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DAC Program Cover to Wide Range of Issues Affecting Chip Design, Technology, BusinessMay 11, 2009 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- The 46th Design Automation Conference (DAC) will offer a range of panels, including a first keynote panel with the top-three electronic design automation (EDA) CEOs and a special plenary panel on green technology. In addition, eight panels are included in the conference's technical program, while 19 are scheduled for the DAC Pavilion on the exhibit floor. This year's DAC will be held July 26-31 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. "With a total of 29 panel sessions, there's truly something for everyone. The selected panels are part of a high-quality, comprehensive program that will explore critical design issues, as well as hot topics like green technology, intellectual property, the future of EDA given the economic environment, and much more," said Greg Spirakis, chair of the panels committee for the 46th DAC. "In addition to the diverse range of topics, the breadth and experience of the panelists and moderators will make for an informative and engaging panel program, including the keynote CEO panel that no one in the industry should miss." "Futures for EDA: The CEO View," will feature panelists Aart de Geus of Synopsys, Inc., Walden C. Rhines of Mentor Graphics Corp. and Lip-Bu Tan of Cadence Design Systems, Inc., discussing industry futures with respect to markets, business and technology. This keynote panel, to be held on Monday July 27, from 4:30 to 5:45 p.m., will be moderated by Juan-Antonio Carballo, a partner with IBM Venture Capital Group and worldwide manager, IBM Microelectronics Services. "How Green is My Silicon Valley," a special plenary panel chaired by Walden C. Rhines in his role as EDA Consortium chair, will take place Thursday, July 30, from 12 noon to 1:45 p.m. The panel will examine "green" technology, system design, public policy - and prospective implications for the EDA industry. Conference Program Features Eight Panels Eight conference program panels will take place Tuesday, July 28, through Thursday, July 30. They are: Tuesday, July 28 System Prototypes: Virtual, Hardware or Hybrid? EDA in Flux -- Should I Stay or Should I Go? Moore's Law: Another Casualty of the Financial Meltdown? Wednesday, July 29 Design for Manufacturing (DFM) -- Band-Aid or Competitive Weapon? Guess, Solder, Measure, Repeat -- How Do I Get My Mixed-Signal Chip Right? Oil Fields, Hedge Funds and Drugs Thursday, July 30 From Milliwatts to Megawatts: The System-Level Power Challenge The Wild West: Conquest of Complex Hardware-Dependent Software Design DAC Pavilion Panels New to the DAC Pavilion this year is the first-ever "Community-Driven" panel, where the DAC community chooses the topic. Members of the DAC community are invited to check out four proposed topics and vote here for their favorite topic by May 31. The topic receiving the most votes will be presented in the DAC Pavilion on Wednesday, July 29, 10-10:45 a.m. Eighteen other panels will be held throughout the week in the DAC Pavilion (Booth #1928). They are: Monday, July 27 Gary Smith on EDA: Trends and What's Hot at DAC. The EDA Heritage Series: Doug Fairbairn's Industry Retrospective Hogan's Heroes: The Long Road to System-Level Sign-Off IP at Risk: Protecting the Company Jewels A Conversation with the 2009 Marie R. Pistilli Award Winner DAC/ISSCC Student Design Contest Awards Presentation Tuesday, July 28 Fighting Piracy on the High Seas: Offense Versus Defense Low Power: Consumer Electronics' Catch-22 A Town Hall Meeting: Can We Afford for Start-Ups to Wind Down? Will Interoperable Process Design Kits (PDKs) Fly in a Stodgy Analog World? Embedded Multi-Core: Multi-Opportunities, Multi-Challenges EDA Ecosystem: In Sync or Out of Touch? Wednesday, July 29 Electronics Going Green: Future or Futile? Seeking the Holy Grail of Verification Coverage Closure The AMS Revival: Bipolar Thinking? Tweet, Blog or News: How Do I Stay Current? Reuse in an Enterprise: Myth or Reality? Thursday, July 30 You Don't Know Jack -- High Schoolers Tell You What's Up With Technology DAC information: www.dac.com. ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) |