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The 50th Design Automation Conference: A Celebration Full of New Initiatives and Longstanding Traditions

May 24, 2013

LOUISVILLE, Colo. –– May 24, 2013 –– The 50th Design Automation Conference is not just going to be a celebration to commemorate the last 50 years of the oldest conference and tradeshow dedicated to the electronic design, design automation, IP, embedded systems and software industries. DAC 2013 is full of new initiatives: from enhancing the tradeshow floor, with access to the Designer Track and the new Global Forum exhibit, to expanding the technical program with SKY Talks, DAC Insights, Training Day and Visionary Talks from industry luminaries. The 50th DAC will be held at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas from June 2-6, 2013.
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Industry Leaders from Freescale, National Instruments, Samsung, Qualcomm, TI, and UC Berkeley to Give Keynotes at 50th DAC

May 16, 2013

LOUISVILLE, Colo. –– May 16, 2013 –– Industry luminaries from Freescale, National Instrument, Samsung, Qualcomm, Texas Instruments and UC Berkeley will all present keynotes at the 50th Design Automation Conference (DAC), the premier conference devoted to electronic design, design automation, embedded systems and software. The 50th DAC will be held at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas from June 2-6, 2013.
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Management Day at the 50th DAC to Discuss the Tradeoffs Involved in Modern SoC Design

May 13, 2013

LOUISVILLE, Colo. –– May 13, 2013 –– The Design Automation Conference (DAC), celebrating its 50th year as the premier conference devoted to electronic design, design automation, embedded systems and software, announces that Management Day will be on Tuesday June 4th 2013. The 50th DAC will be held at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas from June 2-7, 2011. Management Day will begin at 10:30am on Tuesday, June 4, and is sponsored by Chip Estimate.
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Places Around the Austin Convention Center

May 9, 2013

Paul McLellan, SemiWiki
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DAC 2013 Preview: Keynotes

May 7, 2013

Paul Dempsey, Tech Design Forum
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Training Day at DAC

May 5, 2013

Paul McLellan, SemiWiki
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DAC 2013: Austin City Limits

May 2, 2013

Peggy Aycinena, EDACafe
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DAC 2013 Preview III: Embedded

Apr 29, 2013

Paul Dempsey, Tech Design Forum
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50th DAC Tutorials Focus on Verification, Implementation and Embedded Systems

Apr 26, 2013

LOUISVILLE, Colo. –– April 26, 2013 –– The Design Automation Conference (DAC), celebrating its 50th year as the premier conference devoted to electronic design, design automation, embedded systems and software, will feature seven tutorials and six workshops starting on Sunday, June 2, 2013. The 50th DAC will be held at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas from June 2-6, 2013.
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DAC 2013: A Taste of Texas

Apr 25, 2013

Peggy Aycinena, EDACafe
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Nanette Collins Selected to Receive Marie R. Pistilli Women in EDA Achievement Award

Apr 24, 2013

LOUISVILLE, Colo. –– April 24, 2013 –– Nanette Collins, a public relations consultant from Boston, was selected as the Marie R. Pistilli Women in Electronic Design Automation (EDA) Achievement Award recipient for 2013. The award, named for DAC’s former organizer Marie Pistilli, is presented annually to an individual who has helped advance women in the EDA industry. It will be presented to Collins during the 50th Design Automation Conference (DAC) Monday, June 3, at 2:30 p.m. in the DAC Pavilion (Booth #509) in Austin, Texas. Immediately following, Ann Steffora Mutschler, senior editor at System-Level Design, will interview Collins. DAC will be held June 2-6 at the Austin Convention Center.
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18th Annual Workshop for Women in Design Automation Sponsors Panel Session “Affiliation Avenue —The Road to Success!” at DAC 2013

Apr 22, 2013

LOUISVILLE, Colo. – April 22, 2013 – The Design Automation Conference (DAC), celebrating its 50th year as the premier conference devoted to electronic design, design automation, embedded systems and software, announces a panel session titled Affiliation Avenue – The Road to Success! sponsored by the Workshop for Women in Electronic Design (WWED). The panel session will take place on Monday June 3rd at 1:30pm as part of the 50th DAC, which will be held at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas from June 2-6, 2013. The panel will be followed by the presentation of the 2013 Marie R. Pistilli Women in Design Automation Achievement Award and an interview with the recipient.
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DAC 2013 Preview II: Panels

