SAN FRANCISCO — (BUSINESS WIRE) — July 29, 2009 — The 46th Design Automation Conference (DAC), the electronic design automation (EDA) industry’s premier event, attracted thousands to San Francisco’s Moscone Center this week. Preliminary numbers as of today show an increase in total conference and exhibit attendance by 12 percent over the 45th (Anaheim) and by three percent over the 44th (San Diego). The 46th DAC exhibits will be open through Thursday, July 30 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and the technical program will continue through Friday.

This year’s preliminary attendance figures break down into the following categories:

DAC Exhibit-Only attendees:				3,247
DAC Technical conference (workshops, tutorials, etc.) attendees:				1,888

Final attendance numbers for the 46th DAC will be announced in August and are expected to be slightly adjusted.

“Despite the economic climate, DAC continues to be a vital event, and the annual meeting place for all of the electronic design and design automation community,” said Andrew B. Kahng, general chair, 46th DAC Executive Committee. “Engagement from across the industry was tremendous, and we are very pleased with this level of attendance.”

The 47th DAC will be held June 13 – 18, 2010 in Anaheim, Calif.

About DAC

The Design Automation Conference (DAC) is recognized as the premier event for the design of electronic circuits and systems, and for Electronic Design Automation (EDA) and silicon solutions. A diverse worldwide community representing more than 1,000 organizations attends each year, from system designers and architects, logic and circuit designers, validation engineers, CAD managers, senior managers and executives to researchers and academicians from leading universities. Close to 60 technical sessions selected by a committee of electronic design experts offer information on recent developments and trends, management practices and new products, methodologies and technologies. A highlight of DAC is its Exhibition and Suite area with approximately 200 of the leading and emerging EDA, silicon, IP and design services providers. The conference is sponsored by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the Electronic Design Automation Consortium (EDA Consortium), and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and is supported by ACM's Special Interest Group on Design Automation (SIGDA) and IEEE's Council on Electronic Design Automation (CEDA), Circuits and Systems Society (CASS), and Computer-Aided Network Design (CANDE) Committee. More details are available at: www.dac.com.

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