ISCA 2026

We are very excited to announce that the 53rd IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Computer Architecture (ISCA’26) will be held in Raleigh, NC, USA. The conference typically attracts more than 700 attendees, who are comprised of technical leaders and practitioners from academia, industry, and government agencies, as well as consistently strong participation from students from around the globe.

What makes ISCA sponsorship unique:

• Flagship computer architecture conference.
• Expected huge attendance of 700+ in-person participants including technology/industry/academia/government leaders in the areas of processors, accelerators, platforms, and systems, as well as high-quality graduate and undergraduate students from around the globe
• Highly interesting program, including engaging panels and keynotes.
• Five sponsorship levels are available.
• To be held at the Raleigh, North Carolina, conveniently located at close distance from Research Triangle Park, major universities like NC State, Duke, and UNC CH, as well as city landmarks and attractions.

ISCA has traditionally received strong financial support from industry, with several leading companies having consistently supported the conference for a decade or longer. We expect to continue to receive such strong support for ISCA’26 from our industry and corporate partners, including your company!

Looking forward to seeing you all in Raleigh!

Conference Events & Technical Areas of Interest

ISCA’26 is a 5-day conference featuring the following technical programs and events:

• Main Technical Program
• Workshops
• Tutorials
• Keynote(s) and Panel(s)
• Welcome Reception
• Awards Ceremony
• Conference Banquet
• Conference Excursion

The areas of technical interest of the ISCA’26 conference include, but are not limited to:

• Processor, memory, and storage system architecture
• Parallelism: instruction, thread, data, multiprocessor
• AI Accelerators
• AI security
• Datacenter-scale computing
• IoT, mobile, and embedded architectures
• Interconnection network, router, and network interface architectures
• Architectures for emerging applications including bioinformatics
• Architectural support for programming languages or software development
• Architectural support for interfacing with accelerators
• Architectural support for security, virtual memory, and virtualization
• Dependable processor and system architecture
• Architectures for emerging technologies including novel circuits, memory technologies, quantum computing, etc.
• Quantum computing systems
• Architecture modeling, simulation methodologies, and tools
• Evaluation and measurement of real computing systems
• Human factors and user studies

Sponsorship Tiers

Sponsorship support helps underwrite costs for student travel grants, poster sessions, plenary sessions, and other conference activities. The following table summarizes benefits for each sponsorship level.

Benefits		Diamond	Platinum	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Items	Details	$30,000	$20,000	$12,500	$7,500	$4,000
Registration	Free registration	5 “all access” passes (Main conference, workshops, and tutorials)	4 “all access” passes (Main conference, workshops, and tutorials)	3 “all access” pass (Main conference, workshops, and tutorials)	2 “all access” pass (Main conference, workshops, and tutorials)	1 “all access” pass (Main conference, workshops, and tutorials)
	Reception, Banquet, Conference Excursion	8 guest tickets	5 guest tickets	3 guest tickets	2 guest tickets	1 guest ticket
On-site Publicity	Logo on conference pamphlet	Front cover	Front cover	Inside	Inside
	Logo displayed at opening/closing/ session breaks	Dedicated Slide	Shared Slide: First Row, Large logo	Shared Slide: Second Row	Shared Slide: Third Row	Shared Slide: Fourth Row
	Promotional materials inside conference kit	✓	✓	✓
	Logo in conference banners	Conference lobby area, Registration desk, Session entrances	Conference lobby area, Registration desk	Conference lobby area, Registration desk	Registration desk
	Exhibit booth/table	In prominent conference space e.g., Ballroom Pre-function area	In prominent conference space e.g., Ballroom Pre- function area (if available)
On-line Publicity	Position of sponsor's logo on conference website (Main and Sponsors Pages)	First Row: Large logo	Second Row: Large logo	Third Row: Medium logo	Fourth Row: Medium logo	Fifth Row: Small logo
Conference Proceeding	Logo inside conference proceedings	First Row: Large logo	Second Row: Large logo	Third Row: Medium logo	Fourth Row: Medium logo	Fifth Row: Small logo
	Special recognition in the “Letter from the General Chairs” in the proceedings	✓	✓

Additional Event Visibility

Item	Description	Fee
Welcome Reception	On the evening (June 28, 2026) prior to the main technical program, the conference will host a Welcome Reception with drinks and light food. The sponsor will have a banner prominently displayed, indicating the reception is sponsored by the company.	$5,000
Award Ceremony, Banquet and Excursion	On one evening (June 30, 2026), the conference will hold a Banquet and Excursion. The event also include the ceremony for ISCA-related prizes and IEEE/ACM society awards. The sponsor will have a banner prominently displayed, indicating that the Banquet and Excursion including the award ceremony is sponsored by the company.	$8,000

Become a Sponsor

To be a sponsor for ISCA, please email the General or Finance Co-Chairs the following information (after that, an invoice will be sent to you):

• Sponsor name
• First name, last name, and email of contact at the company
  • You can specify several people to be copied with the invoice
• Complete mailing address
• Fund amount

Email information is available at the end of the PDF sponsorship package.

Points of Contact

General Co-Chairs	James Tuck North Carolina State University
	Huiyang Zhou North Carolina State University
Industry Liaison Co-Chairs	Jin Wang NVIDIA
	Rajeshwar Vanka Google
Finance Co-Chairs	Yuanchao Xu University of California Santa Cruz
	Samira Mirbagher North Carolina State University