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Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits
Since its foundation in 1985 Fraunhofer IIS has grown to be the largest institute within the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft. This timeline presents a chronology of significant events in the history of Fraunhofer IIS.
History
- 2011-2020
- 2010−2006
- 2005−2001
- 2000−1996
- 1995−1991
- 1990−1984
2011−2006
October 2011
New executive director
On October 1, 2011 Prof. Albert Heuberger was named executive director of Fraunhofer IIS and took over the Chair of Information Technologies with Focus on Communication Electronics (LIKE) from Prof. Heinz Gerhäuser. Prof. Gerhäuser retires after 13 dedicated years in office.
September 2011
Groundbreaking for Research Campus Waischenfeld
On September 19, 2011 President of District Government Upper Franconia Wilhelm Wenning turned the first shovel of earth at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Fraunhofer Research Campus Waischenfeld. In 2013 unpacking will begin for the first group of research staff.
June 2011
Research Cornerstone in Atzenhof
Construction for the new Fraunhofer IIS building in Fürth-Atzenhof begins in the summer 2011. It is located directly adjacent to the linear accelerator test center, which was inaugurated in the fall 2010. On June 30, 2011 guest of honor Bavarian Minister of Economic Affairs presided over the laying of the foundation stone ceremony. Construction is scheduled to be completed by 2013.
June 2011
Test and Demonstration Center L.I.N.K.
Construction of the Test and Demonstration Center L.I.N.K. marks a new milestone for the Fraunhofer IIS activities at the Nuremberg Nordostpark.
May 2011
Fraunhofer IIS Expands “AudioLabs” International Research Center for Audio & Multimedia Technologies
University professors join team of top scientists to drive research and development of digital processing for audio and multimedia signals.
April 2011
Prof. Dr. Albert Heuberger Appointed University Professor
In April Prof. Dr. Albert Heuberger (r.) is appointed a member of the collegial board of directors at Fraunhofer IIS and is appointed university professor at Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg.
2010−2006
October 2010
Construction at the Fraunhofer linear accelerator test center in Fürth-Atzenhof has been completed after about one year. With 400 square meters of floor space and a ceiling height of 14 meters the test facility is one-of-a-kind in Europe. It will be the home to novel methods for non-destructive computer tomography for large-scale components such as aircraft parts, vehicles, and containers.
October 2010
From October 26 the two Ilmenau-based student associations “ilmenauer studentenfernsehfunk iSTUFF” (college television) and “hsf studentenradio” (college radio) are broadcasting from the radio mast, which rises to a height of 50 meters at the Fraunhofer test facility Am Vogelherd. Thuringian State Secretary for Media Peter Zimmermann together with Prof. Dr. Albert Heuberger and Prof. Dr. Heinz Gerhäuser of Fraunhofer IIS give the starting signal.
June 2009
On June 15 construction work begins for future Fraunhofer projects in Fürth-Atzenhof, which is located in the industrial center Nuremberg Metropolitan Region. Four Fraunhofer IIS facilities will conduct research at this location. The ground-breaking ceremony kicked off construction of a linear accelerator center for non-destructive testing of large components such as aircraft carrier surfaces, rotor blades, entire vehicles or even containers.
June 2009
Fraunhofer IIS builds a radio mast for digital radio at the test facility Am Vogelherd in Ilmenau. Construction began on June 12 with the symbolic first cut of the spade.
July 2008
On July 31 Fraunhofer IIS celebrates the inauguration of its new extension building in Erlangen-Tennenlohe. Highlights of the new building are the sound laboratory and the fully equipped audio-video recording and postproduction studio for research into advanced audio coding and multimedia technologies. As one of the most important research facilities for Digital Cinema development, the new Fraunhofer building accommodates a “Cinema of the Future” equipped with the Fraunhofer IDMT sound system IOSONO.
2007
The year 2007 marks twenty years of successful audio coding at Fraunhofer IIS. Back in 1987 a breakthrough in audio coding activities was achieved with the introduction of the first real-time implementation of a predecessor of mp3. Fraunhofer IIS commemorates this milestone with a range of events including the release of videocasts. At the ceremony on May 25, 2007 (f.l.): Dr. Jürgen Herre, Harald Popp, both members of mp3 developer team, state minister Dr. Günther Beckstein, Prof. Karlheinz Brandenburg, director Fraunhofer IDMT, Prof. Dieter Seitzer, former director of Fraunhofer IIS, Dr. Bernhard Grill, mp3 developer team, Prof. Heinz Gerhäuser, director Fraunhofer IIS.
February 2007
Fraunhofer IIS increases its activities at the “Forschungsfabrik” research laboratory in Nuremberg. The research focus of the 65 staff members is “Localization and Communication”. At the inauguration ceremony (f.l.): Hans Spitzner, State Secretary, Dr. Albert Heuberger, Deputy Director Fraunhofer IIS, Prof. Dr. Klaus Meyer-Wegener, Vice Dean of the Erlangen faculty of engineering, Prof. Heinz Gerhäuser, Director Fraunhofer IIS.
