San Francisco, CA – July 15, 2025 – DAC, The Chips to Systems Conference, the industry’s premier event dedicated to the design and automation of electronic chips and systems, marked a breakthrough year in 2025 with artificial intelligence emerging as the defining theme. The conference saw record-breaking engagement, showcasing the accelerating impact of AI across chip design, EDA, and systems innovation.
Reflecting this momentum, DAC 2025 reported a 20% increase in research paper submissions and a surge in Engineering Track entries, with 364 submissions. Notably, AI-related sessions now represent 32% of the technical program—a stunning 80% year-over-year growth—highlighting a transformative shift in how AI is influencing design methodologies, architectures, and tools.
This year's conference welcomed participants from 55 countries, uniting academia, industry, and government in one of the most diverse gatherings to date. The exhibit floor hosted 25 new first-time exhibitors, many focused on AI-driven chip design solutions, further reinforcing DAC's role as a hub for next-generation innovation.
A major highlight was the EETimes Chiplet Pavilion, with daily sessions under the theme “Building Chips for the AI Era.” These sessions drew enthusiastic crowds and underscored the central role of AI in shaping chiplet architectures and modular system integration.
Helen Li, Professor at Duke University and General Chair of DAC 2025, stated “AI is no longer an emerging trend; it’s the engine propelling the next era of electronic design. The surge in AI-centric research and the energy across the show floor reflect how deeply integrated AI has become in our ecosystem. DAC 2025 captured this pivotal moment, spotlighting groundbreaking research and real-world applications that will drive our industry forward. As we look ahead, DAC remains the cornerstone of collaboration and innovation, where the future of design is not just imagined, but realized.”
DAC 2026 will be held at the Long Beach Convention Center, July 26-29, 2026.
Preliminary figures for DAC 2025 in San Francisco:
• Full Conference & Engineering Track passes: 2,051
• I LOVE DAC passes: 2,535
• Exhibitors’ booth staff: 1,426
Total Attendee Registration: 6,012
For more information about DAC 2025 and to explore the conference highlights, visit DAC: The Chips to Systems Conference.
About DAC
DAC, The Chips to Systems Conference (previously known as the Design Automation Conference) is recognized as the premier event for the design and design automation of electronic systems and circuits. A diverse worldwide community representing more than 1,000 organizations attends each year, represented by system designers and architects, logic and circuit designers, validation engineers, CAD managers, senior managers and executives to researchers and academicians from leading universities. Over 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 130 of the leading and emerging EDA, silicon, intellectual property (IP) and design services providers. The conference is sponsored by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and is supported by ACM's Special Interest Group on Design Automation (ACM SIGDA).
For more information, please contact:
Michelle Clancy Fuller, DAC 2025 Publicity Chair
Press@dac.com or call 1-503-702-4732
Reflecting this momentum, DAC 2025 reported a 20% increase in research paper submissions and a surge in Engineering Track entries, with 364 submissions. Notably, AI-related sessions now represent 32% of the technical program—a stunning 80% year-over-year growth—highlighting a transformative shift in how AI is influencing design methodologies, architectures, and tools.
This year's conference welcomed participants from 55 countries, uniting academia, industry, and government in one of the most diverse gatherings to date. The exhibit floor hosted 25 new first-time exhibitors, many focused on AI-driven chip design solutions, further reinforcing DAC's role as a hub for next-generation innovation.
A major highlight was the EETimes Chiplet Pavilion, with daily sessions under the theme “Building Chips for the AI Era.” These sessions drew enthusiastic crowds and underscored the central role of AI in shaping chiplet architectures and modular system integration.
Helen Li, Professor at Duke University and General Chair of DAC 2025, stated “AI is no longer an emerging trend; it’s the engine propelling the next era of electronic design. The surge in AI-centric research and the energy across the show floor reflect how deeply integrated AI has become in our ecosystem. DAC 2025 captured this pivotal moment, spotlighting groundbreaking research and real-world applications that will drive our industry forward. As we look ahead, DAC remains the cornerstone of collaboration and innovation, where the future of design is not just imagined, but realized.”
DAC 2026 will be held at the Long Beach Convention Center, July 26-29, 2026.
Preliminary figures for DAC 2025 in San Francisco:
• Full Conference & Engineering Track passes: 2,051
• I LOVE DAC passes: 2,535
• Exhibitors’ booth staff: 1,426
Total Attendee Registration: 6,012
For more information about DAC 2025 and to explore the conference highlights, visit DAC: The Chips to Systems Conference.
About DAC
DAC, The Chips to Systems Conference (previously known as the Design Automation Conference) is recognized as the premier event for the design and design automation of electronic systems and circuits. A diverse worldwide community representing more than 1,000 organizations attends each year, represented by system designers and architects, logic and circuit designers, validation engineers, CAD managers, senior managers and executives to researchers and academicians from leading universities. Over 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 130 of the leading and emerging EDA, silicon, intellectual property (IP) and design services providers. The conference is sponsored by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and is supported by ACM's Special Interest Group on Design Automation (ACM SIGDA).
For more information, please contact:
Michelle Clancy Fuller, DAC 2025 Publicity Chair
Press@dac.com or call 1-503-702-4732