Design Automation Conference

DAC, Design Automation Conference
Status	Active
Frequency	Annual
Years active	61
Founded	May 6, 1964; 61 years ago (1964-05-06) 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.^[1]