CCF AArchitecture and Systems2022: APublisher: IEEE/ ACM

MICROIEEE/ACM International Symposium on Microarchitecture

MICRO is a rank A conference in Computer Architecture, Parallel and Distributed Computing, and Storage Systems in the CCF list's 7th edition (2026), as in 2022. The MICRO 2027 deadline is not announced; past editions suggest mid April. MICRO 2026 took place on Nov 2–4, 2026 in Athens, Greece. Acceptance rate 2025: 20.8% (124/597).

Data updated 8 November 2026 · rank from the CCF list's 7th edition

2027 deadline (forecast)mid AprilNot announced
MICRO 2026 datesNov 2–4, 2026
VenueAthens, Greece
Latest acceptance rate20.8%2025 · 124/597
CCF rankRank A7th edition · Architecture and Systems
Papers in dblp (2025)123Main proceedings

Latest edition

MICRO 2026: call for papers timeline

  1. Apr 1, 2026, 03:59 UTC
  2. Apr 8, 2026, 03:59 UTC
  3. Nov 2–4, 2026Local time
    ConferenceAthens, Greece

AoE (Anywhere on Earth) is UTC−12 (time zones explained). These dates come from the ccf-deadlines community project and have not yet been checked against the conference website; confirm them there before you submit. Conference website ↗

Past editions

Dates, venues, deadlines and acceptance rates

YearPaper deadlineAcceptancePapers (dblp)DatesVenue
20262026-04-07UTC-4——Nov 2–4, 2026Athens, Greece
20252025-04-11UTC-420.8%124/597 · source123Oct 20–22, 2025Seoul, Korea
20242024-04-18UTC-522.7%113/497 · source115Nov 4–6, 2024Austin, Texas, USA
20232023-04-28UTC-723.3%101/434 · source101Oct 30 – Nov 1, 2023Toronto, Canada
20222022-04-21UTC-723.9%83/348 · source83Oct 3–5, 2022Chicago, Illinois, USA
20212021-04-16UTC-721.9%94/430 · source94Oct 19–21, 2021Virtual
2020——82——
2019——80——
2018——74——
2017——61——
2016——62——

MICRO 2027 deadline forecast: mid April (not announced). The last paper deadlines: 2026: Apr 8, 2026; 2025: Apr 12, 2025; 2024: Apr 19, 2024. The conference's own announcement decides.

Paper counts are dblp's main proceedings only, without workshop volumes; acceptance rates link to the page they come from. dblp ↗

CCF list

MICRO in the CCF list

7th edition (2026)
CCF A Computer Architecture, Parallel and Distributed Computing, and Storage Systems · no. 5
6th edition (2022)
CCF A Computer Architecture, Parallel and Distributed Computing, and Storage Systems
Name in the list
IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Microarchitecture
Publisher
IEEE/ ACM

CCF counts the full (regular) papers of a listed conference: short papers, demos, technical briefs, summaries, Findings and the workshops held with a conference are outside the list. CCF also says the list is a recommendation and should not be used on its own to evaluate research; your institution's rules decide. What counts, case by case →

FAQ

About MICRO

What CCF rank is MICRO?

MICRO is a rank A conference in Computer Architecture, Parallel and Distributed Computing, and Storage Systems in the CCF list's 7th edition (2026), as in 2022.

When is the MICRO 2027 deadline?

Not announced yet. The last paper deadlines were 2026: Apr 8, 2026; 2025: Apr 12, 2025; 2024: Apr 19, 2024, so mid April is likely; the conference's announcement decides.

Where is MICRO 2026?

MICRO 2026 took place on Nov 2–4, 2026 in Athens, Greece.

What is the MICRO acceptance rate?

2025: 597 submissions, 124 accepted, 20.8%. 2024: 22.7% (113/497). The history table links each figure to its source.

Do MICRO workshop and short papers count as CCF A?

CCF counts the full (regular) papers of a listed conference: short papers, demos, technical briefs, summaries, Findings and the workshops held with a conference are outside the list. CCF also says the list is a recommendation and should not be used on its own to evaluate research; your institution's rules decide.

In more detail: Which CCF conference papers count · How to read conference deadlines

Sources: the CCF list of recommended international conferences and journals, 7th edition (published 31 March 2026, corrected 9 April 2026) and 6th edition (2022); editions, deadlines and acceptance rates from the ccf-deadlines community project (MIT licence), marked as community data until checked against each conference's website, then marked as checked with the website's own words; proceedings and paper counts from dblp (CC0).