David Lin's Blog (6)

Excerpted from my article at the DAC eZine



Big. Massive. Fan. Massive! Love it! Love DAC. The excitement. The conversation. The community.



Not always and not every day, but for the most part, I think it’s awesome! Like many others, I’ve thought about, planned, prepped, developed, worried about, practiced, demoed, spoken, networked and partied at the Design Automation Conference (DAC)… Continue

Extracted from EDACafe Weekly, by Peggy Aycinena --



Let’s give a standing ovation for all of the hard-working folks putting together DAC this year. Late July is a hellish time to be trying to mount a tech conference in one of the most expensive cities in the U.S. – particularly in the midst of the worst recession in decades.



If you’re on the Executive Committee (that‘s… Continue

Excerpted from The Standards Game:



"Again this year, Synopsys is sponsoring a standards booth at the Design Automation Conference. I bet you think I’m going to say it’s the best ever standards booth. It’s going to be great, for sure, with an impressive line-up of speakers (see below for details) and in-depth information about key industry standards. But I have to say, IMHO, that the best ever DAC… Continue

From Richard Goering's post at the Cadence Community --



"The fact that the 46th annual Design Automation Conference (DAC) is coming up tells us that EDA has been around a lot longer than most people think. What were they talking about back in 1964, the first year for which proceedings are available? (This was technically the “second” DAC,… Continue

Not an exhaustive list, but these articles cover some of the exciting activities happening at this year's DAC ...



• Official DAC eZine



• Guest Blog: Limor Fix – Verification session at DAC (Verification Vertigo)



•… Continue

Top 10 Signs You’re in Love with DAC



10 – You flirt with other conferences, but nothing compares to DAC



9 – You have a closet full of DAC t-shirts and a cube full of Conference Badges



8 – You were heartbroken when “DAC4EVER” was not available on a license plate



7 – Your bookshelf was filled with old DAC proceedings. Now shopping for a DVD shelf!



6 – You use booth giveaways as Christmas presents for… Continue