Learning from the past: 50 years of research in microelectronics in Romania
Learning from the past: 50 years of research in microelectronics in Romania
Author(s): Dan DascăluSubject(s): History, Economy, General Reference Works, National Economy, Supranational / Global Economy, Economic history, Recent History (1900 till today), Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Present Times (2010 - today), Human Resources in Economy, ICT Information and Communications Technologies, Source Material
Published by: Editura Academiei Române
Keywords: semiconductors; microelectronics; microtechnology; nanotechnology; microsensors; microsystems; cyber-physical systems; experimental infrastructure; Industry 4.0.;
Summary/Abstract: This paper is celebrating 50 years of research in semiconductor devices and microelectronics. The first research centre (1969), becoming later a research institute (ICCE, 1974) was created in the middle of the industrial platform for semiconductor industry and it was meant to facilitate the industrial growth and then to complement the activity of this industry. ICCE expanded and diversified its activity at the political demand (part of the unrealistic policy of avoiding any imports), collapsing after 1990 (the personnel decreased from 1500 to 200, in 1996). Still, the experience of engineers and researchers was extremely useful when ICCE merged with IMT, in a national institute focussed on microtechnologies, i. e. semiconductor technologies used to construct microsensors and microsystems, following the EU orientation. IMT was successful in participating to a record number of European projects, and also benefiting from the correlation of national programmes with EU policy, the structural funding a.s.o.
Journal: NOEMA
- Issue Year: XVIII/2019
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 339-354
- Page Count: 16
- Language: English
