“There is no place like DAC for feeling the pulse of the EDA industry. Walking the exhibit floor, watching product demonstrations, talking to vendors –– you get a real sense of the hot new tools and capabilities, the amazing creativity, and the intense competition that drives our industry forward. Everybody is there, from the tiniest startup to the industry giants, all showcasing their wares under one roof.”
Bob Bentley
Pre-silicon Validation Manager, Enterprise Microprocessor Group
Intel Corp.

ATTENDEES
"DAC is of vital importance to our business at Sutherland HDL, Inc. Our company provides expert training and consulting services for Verilog and SystemVerilog. DAC gives us the opportunity to visit with all of the EDA companies, big and small, and talk with them about how well their software tools support Verilog and the very important SystemVerilog extensions to Verilog. At DAC, we can get an indication of where the EDA industry is heading, and quickly ascertain which EDA vendors we need to work closely with over the next several months. The information we gain at DAC is invaluable to our being able to provide expert, leading-edge SystemVerilog and Verilog training and consulting."
Stuart Sutherland
President
Sutherland HDL, Inc.

"DAC is a one-stop conference for the latest on commercial tools and the latest research on-going in academia. You can also find out about changing business models by attending the panel discussions and get in-depth technical information and hands-on experience in the workshops. There are limitless networking opportunities on the exhibitor floor, in vendor suites and outside the conference sessions. There is so much to see and do at DAC what you need is staying power. It is not for the faint of heart!"
Ann Marie Rincon
AMIS Product Development
AMI Semiconductor

"Miss DAC? Are you kidding! DAC is where you find out what is really happening. I've been to DAC #5, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41 and I'll be at the 42nd DAC in June."
John Darringer
Manager System-Level Design
IBM T J Watson Research Center

"At Willamette HDL, we know that DAC is the best place to take the pulse of the EDA industry. That's why DAC is the one show we rarely miss."
Tim Corcoran
Vice President of Training
Willamette HDL

"Having had experience in both IC design companies and in IP development companies, I would highly recommend annual attendance at DAC. This is the conference where you can quickly come up to speed on the latest EDA tools available, get demonstrations of the tools on-site, find out about the latest IP offerings and discuss any new chip design roadblocks with the vendors that always seem to be appearing as the geometries continue to shrink. DAC is always at the top of my conference attendance list."
John Kusching
Vice President Engineering
QualCore Logic, Inc.

"DAC is a annual time-limited marketplace, where the most creative ideas compete for acceptance."
Alan Swahn
VP of Marketing
Carbon Design Systems

"DAC is the premier event to connect with the design community on a broad set of standardization topics. It gives us a place to showcase Accellera standards efforts that benefit designers. This year for the first time we are sponsoring a SystemVerilog booth with our members' products. On Wednesday at DAC we are holding our annual open member meeting with an awards presentation with an Accellera standards update. Our Wednesday breakfast will focus on Accellera's analog design standards."
Dennis Brophy
Chair
Accellera
Booth No. 2284

"The Design Automation Conference remains the premier opportunity for bringing together both customers and suppliers of EDA in the electronics industry. Si2's 75+ member companies leverage this tremendous meeting opportunity to advance our worldwide collaborative efforts for the benefit of the entire industry. DAC is the seminal event for sharing the results of existing Si2 initiatives, such as OpenAccess, and exploring new topics to address industry challenges together."
Steven E. Schulz
President and CEO
Si2, Inc.
Booth No. 1840

"As has been DAC's tradition, trends in electronics design will be on full display during this year's conference through presentations, discussions and lively debates. The focus for many design groups attending DAC this year is to identify new ways to efficiently implement DSP algorithms in silicon, which is why Accelchip will be there. We believe we have a strong value proposition for this group and DAC offers an unmatched venue to demonstrate our product offerings."
Vin Ratford
President and CEO
Accelchip
Booth No. 1000

"DAC is the premier design trade show and attracts the best and brightest of the industry worldwide. It is a very important event for small to mid-sized companies like AWR. It helps us reach a wider audience in the design and CAD communities as we expand our presence and enter new markets."
Tom Quan
Vice President of Marketing
Applied Wave Research (AWR)
Booth No. 117

"DAC allows EDA customers to meet with small and large EDA vendors, analysts and press; hear papers; and generate new ideas to improve productivity and performance of their chip designs. It's a great catalyst for business and innovation, and beneficial for all who attend."
Bill Alexander
Vice President of Marketing
Blue Pearl Software, Inc.
Booth No. 148

"Our customers mention DAC as the must conference to visit. It provides Bluespec with a single place to consult with key semiconductor industry designers, managers and vendors from around the world. Of course, last year's DAC was the anchor for our launch of Bluespec and our high-level synthesis toolset for control logic and complex datapaths."
George Harper
Vice President of Marketing
Bluespec Inc.
Booth No. 432

"Because Calypto is a newly-launched company delivering the next generation RTL to System level design and verification products, DAC is critical for us. It is unmatched as a single forum for our partners, customers, and key opinion makers to meet with us face-to-face."
Michael Sanie
Vice President of Marketing and Business Development
Calypto Design Systems Inc.
Booth No. 1818

"DAFCA has a demonstration suite at DAC this year. We see this event as being a valuable venue for start-up companies like ours to conduct meetings with SoC designers and further our relationships with other EDA companies."
Dave Orecchio
Vice President, Product Management
DAFCA, Inc. (Design Automation of Flexible Chip Architectures)
Booth No. 744

