DATE 2026 (Design, Automation and Test in Europe)

About this event

DATE 2026 is a technology conference focused on electronic design automation (EDA), semiconductor and system design, and testing, with strong emphasis on next-generation computing such as AI accelerators and quantum-computing system integration. The page highlights multiple keynote sessions covering AI-optimized compute architectures, ultra-low-latency real-time processing for quantum computing, hardware/software co-design for evolvable heterogeneous computing, and open-source EDA as a pathway to democratizing silicon and strengthening Europe’s semiconductor roadmap. It features opening and lunchtime keynotes by speakers from imec, NVIDIA, Cornell University, University of Bremen/DFKI, and ETH Zürich/University of Bologna. The event is positioned as an industry-and-academia gathering with sponsor and technical co-sponsor societies in the EDA and IEEE ecosystem.