DAC - Design Automation Conference
Design Automation Conference (EDA/chip design), IEEE/ACM
About this event
The 63rd Design Automation Conference, held for the first time in Long Beach with record growth as AI reshapes chip and system design. Themed around five pillars: AI, Design, EDA, Security and Systems, featuring three keynotes, SkyTalks, TechTalks, analyst reviews, hundreds of technical sessions and a large exhibition floor. Key themes included superconducting quantum computing, design automation for emerging AI workloads, agentic AI for EDA workflows and autonomous chip design, drawing over 6,000 system designers, architects, verification engineers and CAD managers.
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General Chair Renu Mehra reflections
NVIDIA at DAC 2026
Official press release
“DAC announces its 2026 keynote speakers: John Martinis, 2025 Nobel laureate in Physics and CTO of Qolab, Dr. Baaziz Achour, EVP and CTO of Qualcomm Technologies, and Jan Rabaey, Professor Emeritus at UC Berkeley.”
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