A technical program committee of 266 experts performs a double-blind review, selecting 263 papers for publication in the proceedings.

Over the past few years the conference location has been alternating among Austin and San Francisco.

[3] DAC is organized by hundreds of volunteer committee members from EDA companies and academia.

[5] It grew out of the SHARE ("Society to Help Avoid Redundant Effort") design automation workshop.

The table below shows the edition, year, location, and the general chair of recent DAC events.