Synopsys, Inc. announced, it will host its 19th annual Synopsys Users Group (SNUG TM ) conference July 11-12, 2018 at the Leela Palace in Bengaluru, India. The two-day conference focuses on helping engineers better address productivity challenges when designing chips and electronic systems. This year’s event will feature new electronic design automation (EDA) solutions and techniques to meet the challenges posed by 5-nanometer technology nodes and below.
SNUG India 2018 will feature more than 70 user papers and presentations on design synthesis, low power implementation and verification, test, mixed-signal verification, IP integration, emulation, virtual prototyping, and FPGA-based prototyping. The event has become the industry’s premier gathering of semiconductor professionals in the region for sharing best practices and methodologies in semiconductor design.
SNUG India is part of a global Synopsys program that began in 1991 and currently includes 15 user conferences worldwide with more than 10,000 participants annually. Dr. Pradip K. Dutta, group Vice president and Managing Director of Synopsys India and Sri Lanka, said, “As we move closer to completing two decades of SNUG in India, we are committed to making it the leading platform for the electronic design engineering community to connect with each other and learn to innovate from silicon to software”, he added.
Synopsys is both humbled and privileged to be in the midst of this transformation.” Pradeep Elamanchili, Vice President, Global ASIC Engineering, Western Digital, will deliver a keynote on– “Data-Centric World, Opportunities, and Insights”. He will explore the evolution of big and fast data and technologies that will enable next generation of innovation in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence.
“Today, enterprises are seeing exponential increase in volume, variety and longevity of Big and Fast Data. Machine Learning and AI rely on this data to capture customers’ attention and thereby the market share”, further added Elamanchili. “Western Digital is committed to working with our partners to create technologies and platforms that foster new discoveries through transformative value of data.”
SNUG India 2018 will also feature the participation of industry ecosystem partners, including Platinum Sponsors Arm, GLOBAL FOUNDRIES, Samsung, and TSMC.
