# NPO Krystall > former semiconductor design and fabrication company in Kiev, now a business park **Wikidata**: [Q131720600](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131720600) **Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/npo-krystall ## Summary NPO Krystall is a former semiconductor design and fabrication enterprise based in Kyiv that produced integrated circuits. Originally formed through a series of Soviet-era organizational stages (starting as KB-3 and later known as NPO Krystall), the site is now a business park. ## Key Facts - NPO Krystall was a semiconductor design and fabrication company located in Kyiv, Ukraine (coordinates: 50.48891912224099, 30.419780433859895). - The organisation produced integrated circuits as its product or material. - The entity existed under multiple founding/organizational dates and names: 1963 (established as Kyiv Design Bureau for Microelectronics KB-3), 1966 (as Research Institute "Mikropribor"), and 1970 (as the scientific-production association "Krystall"). - Country affiliation is listed as the Soviet Union and Ukraine. - Industry classification: semiconductor industry. - Instance classifications include enterprise, semiconductor fabrication plant, research institute, and business park. - Common aliases: KNIIMP, Mikropribor, Kristall, NPO Microprocessor, Микроприбор, НПО Микропроцессор, Кристалл, КНИИМП, КБ-3, Киевское конструкторское бюро по микроэлектронике КБ-3. - Logo file: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/КНИИМП_(НПО_Кристалл)_историческая_эмблема.svg. - Described source: https://pretich.ru/articles.php?article_id=377. - Commons category: NPO Krystall. - Current status: the former company site is now a business park. ## FAQs ### Q: What is NPO Krystall? A: NPO Krystall was a Kyiv-based enterprise that combined semiconductor design and fabrication and produced integrated circuits. It later became a business park. ### Q: When and how was NPO Krystall founded? A: The organisation traces to 1963 as the Kyiv Design Bureau for Microelectronics (KB-3), was listed as the Research Institute "Mikropribor" in 1966, and was organized as the scientific-production association "Krystall" in 1970. ### Q: What did NPO Krystall make? A: NPO Krystall produced integrated circuits. ### Q: Where is NPO Krystall located now? A: The site is located in Kyiv at coordinates 50.48891912224099, 30.419780433859895 and the former company site functions as a business park. ## Why It Matters NPO Krystall represents a combined research-and-production organisation in the semiconductor industry that operated in Kyiv through Soviet and Ukrainian periods. As an entity that housed both design (research institute/class) and fabrication capabilities, it was part of the local infrastructure for producing integrated circuits. That combination of functions—research institute, design bureau, and semiconductor fabrication plant—made it a local center for microelectronics engineering and manufacturing. Its transformation from an industrial/research enterprise into a business park documents changes in industrial land use and economic structure in Kyiv after the Soviet era. For researchers, historians, and industry analysts, NPO Krystall is a concrete example of Soviet-era microelectronics institutions that later underwent reuse and repurposing in a post-Soviet urban and economic context. ## Notable For - Being a combined design and fabrication organisation for semiconductor integrated circuits in Kyiv. - Multiple historical organizational stages and names: KB-3 (1963), Research Institute "Mikropribor" (1966), and scientific-production association "Krystall" (1970). - Transitioning from a semiconductor enterprise and research institute to a business park. - Having a documented presence in both the Soviet Union and Ukraine with a preserved historical emblem/logo in public media. ## Body ### Names and aliases - Official and common names include NPO Krystall, KNIIMP, Mikropribor, Kristall, NPO Microprocessor. - Russian/Ukrainian forms and bureau identifiers: Микроприбор, НПО Микропроцессор, Кристалл, КНИИМП, КБ-3, Киевское конструкторское бюро по микроэлектронике КБ-3. ### Founding and organisational history - 1963: Recorded inception as "Киевское конструкторское бюро по микроэлектронике КБ-3" (Kyiv Design Bureau for Microelectronics KB-3). - 1966: Listed as the research institute "Научно-исследовательский институт «Микроприбор»" (Research Institute "Mikropribor"). - 1970: Listed as the scientific-production association "научно-производственное объединение «Кристалл»" (NPO Krystall). - Source for these stages: descriptive reference at https://pretich.ru/articles.php?article_id=377. ### Functions and products - Primary industry: semiconductor industry. - Product produced: integrated circuits. - Institutional roles: enterprise, semiconductor fabrication plant, and research institute. ### Location and site - City: Kyiv. - Geographic coordinates: latitude 50.48891912224099, longitude 30.419780433859895. - Current site use: business park (the former company site is now described as a business park). ### Classification and public records - Instance of: enterprise; semiconductor fabrication plant; research institute; business park. - Commons category: NPO Krystall. - Public emblem/logo available at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/КНИИМП_(НПО_Кристалл)_историческая_эмблема.svg. - Descriptive source URL: https://pretich.ru/articles.php?article_id=377. ### References and external identifiers - Described at URL: https://pretich.ru/articles.php?article_id=377 - Wikimedia Commons: category "NPO Krystall" and the historical emblem file linked above. ## References 1. 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