The Design Automation Conference (DAC), which was founded in 1964, is the longest running and largest conference focused on the design and automation of electronic circuits and systems. And 2019 was a record year in terms of research paper submissions and accepted papers. In fact, this year DAC experienced an impressive 18 percent increase in submissions, as shown in Figure 1.Figure 1. DAC growth in research paper submissionsOf this year’s 815 submissions that were stringently reviewed, 202... Read More
The beauty of the Design Automation Conference is that it is always the same and never the same. There is no technical conference like it. Every year there is the Technical Program, the Designer Track, IP Track and the Exhibition. And the networking opportunities with customers and colleagues is second to none. But each year is different, and I want to share what I see are the exciting new opportunities with DAC this year.First DAC will be in Las Vegas and the conference hasn’t been there since... Read More
2018 marked the first year of the Design Infrastructure Alley (DIA) at DAC. It was the first time that DAC devoted floorspace to discussing the unique IT needs of the semiconductor industry.Some of the big issues we are looking to address at DAC include:Increased Focus on Data/IP SecuritySemiconductor companies have traditionally had a very open, collegial way of working. The emphasis was on making it easy for engineers to collaborate. This was generally fine when companies created and owned... Read More
By Rob Oshana, 56th DAC Designer Track Co-Chair If the Research Track is the soul of the Design Automation Conference, the Designer Track is its beating heart. And as we’ve seen in recent years, that heart beat is only getting stronger. I’m so excited to be the co-chair for the Designer Track for the 56th DAC because it’s really where the rubber meets the road for systems designers, where deep and fruitful conversations happen between presenters and audience members and where the near... Read More
The spots are limited and boards are provided as first come first servedInterested in showing off your talent in developing deep learning algorithms on embedded hardware platforms for solving real-world problems? Join us in the second System Design Contest (SDC) at the 56th Design Automation Conference in 2019!In 2018, DAC held its inaugural system design contest. The 2018 SDC featured a low-power object detection challenge (LPODC) on designing and implementing novel algorithms based object... Read More
Research is the very heart and soul of the Design Automation Conference (DAC). In fact, one could easily argue that our industry as we know it today would not exist if not for the fundamental research that has been published at DAC for over five decades, as well as many of its sister conferences (e.g., DATE, ICCAD, etc.).This year I am honored to have been selected to serve as the 56th DAC Technical Program Committee (TPC) chair for the Research Track. And I am excited to announce that we are... Read More
Welcome to the official blog of the 56th Design Automation Conference. I’m the general chair this year, which means that it’s my job to write a blog post. There are some other duties involved, I’ve been told, but we’ll start with a blog post. You’ll hear more about and from the DAC committee members in future posts, but suffice to say for now we have assembled a great group of people from industry and academia. You can see more at this link https://dac.com/committees/executiveFifty-six is a lot... Read More
Despite what naysayers have been saying about EDA for several years, there’s a renaissance underway in electronics design. It’s profound, vibrant, exciting and unlike anything we’ve seen in decades. Just ask Dr. William Chappell, director of DARPA’s Microsystems Technology Office (MTO). William and four other DARPA officials came to the 55th Design Automation Conference in San Francisco in June to network and preview ambitious programs to energize design government-industry research and... Read More
I’ve been coming to the Design Automation Conference (DAC) for 18 years—first as an academic and, more recently, as a member of the DAC Executive Committee representing the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).And over those years, DAC has become, in my opinion, the industry’s foremost bridge between highly technical communities—ACM and IEEE in particular—that make tomorrow’s innovation happen.This is not only important to me personally, but it’s important to ACM. ACM is itself a wonderful... Read More
Some of the most valuable events at DAC are the IP Track sessions, which give small- and medium-sized companies a chance to share innovations that might not get much attention elsewhere. The use of IP in SoCs has exploded in recent years. In a panel at DAC 2017, an industry expert noted that the IP market was clearly growing even faster than EDA itself, due to the fact that more and more chip makers are externalizing IP development functions. This is similar to what happened with EDA... Read More
This June at DAC, we will have the opportunity to discuss and learn about key topics that are emerging in the system design and automation community. To start, we have the challenge of designing at the end of silicon scaling and beyond: devices, design complexity and verification. On Monday, there will be a tutorial on designing at advanced technology nodes, followed by an invited session on the same topic on Tuesday in the Designer Track. We will also begin to discuss modern... Read More
One of the most popular part of Design Automation Conference needs you! The Designer and IP tracks are open for submissions and you have until Jan. 23 to send in your abstracts.
These sessions are where industry experts discuss different tools, flows, and methodologies that will help you and your design team. In addition, they provide excellent opportunities for education and networking between end users and tool developers.
I’ve been to many of these sessions in recent years, and if... Read More
When it comes to tackling leading-edge design challenges in fun ways, there’s no better place than DAC. For DAC 2018, we’ve created a System Design Contest targeting machine learning on embedded hardware.
If you think this is too leading edge for a design contest, you’d be mistaken: More than 100 teams registered for the contest. You can find a full list of the teams here: http://www.cse.cuhk.edu.hk/~byu/2018-DAC-HDC/teams.html
So how does the contest work:
Teams had the choice of... Read More
Introducing the 55th DAC General Chair – Dr. Sharon Hu
My first time attending DAC was in 1991, and I am so excited to be serving as the General Chair for the 55th annual conference this June. Coming from academia and meeting new people in the industry sector who have been involved with DAC for years, I thought this to be good opportunity to introduce myself to the entire community.
I got my start in engineering as an undergraduate student. Both of my parents were... Read More
I’ve been attending DAC since 1992, and it’s astonishing to me how each new year brings more and more compelling experiences for attendees. Of course DAC is rooted in a world-class IEEE and ACM sponsored conference program, but the activities in the exhibit hall just get more and more amazing and fun every June.
The exhibit hall at this year’s DAC is not just a place where exhibitors from around the world will share leading-edge technologies. It’s going to be a hive of all sorts of activities—a... Read More
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