"DAC is where Denali hosts the party that's become a Tuesday night tradition. It's our way of saying thanks to the electronics design community, as we give a nod to DAC and its 40-year commitment to this industry. It's the one yearly event for the entire community and everyone's there."
Kevin Silver
Vice President of Marketing
Denali Software
Booth No. 1073

"While the web offers immediacy for companies looking for the newest EDA products, DAC continues to be the best place for personalized selling and image building. We see hundreds of visitors over a four-day period, from current customers to potential customers to other EDA companies and industry influencers. Nothing else quite compares."
Lauro Rizzatti
Vice President of Worldwide Marketing and General Manager of EVE-USA
Emulation and Verification Engineering (EVE)
Booth No. 1020

"DAC is the most efficient way for end-users to see all the latest EDA innovations."
Brett Cline
Vice President, Customer Operations and Services, Corporate Communications
Forte Design Systems
Booth No. 1317

"DAC affords us the opportunity to showcase our chip estimation tools to a world-class attendance of semiconductor engineers and executives. The show has consistently brought us highly qualified sales leads."
Adam Traidman
President
Giga Scale Integration Corporation
Booth No. 1821

"DAC is the rare yearly event that brings together technical innovation from industry and universities, and combines it with EDA company innovations and engineers needing answers to their design challenges. Nowhere else can attendees find pertinent technical information on emerging trends, new products, methodologies and processes. Magma is a strong supporter DAC and believes it's a great place to show design engineers how we can help them get their job done."
Milan Lazich
Vice President of Corporate Marketing
Magma Design Automation
Booth No. 2250

"As the premier EDA conference, the Design Automation Conference continues to deliver solid value to participating companies, and is an ideal connection point for all stakeholders in the industry. Given the growth in Novas' technology leadership and the importance of debug in general, DAC continues as a key event for us."
Dave Kelf
Vice President of Marketing
Novas Software Inc.
Booth No. 1811

"Ponté has built a solid foundation for yield-modeling and yield analysis to enable yield enhancement of nanometer designs -- thus building a bridge between design and manufacturing. As an emerging technology leader in design-for-yield, Ponté's excited to be involved in DAC very actively, since DAC is a bridge between designers and us. As electronics designers better understand that yield improvement at every step of the chip design flow the cost and time to working silicon will improve. DAC can help serve as the conduit for that understanding."
Nitin Deo
Senior Vice President, Marketing
Ponté Solutions, Inc.
Booth No. 111

"Poseidon Design Systems will exhibit at DAC this year and demonstrate Triton Tuner & Builder, our new System-level solution that raises the level of abstraction to increase productivity and efficiency for embedded system, FPGA, Platform ASIC, and SOC designs. We believe that DAC offers us an opportunity to expand our corporate image and Triton's brand awareness. Over the course of four days, we'll meet the electronics design community in a manner unmatched by any other marketing program."
Farzad Zarrinfar
Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing
Poseidon Design Systems
Booth No. 126

"For a company such as Pulsic, DAC provides us a stage from which to showcase our unique technology to a wide audience in a short time. In addition, we are able to organize a large number of meetings with a variety of customers in the week very efficiently."
Kevin Steptoe
Vice President of Marketing and Business Development
Pulsic Ltd.
Booth No. 1091

"DAC gives us a great opportunity to reconnect with our worldwide user base. It is one of the best forums to show how we are extending the reach of formal verification technology."
Rich Faris
Director of Marketing
Real Intent
Booth No. 1351

"You just can't miss DAC. It is the launch point for the latest and greatest innovations, a place to see old friends and make new ones, and is essential for building and maintaining business relationships."
Vic Kulkarni
President and CEO
Sequence Design
Booth No. 301

"Silicon Dimensions finds DAC a wonderful opportunity to visit with many customers from around the world in a single location. As a startup, it is important that we utilize our resources efficiently. The number of qualified people and companies that we can visit with during the show is unmatched compared to any other venue."
Michael Munsey
Vice President of Marketing
Silicon Dimensions
Booth No. 141

"DAC is an ideal platform for young EDA companies to reach out to the entire EDA ecosystem including customers, partners and analysts. It's a great and affordable way to announce and demonstrate new offerings, understand market trends, make new contacts and touch base with existing contacts."
Kamal Aggarwal
Vice President
SoftJin
Booth No. 1956

"Tensilica exhibits at DAC because it's the biggest gathering of engineers that are involved in chip design in North America."
Steve Roddy
Vice President of Marketing
Tensilica
Booth No. 1350

"DAC is a big part of our marketing strategy. We use DAC's industry track to refine our product strategy and its excellent technical program to ensure that our products use state-of-the-art techniques. It enables a startup like VeriEZ to connect with highly qualified prospects. It is a great place to initiate first contact with potential customers and EDA partners. I cannot imagine any EDA company not showing up at DAC!"
Sashi Obilisetty
President and CEO
VeriEZ Solutions, Inc.
Booth No. 355

"DAC is where all our existing and potential EDA and semiconductor customers gather."
Michiel Ligthart
Vice President of Operations
Verific Design Automation
Booth No. 1860

"DAC is without a doubt one of the EDA industry's premier marketing events bringing together a strong technical and exhibit program. As such, it provides us with the perfect venue to showcase how Virage Logic's Silicon Aware IP integrates with the leading EDA design flows to help SoC designers accelerate their silicon success."
Sabina Burns
Senior Director, Corporate Marketing
Virage Logic
Booth No. 412, 406