The DAC User Track brings together IC designers from across the globe. The technical program offers a unique opportunity to pick up the latest tips and tricks from the industry expert IC designers. The DAC User Track features over 110 presentations on a wide variety of EDA topics. Designers from Intel, IBM, Samsung, TI, Toshiba, Qualcomm, AMD, Freescale and other leading IC companies will present their experiences on effective design flows, methods and tool usage. There is no other way to improve your ‘design IQ’ in just a short amount of time.
The focus of the User Track is on significant contributions from the EDA tool user community. Where the regular DAC program aims at algorithmic the UT aims to share challenges and benefits of tool usage and provides educational and networking benefits for end users as well as tool developers. The User Track differs from vendor-specific user forums in that it is not tied to a specific EDA vendor.
The list of topics is longer and more diverse than ever before, making the User Track of interest for every designer. Low power is one of the core topics addressed at the system-level, RTL-level and during the Place and Routing stages of design. Find out how to efficiently design for low power and build the power delivery network on the chip and through the package. Several designers will address dealing with the significant variability at 32nm and below. You will find interesting presentations on variation-robust design methods with ways to quickly converge on a chip that yields. Timing closure is another theme that is addressed by speakers from a several perspectives, both front-end and back-end. Designers will present on innovative ways to partitioning, budgeting and retime. We also feature presentations on several timing-driven ECO physical optimization methods, and highlight several system-level case studies that use Formal Verification. There are too many topics to cover in this brief summary. Please check out the program in the new dac.com website for the full details on the presentations.
The Design Automation Conference and the User Track brings together thousands of like-minded professionals, making this event an opportunity you cannot miss. The User Track runs for 3 packed days as a parallel track to the DAC program. Learn from expert designers in person, and find out the truth about design tools. Stroll through the DAC trade show, attend keynotes and cutting-edge technical sessions, or just talk to colleagues from other companies. Whether it’s for the full 3 days or just a single day, the DAC has it all. Since DAC 2010 is held right next to Disneyland, this is a great opportunity to bring your family along.