NVIDIA at DAC 2026
July 26–29 | Long Beach, California | Long Beach Convention Center
Join NVIDIA at the Design Automation Conference (DAC) 2026 to discover how AI supercomputing meets EDA to reshape the future of chip and system design. Topics span agentic AI for EDA to GPU-accelerated workloads and physical AI—experience it all at the welcome address, panels, technical sessions, and presentations on the latest research.
Welcome Address by Tim Costa of NVIDIA
Accelerated computing and AI are converging with EDA—shrinking design cycles, amplifying human creativity, and powering the chips and systems that define what's next.
Sunday, July 26 | 5–5:45 p.m. PT | Mtg Room 104B
Tim Costa, VP and GM Industrial and Computational Engineering, NVIDIA
Explore NVIDIA Sessions at DAC 2026
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Sunday, July 26
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Monday, July 27
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Tuesday, July 28
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Wednesday, July 29
4:30–5 p.m. PT
5–5:45 p.m. PT
Tim Costa, VP and GM Industrial and Computational Engineering, NVIDIA
11:15 a.m.–12 p.m. PT
Amit Gupta, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Siemens EDA
Da Yang, Senior Director of Product, Semiconductor and EDA, NVIDIA
11:10–11:23 a.m. PT
Haoxing Ren, NVIDIA
2:08–2:21 p.m. PT
Haoxing Ren, NVIDIA
2:47–3 p.m. PT
Chia-tung Ho, NVIDIA
RONGJIAN LIANG, NVIDIA
Haoxing Ren, NVIDIA
2:47–3 p.m. PT
Steve Dai, NVIDIA
Ben Keller, NVIDIA
Brucek Khailany, NVIDIA
3:30–4 p.m. PT
4–5 p.m. PT
Natesan Venkateswaran, Program Director, EDA Analysis, IBM Research
Ivan Kissiov, Principal Engineer, Siemens
Lindsey Kostas, Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Qualcomm
Srinivas Bodapati, Senior Director Design Enablement, Samsung
Da Yang, Senior Director of Product, Semiconductor and EDA, NVIDIA
5–6 p.m. PT
11:15–11:30 p.m. PT
4–4:45 p.m. PT
Kenneth Dryer, Microsoft
Ram Narayan, ARM
Dinesh Jayabharathi, Broadcom
Neil Ashton, Distinguished Engineer & Product Architect for CAE, NVIDIA
4–4:30 p.m. PT
Narendra Konda, NVIDIA
5–6 p.m. PT
2:19–2:25 p.m. PT
Girish Deshpande, NVIDIA
Anusha Vemuri, NVIDIA
Vishal Malik, NVIDIA
Emmanuel Chao, NVIDIA
Santosh Santosh, NVIDIA
Featured Speakers from NVIDIA
Tim Costa
VP and GM Industrial and Computational Engineering, NVIDIA
Da Yang
Senior Director of Product, Semiconductor and EDA, NVIDIA
Neil Ashton
Distinguished Engineer & Product Architect for CAE, NVIDIA
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FAQs
The Design Automation Conference (DAC) is the premier global event dedicated to the design and design automation of electronic circuits and systems. It serves as a central hub for researchers, designers, tool developers, and practitioners to showcase cutting-edge advancements in EDA, AI hardware, and system architecture.
- Learn more about the event's mission as the premier Chips to Systems Conference.
- DAC 2026 will be held in Long Beach, California, at the Long Beach Convention Center, running from July 26 through July 29, 2026.
- View the official event location and dates on the DAC 2026 Event Page.
- NVIDIA is positioning itself at the intersection of AI supercomputing and EDA (Electronic Design Automation). The focus is on reshaping the future of chip and system design through agentic AI, GPU-accelerated workflows, and physical AI, providing thought leadership on how accelerated computing can shrink design cycles.
- Join NVIDIA to explore AI supercomputing meets EDA.
- Featured speakers include Tim Costa, VP and GM of Industrial and Computational Engineering; Da Yang, Senior Director of Product for Semiconductor and EDA; and Neil Ashton, Distinguished Engineer and Product Architect for CAE.
- Review the featured speakers and their presentation topics on the NVIDIA DAC 2026 landing page.
- The Welcome Address, delivered by Tim Costa, focuses on how accelerated computing and AI are converging with EDA to amplify human creativity and power the next generation of chips and systems. It outlines the strategic vision for the semiconductor industry in the era of AI.
- Learn more about the NVIDIA Welcome Address details.
You can register for the conference via the official DAC website. Early registration is recommended to ensure access to all panels, workshops, and the exhibit floor.
- Access the registration portal through the official DAC 2026 website.
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