2005−2001
June 2005
Fraunhofer IIS celebrates its 20th anniversary together with high-ranking guests (f. l.): Prof. Karl-Dieter Grüske, rector Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Ministerialdirigent Klaus Jasper, Bavarian Ministry of Economics, Infrastructure, Transportation and Technology, Ministerialrat Manfred Dietrich, Federal Ministry of Culture and Research, Prof. Heinz Gerhäuser, director Fraunhofer IIS, Gerd Lohwasser, mayor of Erlangen, Prof. Heiner Ryssel, director Fraunhofer IISB, Prof. Hans-Jörg Bullinger, president Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, Günter Baumüller, vice president IHK Nürnberg.
January 2004
The working group on electronic media technology AEMT in Ilmenau has evolved to a independent Fraunhofer Institute Digitale Medientechnologie IDMT (electronic media technology) under the leadership of Prof. Karlheinz Brandenburg.
June 2003
The first live broadcasting of DRM campus radio bit eXpress, a joint project of Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg and Fraunhofer IIS. (from left): Ulrich Rüde, Prodekan of the technical faculty, Prof. Karl-Dieter Grüske, rector of FAU, Prof. Heinz Gerhäuser, head of institute, Peter Senger, Deutsche Welle.
February 2003
Two new project groups are being put together: Hardware-Software-Co-Design, supervised by Prof. Jürgen Teich (right hand side in picture left), and adaptive system software, supervised by Prof. Wolfgang Schröder-Preikschat (picture right).
October 2002
Bundling of former Fraunhofer IIS activities in Nuremberg, and moving into newly built research factory at Nordostpark (from left): Dr. Roland Fleck, economic consultant to the city of Nuremberg, Erwin Huber, Bavarian minister of state, Prof. Heinz Gerhäuser, director of the institute, Prof. Klaus Feldmann, director of the chair of manufacturing automation and production systems at FAU, Dr. Bernd Kottmann, IVG Immobilien AG, and Dr. Ulrich Maly, mayor of Nuremberg.
May 2002
Fraunhofer's own institute building in Erlangen-Tennenlohe is completed and move-in has begun.
May 2001
Visitation of Federal President Johannes Rau (sitting down) at Fraunhofer IIS on the occassion of the award of the Deutscher Zukunftspreis (from left): Elvira Gerhäuser, director of press and public relations, Dr. Siegfried Balleis, mayor of Erlangen, Gerd Lohwasser, vice mayor of Erlangen, Prof. Heinz Gerhäuser, director of the institute, Prof. Karlheinz Brandenburg.
2000−1996
October 2000
Federal President Johannes Rau (3rd from left) awards "Deutschen Zukunftspreis" for MP3 development. Harald Popp, Prof. Karlheinz Brandenburg, and Bernhard Grill (from left) receive it representatively for the team of about 40 developers.
August 2000
Dr. Karlheinz Brandenburg (on right) is appointed professor at technical university Ilmenau.
July 2000
Laying of the cornerstone for first construction stage of own insitute building in Erlangen-Tennenlohe.
February 2000
Fraunhofer workgroup for electronic media technology AEMT launched in Ilmenau, supervised by Dr. Karlheinz Brandenburg.
September 1999
Albert Heuberger is appointed representative director of the institute.
August 1999
Dr. Heinz Gerhäuser is appointed professor at Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg. Set up of his chair of information technologies with focus on communication electronics begins.
April 1999
Dr. Günter Elst is appointed honorary professor at Technical University Dresden ernannt. He is being congratulated by Elvira Gerhäuser, director of press and public relations.
November 1998
Fraunhofer IIS assumes a complex of buildings on Großer Kornberg in the Fichtelgebirge to be set up as a radio test point.
October 1998
Prof. Dieter Seitzer retires from his position as a professor, and withdraws as director of the institute. Dr. Heinz Gerhäuser becomes of Fraunhofer IIS' new director in charge.
January 1998
Headed by Dr. Randolf Hanke, the development center for x-ray technology is launched. The development center is a mutual department of Fraunhofer IIS, Erlangen and Fraunhofer IZFP, Saarbrücken. After 2000, the development center is located in Fürth (picture).
1995−1991
January 1995
Fraunhofer-Center for Applied Research on Traffic Logisitcs and Communication Technology AVK launched in Nuremberg, headed by Prof. Peter Klaus.
November 1993
Dr. Heinz Gerhäuser is called into Fraunhofer IIS' institutional administration.
January 1992
Facilities for automation of circuit and system design EAS, a branch of Fraunhofer IIS, established in Dresden, headed by Dr. Günter Elst.
1990−1984
July 1990
Foundation of Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS (from left): Prof. Nikolaus Fiebiger, Prof. Gotthard Jasper, vice chancellor of University Erlangen-Nürnberg, August Lang, Bavarian minister of state for economic affairs and commerce, and Dr. Gustl Drechsler, IHK-Präsident (r.), all congratulate director Prof. Dieter Seitzer (2nd from right).
July 1985
The center for microelectronics and information technology ZMI is accepted into the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft as work group for integrated circuits AIS. The »electronic shoe« is one of the first big projects. It is first presented July 1st, 1985, at the ISPO in Munich by Dipl.-Ing. Ernst Eberlein, F. Rückert und Dr. Heinz Gerhäuser (from left)
March 1984
Förderkreis für die Mikroelektronik e.V. and IHK Nürnberg für Mittelfranken launch the center for microelectronics and information technology GmbH ZMI. Dr. Anton Jaumann, Bavarian minister of state for economic affairs and commerce, presents a symbolic key to CEO Prof. Dieter Seitzer (left).
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