HCLTech scales partnership with semiconductor IP cores provider CAST

IT services company HCL Technologies has scaled its partnership with semiconductor intellectual property (IP) cores provider CAST. Under this partnership, the firms will offer customised chips to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) across industries for accelerating their digital transformation and automation journey.

By leveraging CAST’s IP cores and controllers, HCLTech will enhance  design verification, emulation and rapid prototyping of its turnkey system-on-chip (SoC) solutions. This is expected to help OEMs in industries such as automotive, consumer electronics and logistics, to significantly reduce engineering risk and development costs.

“CAST shares our vision for innovative, industry-leading electronic systems design. Their high-quality and well-supported IP cores, coupled with HCLTech’s system integration design expertise, will enable us to deliver superior custom chips to our customers worldwide,” said Vijay Guntur, President, Engineering and R&D Services, HCLTech.

To be sure, HCLTech announced in February that it is expanding its longstanding collaboration with Intel Foundry to co-develop customized silicon solutions for semiconductor manufacturers, system Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), and cloud services providers to enhance foundry services, as stated in a release on Thursday. The partnership brings together HCLTech's design expertise with Intel Foundry's advanced technology and manufacturing capabilities to establish a resilient and diversified supply chain, marking a new era of innovation and excellence.

HCLTech is ramping up its semiconductor business. In an interview with PTI in March 2023, executive vice president and BU head Ameer Saithu said that the company plans to double on its semiconductor services business in the next 3-4 years.