Ro-Micro

Symposium and Expo

June 28, 2024 / 28 Iunie 2024

Institutul de Cercetare-Dezvoltare
Universitatea Transilvania Brașov

https://www.youtube.com/@Ro-Micro

About the Event​

Ro-Micro Symposium and Expo brought together meaningful past, present, and potential future contributions to the computing industry.  Romanians closely followed and resonated with the technology revolution in Silicon Valley and everywhere else in the world.  Despite being part of the Eastern Block until 1990 and facing many restrictions and shortages, Romanians compensated to some extent through ingenuity and constant challenge of the status-quo, resulting in some notable contributions.

Ro-Micro featured an Expo with a large variety of functional computers build during the 80-ties and 90-ties, starting with a 4004 calculator!  It was an event both for computer enthusiasts and for people with inquisitive minds about technology and its evolution over the years. We had a special guest, Federico Faggin, physicist, engineer, inventor and entrepreneur, designer of the first 4 microprocessors, Intel 4004, 8008, 8080, and Zilog Z80.

Event Schedule​

The Ro-Micro Expo was open for viewing
June 27 and 28, from 10:00 to 18:00.

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Friday, June 28 / Vineri, 28 Iunie

08:30 – 9:45

Registration / Înregistrare (photo)

09:45 – 10:00

Opening Remarks / Remarci de Deschidere, Sorin Cismaș (photo) (slides)

10:00 – 10:20

Mihai IvanoviciThe ROC integrated circuit for the ATLAS Experiment at LHC / Circuitul integrat ROC pentru Experimentul ATLAS de la LHC (photo) (slides)

10:20 – 10:40

George ToacșeThe CoBra Inception / Cum a apărut CoBra (photo) (slides)

10:40 – 11:00

Vasile ProdanCoBra: Design, 3 Vasile Prodan, Production / CoBra: Concepție, Implementare, Producție (photo)

11:00 – 11:20

Nicolae MunteanRomanian Computers, Past and Present / Calculatoare Românești, Trecut și Prezent (photo) (slides) (article)

11:20 – 11:40

Alexandru FlocaA Collector’s Perspective / Perspectiva Colecționarului (photo) (slides)

11:40 – 12:00

Florin MarcusComputer History Museum, Arad / Muzeul de Istoria Calculatoarelor, Arad (photo) (video)

12:00 – 13:00

Lunch Break / Pauza de Masa​

13:00 – 13:15

Gheorghe M. Ștefan – DIALISP: a Lisp Machine (photo) (slides) (article)

13:15 – 13:30

Cristian Baleanu, Dan Tomescu – The S-Machine, an Architecture for Symbolic Processing (photo) (slides) (article)

13:30 – 14:00

Sorin Cismaș – From CoBra to iPhone and Vision Pro (photo) (slides)

14:00 – 14:30

Sorin Cismaș – Q&A

14:30 – 15:00

Coffee Break / Pauza de Cafea​

15:00 – 16:00

Keynote: Federico Faggin – Microprocessors, Touchscreens, Artificial Intelligence, and Consciousness (photo) (article)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federico_Faggin
http://www.fagginfoundation.org

16:00 – 17:00

Federico Faggin – Q&A moderated by Sorin Cismaș (photo1) (photo2) (photo3)

17:00 – 18:00

Federico Faggin – book signing (photo)

Illustration in Markt + Technik of Zilog’s siege on Intel’s 8080A castle (1976)

18:00 – 20:00

Reception / Recepție (photo)