14 February 2027 · In person
Silicon day: circuits and memory
San Francisco Marriott Marquis, San Francisco, CA — alongside ISSCC 2027
Circuit-level advances and the verification burden they create, on the ISSCC opening day.
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Semiconductors & Hardware Specialist Group
Process, design, packaging, EDA and the software stack that keeps modern fabs running — anchored in the Central Texas chip belt.
Cadence
Every six weeks
Meeting pattern
Thursday evenings on a six-week cycle, 18:00–20:00 CT
Home venue
Texas Advanced Computing Center, J.J. Pickle Research Campus, Austin, TX
Format
In person, with quarterly fab and lab site visits
Members
2,140
Founded
2021
Chair
Dr Priya Raghunathan
Role
Chair, Semiconductors & Hardware Specialist Group
What the group covers
- Advanced nodes, packaging and chiplets
- EDA tooling and design verification
- Yield analytics and fab data platforms
- Accelerator architecture and interconnect
Upcoming meetings and satellite days
30 March 2027 · In person
Fab workforce day
Phoenix Convention Center, Phoenix, AZ — alongside SEMICON West 2027
Yield analytics and the technician-to-engineer pipeline across the US fab build-out.
11 July 2027 · In person
Design automation day
San Jose Convention Center, San Jose, CA — alongside 64th Design Automation Conference
EDA, verification and the machine learning now embedded in design flows.
Past meetings
- 24 August 2025Accelerator architecture day — Stanford Memorial Auditorium, Stanford, CA (alongside Hot Chips 2025)
- 22 June 2025Design automation day — Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA (alongside 62nd Design Automation Conference)
- 16 February 2025Silicon day: chiplets and advanced packaging — San Francisco Marriott Marquis, San Francisco, CA (alongside ISSCC 2025)
- 25 August 2024Accelerator architecture day — Memorial Auditorium, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (alongside Hot Chips 2024)
- 9 July 2024Fab workforce day — Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA (alongside SEMICON West 2024)
- 23 June 2024Design automation day — Moscone West, San Francisco, CA (alongside 61st Design Automation Conference)
- 18 February 2024Silicon day: circuits, memory and the accelerator stack — San Francisco Marriott Marquis, San Francisco, CA (alongside ISSCC 2024)