The Design Automation Conference (DAC), the electronic design automation (EDA) industry’s leading event, today announced that Sir Robin Saxby, executive chairman of ARM, and Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at the University of Berkeley, will deliver the keynote addresses for the 40th annual conference. DAC will be held June 2-6, 2003, at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California.

On Tuesday, June 3, Sir Robin Saxby will deliver the opening keynote address titled “Less than 100nm … A Giant Leap for Mankind?” The speech will address the challenges of meeting the new opportunities posed by Moore’s Law during the next few years. In particular, Sir Robin Saxby will discuss the giant leap required in design technologies and tools, the resulting global landscape alteration, emerging applications, and whether or not the industry can take advantage of all available transistors. On Thursday, June 5, Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli will present “The Tides of EDA”, his perspective on the cyclical behavior of the EDA industry, technology advances and progress made, and how the EDA and design communities need to collaborate together to contribute toward the electronics industry’s recovery.

“In keeping with DAC’s tradition, this year’s keynote speaker lineup proves to be no exception in the level of quality expected by our conference attendees,” said Ian Getreu, 40th DAC general chair. “We expect attendees to be able to take away solid information that can be applied to current industry challenges and help them drive business decisions during these demanding economic times.”

Sir Robin Saxby was involved in the founding of ARM and served as chairman, president and chief executive officer since joining the company full-time in February 1991. In October 2001, he split the role of chairman and chief executive officer, becoming executive chairman while Warren East took on the role of chief executive officer. Prior to this, he worked for five years for European Silicon Structures SA (ES2), where he was vice-president of Northern Europe, managing director ES2 Limited and president of its USA affiliate US2.

Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli is a professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at the University of California at Berkeley, where he has been a faculty member since 1976. He is a co-founder of Cadence and Synopsys, the two leading companies in the EDA industry. He is the chief technology advisor of Cadence and sits on its board of directors.

About DAC

DAC is the premier forum for the electronic design industry to exchange information on products, methodologies, and processes. Attended by more than 10,000 developers, designers, researchers, managers and engineers from leading electronics companies and universities around the world, DAC includes more than 150 exhibitors and offers a robust technical program covering the electronics industry’s hottest trends.