Taken for Granted

It’s May, and an old man’s thoughts turn to DAC in June: June 13-18 in Anaheim. This years Design Automation Conference looks like a bit of a year of changes. I will write later about some interesting events during the conference, but this note is entirely social.

As many of you may know, Denali is a strong DAC supporter and of course everyone hopes they will bring that spirit into Cadence since they were just bought by Cadence. In 2010, they are sponsoring the DAC party which has been moved to Tuesday June 15 from its traditional Wednesday night. But Denali is also continuing their own party, which is now on Monday June 14 at the House of Blues in one of the Disney areas near the convention centre and hotels (actually, a pleasant evening stroll). This needs special signup at the Denali web pages here. You need to sign up on their web page now and pick up a ticket on Monday June 14 at their booth on the exhibit floor during exhibit hours.

Denali party DAC 2009

Denali was also a co-sponsor of a Free Exhibit Pass promotion for DAC along with Atrenta and Springsoft.

I think this very strong support for DAC is very commendable. I will be attending DAC all week and hope to see you there at both parties, as well as in the conference and the exhibit. I will write another note with my plans on the technical side. But let’s not forget the social side of our business and I hope for all of you, passion.