Guest Blogger Mike Gianfagna
Mike Gianfagna is Vice President, Marketing at eSilicon Corporation. Mike Gianfagna has over 30 years of business and technology experience in semiconductors and EDA. Prior to eSilicon, he was vice president of corporate marketing at Atrenta, Inc., a privately held EDA company. Prior to Atrenta, … More » DAC Finds a New VoiceFebruary 1st, 2016 by Mike Gianfagna
Mike Gianfagna is the VP of marketing at eSilicon Corporation DAC stands for Design Automation Conference. Everyone: please stop saying “the DAC conference”. This may not be as widespread as folks calling an automated teller machine an ATM machine, but it’s still odd. But I digress… This year, the 53rd DAC will be held in Austin, Texas starting June 5. I’ve been going to DAC for more years than I will ever put in writing. I’ve seen some marvelous things unveiled at this show. Innovations that impact IC design and manufacturing typically. This year will be different though.
There is a space labeled Maker’s Market. The maker movement is a true force of nature, I blogged about it in a prior post. Makers exhibiting at DAC is new, and it’s exciting. In a world of multi-million-dollar chip designs built at billion-dollar fabs, all bankrolled by monster public companies, it brings both a refreshing and optimistic feeling to the business to see everyday folks building incredible inventions with the same billion-dollar technology. I firmly believe the maker movement will bring us several of the Next Big Things and, over time, it will eclipse the Consumer Electronics Show in importance. Bringing this movement to DAC is new and exciting. You don’t want to miss this. Come to Austin in June for the exciting new things to see at DAC. Stay a little longer for the great food and music. Tags: DAC, eda, eSilicon, IoT, Mike Gianfagna, semiconductor Category: DAC 2 Responses to “DAC Finds a New Voice” |
Mike,
Well saying “the DAC” sounds odd, especially at the end of a sentence. Sometimes I say “the DAC show.” Does that work for you?
Sure Graham. I just like to avoid EAR (Embedded Acronym-driven Redundancy). Mike