Design Automation Conference
| DAC, Design Automation Conference | |
|---|---|
| Status | Active | 
| Frequency | Annual | 
| Years active | 61 | 
| Founded | May 6, 1964 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States | 
| Founder | Pasquale (Pat) Pistilli | 
| Most recent | DAC2024 | 
| Next event | DAC2025 | 
| Participants | 6000 | 
| Area | Electronic Design Automation | 
| Sponsors | ACM Special Interest Group on Design Automation and IEEE Council on Electronic Design Automation | 
| Website | Design Automation Conference | 
The Design Automation Conference (DAC - The chips to systems conference) is an annual event that combines a technical conference with a trade show. It focuses on semiconductor and electronic system design, covering topics such as electronic design automation (EDA), artificial intelligence (AI) hardware and AI-driven algorithms for hardware design, system on chip (SoC) architecture, low-power electronics, design for manufacturability (DFM), hardware security, physical design, IP cores, chiplets, and embedded systems.