EUROMICRO is a

non-profit organization A nonprofit organization (NPO) or non-profit organisation, also known as a non-business entity, not-for-profit organization, or nonprofit institution, is a legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public or social benefit, in co ...

History

It was founded in 1973 by

Rodnay Zaks Rodnay Zaks (born 10 February 1946, Paris) is a French-born American author of many books on computer programming, including the seminal ''Programming the Z80'' and ''Programming the MOS Technology 6502, 6502''. He is the founder of independent c ...

and co-founded by Reiner Hartenstein and a few other colleagues in response to emerging

microprocessor A microprocessor is a computer processor where the data processing logic and control is included on a single integrated circuit, or a small number of integrated circuits. The microprocessor contains the arithmetic, logic, and control circ ...

technology (workstations, PCs etc. that were to be networked soon). EUROMICRO has focused on promoting, discussing, disseminating knowledge, information and skills, in education, academia, government and industry. Euromicro focuses upon

multimedia Multimedia is a form of communication that uses a combination of different content forms such as text, audio, images, animations, or video into a single interactive presentation, in contrast to tradit ...

telecommunication Telecommunication is the transmission of information by various types of technologies over wire, radio, optical, or other electromagnetic systems. It has its origin in the desire of humans for communication over a distance greater than that ...

software engineering Software engineering is a systematic engineering approach to software development. A software engineer is a person who applies the principles of software engineering to design, develop, maintain, test, and evaluate computer software. The term '' ...

real-time systems Real-time computing (RTC) is the computer science term for Computer hardware, hardware and computer software, software systems subject to a "real-time constraint", for example from Event (synchronization primitive), event to Event (computing), ...

, parallel and distributed processing,

computer architecture In computer engineering, computer architecture is a description of the structure of a computer system made from component parts. It can sometimes be a high-level description that ignores details of the implementation. At a more detailed level, the ...

robotics Robotics is an interdisciplinary branch of computer science and engineering. Robotics involves design, construction, operation, and use of robots. The goal of robotics is to design machines that can help and assist humans. Robotics integrat ...

and

hardware design Processor design is a subfield of computer engineering and electronics engineering (fabrication) that deals with creating a processor, a key component of computer hardware. The design process involves choosing an instruction set and a certain exec ...

. It publishes the Journal of Systems Architecture (JSA), through North Holland (Elsevier). Conference and workshop proceedings are published through

IEEE The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is a 501(c)(3) professional association for electronic engineering and electrical engineering (and associated disciplines) with its corporate office in New York City and its operati ...

Computer Press.

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