Semiconductor & electronics trade shows 2027: chips, photonics & PCBMade in the cleanroom. Shown on the floor.

SEMICON West. The City of Phoenix expected more than 35,000 attendees for the October 2025 edition at the Phoenix Convention Center, which it said would make it the most attended SEMICON West to date; SEMI has not published final 2026 figures. SEMICON West 2027 runs March 30–April 1, 2027 in Phoenix. By published figures, SPIE Photonics West (24,000 a year, per SPIE) and OFC (20,000 expected in 2027, per Optica) follow.

SEMICON West 2027 runs March 30–April 1, 2027 at the Phoenix Convention Center. SEMI has moved the show to the spring and made Phoenix its long-term home: the 2028 edition is May 9–11, 2028 and the 2029 edition April 3–5, 2029, both in Phoenix.

No. The 2026 edition ran October 13–15, 2026 at Moscone in San Francisco. From 2027, SEMICON West runs every spring at the Phoenix Convention Center, starting March 30–April 1, 2027, per SEMI.

Booth sales run through SEMI, and 2027 rates are not confirmed yet. For comparison on other chip and electronics floors: OFC’s 2027 sample budget puts a 10×10 with pipe and drape at $6,500 before carpet, electricity, material handling and internet, per Optica, and IPC APEX EXPO 2027 space is $35 per sq ft for members and $52 for nonmembers.

SPIE Photonics West 2027 runs January 30–February 4, 2027 at the Moscone Center (North, South and West) in San Francisco. The SPIE BiOS Expo is January 30–31 and the Photonics West Exhibition, with Quantum West, Vision Tech and AR | VR | MR, is February 2–4. SPIE says the week draws 24,000 people and more than 1,400 exhibitors across its two exhibitions.

SPIE Photonics West, which SPIE calls the largest photonics exhibition in North America. In 2027 the Embedded Vision Summit, a conference and tradeshow for computer vision and physical AI, joins Photonics West as a sixth technical application area.

OFC 2027 runs March 7–11, 2027 at the Los Angeles Convention Center, with the exhibition March 9–11. Optica expects 20,000 attendees from 73 countries, 750 exhibitors and 130 invited speakers, with China, Japan, Korea and Netherlands pavilions on the floor.

OFC publishes a sample 2027 budget: a 10×10 booth space with pipe and drape at $6,500, carpet $400, 500 W of electricity $270, material handling for about 200 lb $326, internet $1,343 and lead retrieval from $450 to $995, at advance-order rates, per Optica. The booth build, freight and travel come on top.

IPC APEX EXPO 2027 runs April 3–8, 2027 at the Anaheim Convention Center, with the exhibition April 6–8. The 2026 floor sold out with 416 exhibitors and 150+ product launches. The 2028 edition is April 4–6, 2028 in Anaheim, per the Global Electronics Association.

For 2027, space is $35 per sq ft for Global Electronics Association members and $52 for nonmembers (standard rate after June 12, 2026). A turnkey 10×10 is $6,500 member / $8,200 nonmember and a turnkey 10×20 is $12,000 / $15,400. Space must be paid in full by December 31, 2026, and the association may add a $6 per sq ft penalty after that date.

IMS2027 runs May 23–28, 2027 at the Henry B. González Convention Center in San Antonio. The exhibition is open May 25 (9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.), May 26 (9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.) and May 27 (9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.). IMS2026 drew 8,808 registered attendees from 53 countries and 525+ exhibiting companies, 101 of them first-time exhibitors.

IEEE IMS (the International Microwave Symposium), which calls its exhibition the largest in the RF and microwave industry. IMS2027 is May 23–28, 2027 in San Antonio, and its Start-Up Pavilion hosted 16 companies in 2026.

DAC 2027, The Chips to Systems Conference, runs July 11–14, 2027 at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center, after the 2026 edition in Long Beach. Preliminary DAC 2026 registration was 5,059, including 835 exhibitor booth staff, per DAC. Exhibits are sold by Hall-Erickson, Inc., and exhibitors can add meeting rooms and Exhibitor Forum talks.

DesignCon 2027 runs February 2–4, 2027 at the Santa Clara Convention Center. Informa cites 5,400+ attendees and a 33:1 attendee to exhibitor ratio; 69% of attendees are from California and 75% have an active or planned project. Space is priced through Informa’s sales team, with no public rate card.

SPIE Advanced Lithography + Patterning 2027 runs February 21–25, 2027 at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center, with a two-day exhibition on February 23 (10 a.m. to 5 p.m.) and February 24 (10 a.m. to 4 p.m.). The exhibitor certificate of insurance is due January 22, 2027.

Chiplet Summit 2027 runs March 30–April 1, 2027 at the Santa Clara Convention Center. An exhibitor-only 10×10 package is $4,500 with one full conference pass, and a Gold sponsorship is $20,000. Meeting rooms are available to exhibitors at extra cost.

Six events in this guide: IEDM (December 12–16, 2026) and SPIE Photonics West (January 30–February 4, 2027) in San Francisco, DesignCon (February 2–4, 2027) and Chiplet Summit (March 30–April 1, 2027) in Santa Clara, and SPIE Advanced Lithography + Patterning (February 21–25, 2027) and DAC (July 11–14, 2027) in San Jose.

SEMICON West at the Phoenix Convention Center, March 30–April 1, 2027, and TestConX in Mesa, February 28–March 3, 2027, where the venue is not confirmed yet. The TestConX EXPO has sold out in recent years.

Yes. The EDS Leadership Summit runs May 24–28, 2027 at Resorts World Las Vegas for component manufacturers, distributors and manufacturers’ representatives. It is meeting-led: most business happens in suites, and a 10×10 display booth is $3,300 for members and $4,400 for non-members in 2027. Purple has a Las Vegas shop that builds and prints, close to the venues.

SEMICON West is for the chip manufacturing supply chain: wafer fab equipment, materials, sub-components, test and advanced packaging, with fab and packaging engineers walking the floor. IPC APEX EXPO is for building the boards those chips go on: PCB fabrication, SMT assembly, soldering, inspection, test and EMS services. In 2027 they run days apart, SEMICON West March 30–April 1 in Phoenix and IPC APEX EXPO April 3–8 in Anaheim.

OFC in Los Angeles (March 7–11, 2027) for optical networking, CLEO in Long Beach (May 2–7, 2027) for laser research, SPIE Defense + Security near Orlando (April 18–22, 2027) for infrared, imaging and sensing, and SPIE Optics + Photonics in San Diego (August 29–September 2, 2027) for optical design and research.

As soon as space opens. TestConX gave 2026 exhibitors priority on same-size space until September 1, 2026, IPC APEX EXPO 2027 space must be paid by December 31, 2026, and the earlier loyalty rates have already passed. For the booth itself, our builds take 30 to 45 days, so we plan back from the show’s advance warehouse date.

Yes. We design and build custom booths from 10×20 up, with lit sample cases, demo counters, screens and meeting rooms, in our Fishkill, NY and Las Vegas shops. Your Purple project manager runs the install with the labor each show requires. Where a show sells only 10×10 packages or tabletops, we build the graphics, cases and lighting for that space.