Podcast EP229: A Detailed Look at the DAC Engineering Track with Ambar Sarkar
Dan is joined by Dr. Ambar Sarkar, a member of the Design Automation Conference executive committee and the program chair of the Engineering Tracks. He has a broad background covering both software and hardware R&D. He has contributed to industry standards in areas such as functional verification and IP security. He is the IEEE Computer Society’s representative for IEEE USA’s AI and Autonomous Policy Committee. Ambar is an individual contributor at NVIDIA where he enjoys working on compute and storage resource optimizations across large engineering teams. He is now also exploring the area of generative AI.
Ambar explains the focus and composition of the engineering track program at DAC. This part of the conference is focused on practical considerations for advanced product innovation. It is a peer-to-peer event where practicing engineers can exchange results and ideas. Topics covered include front-end design, back-end design, IP and software development.
Ambar also explains the extensive peer review processes behind both submitted and curated content for DAC. He discusses the many special events that will occur during DAC, including the popular poster gladiator competition that uses a live panel of judges and audience to determine the best poster presentation. He also covers the impact AI is having on chip design.
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