ICCAD 2026 — ACM/IEEE International Conference on Computer-Aided Design
by ACM and IEEE (IEEE CEDA and IEEE Circuits and Systems Society)
The premier electronic design automation conference, in the heart of Silicon Valley
About This Event
ACM/IEEE ICCAD 2026, the International Conference on Computer-Aided Design, runs 8-12 November 2026 at the San Jose Marriott in San Jose, California. Jointly sponsored by ACM and IEEE — with IEEE CEDA and the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society behind it — ICCAD describes itself as the premier forum to explore new challenges and identify emerging technologies in electronic design automation, covering the full range of CAD topics from device and circuit level up through system level as well as post-CMOS design. Machine learning applied to chip design now runs through the whole programme. The 2026 keynote slate is Paul Cunningham of Cadence, Vaughn Betz of the University of Toronto and Cerebras Systems, Ralph Wittig of AMD, and Chia-Lin Yang of National Taiwan University, alongside workshops, special sessions, panels, tutorials and research competitions.
At a Glance
- Date
- November 8–12, 2026
- Location
- San Jose Marriott, California
- Format
- In-Person
- Event Type
- Conference
- Status
- Upcoming
- Pricing
- Paid
- Organizer
- ACM and IEEE (IEEE CEDA and IEEE Circuits and Systems Society)
- Added
- Aug 18, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 18, 2026
Topics & Focus Areas
Who Should Attend
- ✓Silicon design leaders
- ✓EDA engineers
- ✓Hardware architects
- ✓CTOs at semiconductor companies
- ✓Verification engineers
- ✓AI hardware product managers
- ✓Academic CAD researchers
Why Attend
ICCAD is where the tooling that determines how fast anyone can ship an AI chip gets argued about, and in San Jose the attendee list is effectively the EDA supply chain itself. For a hardware or platform executive the value is a direct read on how much of chip design machine learning is genuinely automating, and how quickly — which sets the real ceiling on any custom-accelerator programme and on the schedules your silicon partners are quoting. The keynotes from Cadence, AMD and Cerebras put three different layers of that stack on one stage in one week, and the panels are where roadmap disagreements surface in public.
Event Features
- ✓Keynote from Paul Cunningham, Cadence
- ✓Keynote from Ralph Wittig, AMD
- ✓Keynote from Vaughn Betz, University of Toronto and Cerebras Systems
- ✓Keynote from Chia-Lin Yang, National Taiwan University
- ✓Main regular paper track spanning device, circuit and system-level CAD
- ✓Workshops, special sessions, panels and tutorials
- ✓CAD research competitions
What Makes This Unique
- ★The premier EDA research conference, jointly sponsored by ACM and IEEE through IEEE CEDA and IEEE CASS
- ★Held in San Jose, inside the home market of the EDA and semiconductor industry it serves
- ★Covers post-CMOS and emerging-device design, not only current-node production flows
- ★Industry keynotes from a tool vendor, a merchant chip designer and an AI-silicon startup in the same programme as peer-reviewed papers
- ★CAD contests put competing design-automation approaches on identical benchmark problems
Featured Speakers From
Industries Represented
Pricing Details
Registration rates are not published on the ICCAD 2026 site as of 18 August 2026. The author registration deadline is 24 August 2026, the same day camera-ready papers are due.
Organizer
ACM and IEEE (IEEE CEDA and IEEE Circuits and Systems Society)
iccad.com/Frequently Asked
- When is ICCAD 2026?
- ICCAD 2026 takes place November 8–12, 2026 in San Jose, California.
- Where is ICCAD 2026 held?
- ICCAD 2026 is held in San Jose, California. The event format is in-person.
- How much does ICCAD 2026 cost?
- ICCAD 2026 is paid. Registration rates are not published on the ICCAD 2026 site as of 18 August 2026. The author registration deadline is 24 August 2026, the same day camera-ready papers are due.
- Who should attend ICCAD 2026?
- ICCAD 2026 is aimed at Silicon design leaders, EDA engineers, Hardware architects, CTOs at semiconductor companies, Verification engineers, AI hardware product managers, Academic CAD researchers.
- What topics does ICCAD 2026 cover?
- ICCAD 2026 covers Electronic Design Automation, Chip Design, Machine Learning for EDA, Semiconductors, AI Accelerators, Hardware Verification, Physical Design, Post-CMOS Design.
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