Wireless, ESL, DFM, and Power on Stage at 42nd DAC

The 42nd Design Automation Conference, the world's leading conference and exhibition for design automation, took place in Anaheim, California, from 13 to 17 June 2005. This year's DAC featured a special industry theme day, "Wireless Wednesday," and two keynote talks, by Bernard Meyerson of IBM and Ron Rohrer of Cadence. The technical program explored front-end design issues at the electronic system level (ESL), and various topics linking design and manufacturing. DAC 2006 will take place in San Francisco, California, from 24 to 28 July 2006.