Foreword

We proudly present to you the Advance Programme of DATE 12. DATE combines the world´s favourite electronic systems design and test conference with an international exhibition for electronic design, automation and test, from system level hardware and software implementation right down to integrated circuit design. While many conferences currently suffer from travel restrictions in many companies and face severe problems in attracting attendees, DATE 2012 received some 950 submissions. The boost in submissions by 37% and 18% in the Embedded Systems Software and the Applications Track reflects the key importance of software and applications for a wealthy economy and underlines the leading role of DATE in these fields. The importance of DATE as a worldwide indispensable meeting point is demonstrated by the fact that more than 50% of the submissions came from outside Europe. The most attractive topics this year were Simulation and Validation as well as Architectural and Microarchitectural Design.