The Design Automation Conference is the world's leading technical conference and trade show on electronic design automation. DAC is where the IC Design and EDA ecosystem learns, networks, and does business. DAC is also where the latest technical research is presented. DAC covers all topics related to the design complex systems on chip: Embedded System design & verification down to physical layout verification & test.

Bringing DAC to Austin

Major Employers of Design Engineers in Austin

3M Co. (1000)
Advanced Micro Devices (2933)
Agere,Inc.
Alereon
Altera (50)
Analog Devices
Aperian
Apple (3000)
Applied Materials (2250)
Applied Micro
Applied Science Fiction
ARM (100)
ASI (Advanced System Integration)
BAE Systems (675)
Centaur (40)
Cirrus Logic
Cisco Systems (800)
Cypress
Dell (10,000)
DuPont Photomasks Inc.
Flextronics (1875)
Freescale Semiconductor (5000)
Hewlett-Packard (550)
IBM Corp. (6239)
Image Microsystems (500)
Intel Corp. (1000)
InterSil (40)
LSI (30)
Microsemi (40)
Motorola
National Instruments (2200)
Oracle (515)
Photronics
PulsewaveRF
Qualcomm
Rocket Chips
Samsung (1100)
SGI
Silicon Group Inc., The
Silicon Hills Design Inc.
Silicon Laboratories (500)
SMSC
Spansion (900)
Stellar Micro Devices
TI (100)
Tokyo Electron America Inc.
Vitesse Semiconductor
WindRiver Systems

DAC has drawn attendees from the following
companies located in the Austin area for over 50 years

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
Agilent Technologies
Applied Micro
ARM
ASSET InterTech
Biotroniik/MSEI
Broadcom
Callidus Systems
Catalyte IC Design
Centaur Technology
Cyclic Design
DSM Silicon Solutions, LLC
Fabtech
Freescale
Fujitsu Network Communications
Futurewei Technologies
HDL Dynamics
Hewlett Packard
HighIP Design Company
Huawei
IBM
Intel
InternetCAD.com, Inc.
L-3 Communications MID
LFoundry GmbH
Logic Refinery, Inc.
Low Power Design
LSI
Marvell
Matricus, Inc.
Maxim Integrated Product
Microtune
Mimasic
Motorola
NASA
National Instruments
Nokia Inc
Omnibase Logic
ON Semiconductor
Oracle
PDF Solutions
Perception Software
Qualcomm
Raytheon
Samsung
Saratoga Data Systems
Signet Design Solutions, Inc.
Silicon Laboratories
SiliconAid Solutions
SiliconXpress, Inc
SMSC
Solid Oak Technologies
ST Microelectronic
Standard Microsystems
SystematIC Design
TelNet Management
Texas Instruments
The Aerospace Corp.
Triune Systems
Verilab
Vitesse
Wipro Technologies
XtremeESL Corporation
Zarlink Semiconductor
Zoran