DATE 2001 - Trip Report

The Design Automation and Test in Europe (DATE) conference is the main European event in the field of Computer Aided Design (CAD) and testing. This outstanding event brings together researchers, users and vendors, as well as specialists in the design, test and manufacturing of electronic circuits and systems. DATE is a unification of the main conferences in the field and was built on the success of ED&TC (already a unification of EDAC, ETC, and EuroASIC), as well as that of EuroDAC (which was held jointly with the EuroVHDL conference). In recognition of this initiative, all the major institutions and associations are supporting this event. The event takes place annually in March and its location alternates between Paris and Munich. DATE 2001 was held on Munich and it is the 4th year of increasingly success. It consisted of a conference with plenary keynotes, regular papers, posters, panels and tutorials as well as a commercial exhibition showing the state-of-the-art in design and test tools, methodologies, IP and design services. More information can be found in [1].