
become widely used in various industries encompassing economy, science and
manufacturing, and are currently deployed at numerous companies throughout
the former USSR.
To mention only EC-1045 and EC-1046, more than 5000 units of these models
have been manufactured.
For these efforts the institute employees were presented with the
Government awards of USSR
and Armenian SSR, and the project managers were presented with Lenin Award.
In 70s, the focus on the design and development of hardware and software
for the ACS-s has set a new course of development for the institute, and
became an important milestone of its history. The new activities included
the development of High-reliability Real-time Computing Systems (such as
"SVK", "Sevan"), Real-time
Operating Systems, the development of ACS application algorithms, and
applied software packages. For the efforts in question, the institute was
presented with the Labor Red Banner Medal, and the project author groups
were presented with HLKEM award, and Government Awards of the former USSR and Armenian SSR; many employees were
awarded honors and medals of former USSR.
Before the collapse of the USSR,
YerSRIMM was one of the leading scientific
research institutes specializing in the development of computer hardware
and ASC-s. In 1992 the Yerevan Automated Control Systems Scientific
Research Institute (YerACSSRI) was formed on the
platform comprised of the YerSRIMM’s departments
involved in the development of Wide Area ACS-s, and Special Purpose
Computing Systems.
YerACSSRI is specializing, and has significant
experience in the development of Multi-object Wide Area Automated Control System
software to be used in various industries. Our team of experts is involved
in the development of high-reliability efficient special purpose computer
hardware and systems, and their Operating Systems; in the development of
custom protocol-based software packages for data exchange in the Wide Area
Network environment; in the development of various goal-functions
implementation software.
Starting from late 80s, our team of experts has been developing, and
continues to do so, large-scale applied software application packages, as
well as complete software solutions that can be deployed on the latest
hardware platforms, and under the latest Operating Systems, and are backed
by the latest database systems.
 At present, YerACSSRI is
focused on the development of large-scale Special Purpose Automated Control
Systems, which includes the development of various software packages:
custom device drivers, data exchange software packages, and the development
of complete software solutions for Windows and Linux Operating Systems,
using Visual C++ IDE, and C++ programming language.
All the projects in question, implemented by YerSRIMM’s
teams, as well as by the YerACSSRI’s teams, after
its establishment, were, and currently still are, under the supervision of
the academician Prof. Robert Atoyan, who is a current member of the National Academy
of Sciences of Republic
of Armenia.
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