François Gernelle

François Gernelle (born in 1945) is a Engineer Informaticien French, famous to have invented the first Micro-ordinateur with Microprocesseur, the Micral NR.

A life marked by the first microcomputer

In 1972, within the framework of its work, it designs this computer to answer a request of INRA. It deposits two patents on this machine .

He works within the company R2E (electronic studies Achievements), directed by André Truong Trong Thi. As of April 1973, it accompanies marketing by Micral NR then, with the development of the company, it takes part in the development of a score of machines Multi-utilisateurs, of which some were Multiprocesseurs.

In 1981, with the repurchase of R2E by Bull, it integrates Bull Micral, which requires of him to conceive PC compatibles. But, it issues reserves on the machine of IBM and on its system PC-DOS signed Microsoft. It qualifies this type of egoistic machine of computer bus mono-user. It cannot be solved to develop PC compatibles.

International forum

In 1983, at 38 years, it leaves Bull Micral to found a data-processing new business, International forum.

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