Apr 18, 2013

Our second DAC 2013 preview article focuses on some of the panel sessions running both as part of the main conference and in the DAC Pavillion on the exhibition floor. We don’t have space to list all of them – these just caught our eye for a few of the reasons we outline below – and you probably want to check out the main DAC 2013 program because there is plenty of meat in there.
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DAC – here we come – time to SKY

Apr 16, 2013

Brian Bailey 4/16/2013 11:48 AM EDT Before we know it the Design Automation Conference will be upon us. While you and I may just have started planning for it, the program committee has almost finished and with this being a special year – DACs 50th anniversary, they have some new and exciting things for us. First is a new location. DAC has never been held in Austin before and only once in Texas. Why Austin? First, there are a lot of chip and IP companies in that area with a particular specialty being processors.
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50th Design Automation Conference: Atrenta, Forte and Jasper Sponsor Free Exhibit Floor Passes Along with the I LOVE DAC Campaign

Apr 15, 2013

LOUISVILLE, Colo. – April 15, 2013 – Offering the opportunity to enter the Design Automation Conference (DAC) and be part of the celebration, Atrenta, Jasper Design Automation, and Forte Design Systems are sponsoring three-day exhibit passes through the fifth annual “I LOVE DAC” campaign. DAC is celebrating its 50th year as the premier conference devoted to electronic design, design automation, embedded systems and software. This golden year for DAC will be filled with exciting exhibits, riveting keynotes, Designed in Texas sessions, networking events and much more. The conference and exhibition will be held at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas from June 2-6, 2013.
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50th DAC Announces Pavilion Panels Featuring Interviews, Business Trends and Technology Advances

Apr 11, 2013

LOUISVILLE, Colo. –– April 10, 2013 –– The 50th Design Automation Conference (DAC), the premier conference devoted to electronic design, design automation, embedded systems and software, will feature 15 Pavilion Panel sessions in the program lineup for DAC 2013. Complementing the more in-depth DAC technical conference program, the DAC Pavilion hosts an eclectic mix of panels, presentations and interviews in Booth #509 on the exhibit floor. The 50th DAC will be held at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas from June 2-6, 2013.
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DAC 2013 preview: Putting users first and marking 50 years

Apr 5, 2013

Paul Dempsey, Tech Design Forum
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Looking back at the milestones as DAC-50 approaches

Apr 5, 2013

Mike Demler, OpenSystems Media
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EDACafe - DAC 2013: Zorian’s powers in Austin

Jan 23, 2013

Peggy Aycinena, EDACafe
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Cadence BLOG - Best User Track Paper Review Deploying Model Checking for Bypass Verification

Jun 21, 2012


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EDACafe - Eve's positive impression of DAC this year

Jun 19, 2012

Cindy Wilson, EVE
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Chip Design - Notable Analog Tool Advances Boost Designer Productivity

Jun 18, 2012

Dave Bursky, Chip Design Magazine
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Cadence BLOG - DAC 2012 IBM Keynote

Jun 10, 2012

Richard Goering, Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
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EEJournal - Not your Mama's DAC

Jun 8, 2012

Amelia Dalton, EE Journal
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Embedded systems design at DAC 2012

Jun 7, 2012

Bernard Cole, UBM Tech
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Chip Design - IBM, Intel Outline Processor Design Challenges

Jun 7, 2012

Mark LaPedus, Chip Design
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Chip Design - DAC 2012: Mystical Confluence: ESL Hockey Stick and The Cup!

Jun 7, 2012

Frank Schirrmeister, Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
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ARM: Challenges Seen In IC Scaling and EDA

Jun 6, 2012

Mark LaPedus, Chip Design
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Cool Verification: 49th DAC: Day 1 Highlights

Jun 5, 2012

JL Gray, Verilab.
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EE Times - Gary Smith on what to look for at DAC 2012

May 30, 2012

Dylan McGrath, EE Times
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EE Times - Gearing Up for DAC – Verification demos

May 18, 2012

Brian Bailey, EE Times
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EE Times - New companies at DAC for the first time in 2012

May 15, 2012

Brian Bailey, EE Times
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EDACafe - DAC 2012: Thermocouple Thursday in San Francisco

May 14, 2012

Peggy Aycinena, EDACafe
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EDACafe - DAC 2012: Super Sunday in San Francisco

May 6, 2012

Peggy Aycinena, EDACafe
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Austin Tech News

Mar 14, 2012

AUSTIN, Texas — Apple Inc. is investing $304 million in a new campus and more than doubling its workforce in the Texas capital, boosted by a $21 million incentive from a state fund designed to attract high-tech companies, Gov. Rick Perry said Friday.
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