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dac-writing-style

Use when drafting or tightening the prose of an ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference (DAC) Research Manuscript, covering the QoR-forward first-page arc, stating the design-automation contribution as a measured delta, fitting a complete argument into six double-column pages plus a references-only page, building column-width EDA figures, and third-person self-citation for double-blind review.

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# DAC Writing Style

Use this while writing the body. DAC Research Manuscripts live inside a **6-page double-column
budget** (plus a references-only page), so the writing discipline is not "explain everything" but
"prove one design-automation contribution, in the field's own QoR currency, in six dense pages."
DAC reviewers are EDA experts under time pressure; they decide fast whether the paper has a real,
measured advance.

## The DAC first-page arc

Front-load the contribution. By the end of the first column-and-a-half a reviewer should know:

1. **The design problem** — a concrete EDA/chip-design task (placement, timing closure, functional
   verification, IR-drop prediction, IP protection) that the community recognizes.