Patrick Hindle

At DesignCon 2026, the conference recognized signal integrity expert Bert Simonovich, founder of Lamsim Enterprises, as the event’s Engineer of the Year, honoring his long-standing contributions to high-speed interconnect modeling and signal integrity engineering. He is also a member of the Signal Integrity Journal Editorial Advisory Board. DesignCon presents the annual award to engineers whose work has significantly advanced the design and performance of high-speed electronic systems.

DesignCon, the premier high-speed communications and system design conference and exposition, celebrated their 30th anniversary with special events such as a 30th anniversary lounge, scavenger hunt, First Timers gathering, Women in Engineering reception and Lunar New Year celebration.

DesignCon is the premier high-speed communications and system design conference and exposition, offering industry-critical engineering education in the heart of Silicon Valley. Every year, there are several hot new technologies that are featured by exhibitors. For DesignCon 2024, it was all about 224G systems. Here is a link to our photo gallery for the event.