50 50 YEARS OF INNOVATION DESIGN AUTOMATION CONFERENCE Celebrating 50 Years of Innovation! www.DAC.com JUNE 2-6, 2013 AUSTIN CONVENTION CENTER - AUSTIN, TX SPONSORED BY: IN TECHNICAL COOPERATION WITH: 1 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS General Chair’s Welcome ....................................................................................................................... 4 Sponsors ................................................................................................................................................. 5 Important Information ............................................................................................................................ 6 Networking Receptions .......................................................................................................................... 7 Keynotes ....................................................................................................................................8,9,13-15 Kickin’ it up in Austin Party .................................................................................................................. 10 Global Forum ........................................................................................................................................ 11 Awards .................................................................................................................................................. 12 Technical Sessions ..........................................................................................................................16-36 Designer Track .................................................................................................................................37-48 Management Day ................................................................................................................................. 49 SKY Talks .........................................................................................................................................50-51 At-a-Glance Schedule ................................................................................................................Fold Out Workshops .......................................................................................................................................54-56 Tutorials ...........................................................................................................................................57-59 Work-in-Progress (WIP) ...................................................................................................................60-62 Insight Presentations ........................................................................................................................... 63 Training Day .....................................................................................................................................64-65 Colocated Conferences ..................................................................................................................66-68 Additional Meetings ........................................................................................................................69-71 Pavilion Panels ................................................................................................................................76-78 Platinum, Gold & Silver Sponsors ........................................................................................................ 79 Exhibitor List ....................................................................................................................................80-81 Exhibiting Companies .....................................................................................................................82-93 Supplemental Listing ............................................................................................................................ 94 Exclusive Sponsorships ....................................................................................................................... 97 3 www.DAC.com GENERAL CHAIR WELCOME Welcome to the 50th DAC Dear Colleague, Moving to new design challenges significantly affects the design methodology, flow and suppliers. This year’s DAC continues with its mission to play a unique role as an information sharing forum, where the wide range of its offerings allows DAC participants to learn, network and conduct business. DAC has been evolved from being an EDA conference to becoming more of a design ecosystem conference and extending into design methods, IP, foundries, design services, and Embedded Systems & Software (ESS). More than ever, this year’s DAC is pulling together all the above elements of our ecosystem. The 50th DAC is truly ‘grand celebration’ with hundreds of paper presentations, vibrant exhibitors, information-packed tutorials, interactive technical and pavilion panels, over 6 focused workshops, an impressive constellation of 6 colocated conferences, and many other novel offerings. The technical program has been designed to optimize personal interactions on all levels. This year’s program will include papers from one of our largest pools of submissions (over 740 manuscripts), of which the top 21% have been selected. Of these submissions, more than a third were focused on the ever expanding ESS portion of the conference. The 50th DAC features a vibrant exhibition showcasing over 175 companies, including the largest EDA vendors, IP providers, ESS suppliers and significant foundries in today’s industry. The exhibition will serve as a convenient one-stop-shop for all the elements of the design ecosystem. The keynotes have been one of the most valuable parts of DAC, leading to our decision to double them for the 50th anniversary. The six speakers will focus on a spectrum of advances in our ecosystem. We will have two CEOs from Austin covering automotive and ESS on Monday, a talk regarding the experiences of a top semiconductor producer on Tuesday, followed by two speakers on Wednesday who will be covering the most recent design trends in the communication domain, and a final keynote about the future of technology, the smart earth. The Management Day program allows managers and their designers to hear experienced senior managers share their challenges and expertise in management, economics and design optimization. Designer Track presentations will again be held on the exhibition floor. This track has been created specifically for chip, IP and ESS designers and covers case studies, best practices, methodology, and practical aspects of implementation. This year’s track will contain 56 presentations and more than 100 posters, including over 20 presentations dedicated to chips Designed-in-Texas. A NEW feature at DAC 50 will be our short Visionary Talks, delivered by prominent executives from our EDA/IP community, which will be held during the same plenary sessions as the keynotes. Also new this year are the SKY Talks, which is an abbreviation for Short KeYnotes. The collection of SKY talks, each of which will be 30 minutes, will cover a wide variety of topics with broad appeal. We will also have the Insight Talks presented by DAC’s corporate sponsors. Training day at DAC offers attendees the opportunity to attend high-quality training sessions in popular subjects from top training provider Doulos. In the past 50 years, DAC has helped globalize our industry and wants to continue to do so in the future. To help mark its golden jubilee, the conference will include, beyond this enriched program, a variety of celebratory events. On Monday afternoon, attendees are invited to enjoy an intriguing Global Forum pavilion at the exhibition floor, which will feature dozens of interactive country presentations from all over the globe. Additionally, the mayor of Austin will assist in the opening of Global Forum. On Monday evening, the industry is pooling its resources to hold a lively event at the renowned Austin City Limits, where all DAC attendees and exhibitors are invited. On Wednesday, we will acknowledge the people who made DAC over the last half-century, as authors, exhibitors, and volunteers at our banquet and award ceremony. Last but not least, I would like to recognize the enormous efforts of the hundreds of dedicated volunteers who made DAC possible by donating their time, expertise, and enthusiasm. Without their hard work and dedication, DAC would not be possible. Please feel free to contact us if you would like to join our exciting team in the future. DAC is the premier event for networking, where professionals from all over the world converge to sharpen skills, exchange ideas and do business. Join us at the end of each day for a networking reception to unwind, while enjoying the wonderful city of Austin, the capital of live music. Yervant Zorian General Chair, 50th DAC 4 www.DAC.com CONFERENCE SPONSORS ACM ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, is the world’s largest educational and scientific computing society, uniting computing educators, researchers and professionals to inspire dialogue, share resources and address the field’s challenges. ACM strengthens the computing profession’s collective voice through strong leadership, promotion of the highest standards, and recognition of technical excellence. ACM supports the professional growth of its members by providing opportunities for life-long learning, career development, and professional networking. www.acm.org. ACM/SIGDA The ACM Special Interest Group on Design Automation has a long history