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ES Design West Registration Opens
March 15, 2019 | PRNewswireEstimated reading time: 1 minute
Registration is open for the inaugural ES Design West, the only event in North America that links the electronic system and semiconductor design community with the electronics manufacturing supply chain.
Hosted by the Electronic System Design Alliance, a SEMI Strategic Association Partner, ES Design West will be co-located with SEMICON West at San Francisco's Moscone Center (South Hall) July 9-11 to promote and highlight system design innovation.
Presentations and panel discussions at ES Design West's Meet The Experts Theater will showcase commercial successes of the design ecosystem, including intellectual property (IP), electronic design automation (EDA), embedded software, design services, design infrastructure and design in the cloud.
Current exhibitors include Ansys, Arm, Cadence, CAST, Cliosoft, IC Manage, Mentor, a Siemens Business, Silvaco and Synopsys.
The SEMICON West keynote speaker lineup includes:
- Aart de Geus, co-founder, chairman and co-CEO of Synopsys and ESD Alliance Governing Council member.
- Dr. Lisa Su, president and CEO of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
- Dr. Jeff Welser, vice president and lab director at IBM Research – Almaden
- Bob Pearson, senior advisor for the W2O Group and author of Pre-Commerce: How Companies and Customers are Transforming Business Together
- Dean Kamen, founder of DEKA Research and Development and inventor of the Segway
About the Electronic System Design Alliance
The Electronic System Design (ESD) Alliance, a SEMI Strategic Association Partner representing members in the electronic system and semiconductor design ecosystem, is a community that addresses technical, marketing, economic and legislative issues affecting the entire industry. It acts as the central voice to communicate and promote the value of the semiconductor design ecosystem as a vital component of the global electronics industry.
About SEMI
SEMI connects more than 2,260 member companies and 1.3 million professionals worldwide to advance the technology and business of electronics manufacturing. SEMI members are responsible for the innovations in materials, design, equipment, software, devices, and services that enable smarter, faster, more powerful, and more affordable electronic products. Electronic System Design Alliance (ESD Alliance), FlexTech, the Fab Owners Alliance (FOA) and the MEMS & Sensors Industry Group (MSIG) are SEMI Strategic Association Partners, defined communities within SEMI focused on specific technologies.
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