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BENGALURU, India and SANTA CLARA, Calif., January 3, 2022 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ -

    Synapse Design, a QuEST Global company, today announced the company has

joined the Design Center Alliance (DCA) program of TSMC Open Innovation

Platform® (OIP) [https://www.tsmc.com/english/dedicatedFoundry/oip]. The TSMC

DCA program focuses on chip-implementation services and system-level design

solutions to help lower design barriers for customers adopting TSMC technology.

    Synapse Design has built a reputation by delivering proven, leading-edge

services and solutions addressing complex System-on-Chip (SoC) and mixed-signal

Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) from architecture specifications

to tape-out. The company is the design services provider of choice to most of

the world’s top Fabless, Original Design Manufacturing (ODM) and Integrated

Device Manufacturing (IDM) companies who choose the Synapse proven end-to-end

hardware and software design solutions targeting Artificial Intelligence,

Machine Learning, Data Center, IoT, automotive/autonomous, multimedia, mobile,

networking, and communications & storage technologies.

    Commenting on the development, Satish Bagalkotkar, President, CEO and

Co-Founder, Synapse Design said, “Our collaboration with TSMC through its DCA

program will increase our customers’ confidence level, knowing that they will

receive best-in-class, end-to-end hardware/software semiconductor design

services from Synapse Design working in unison with TSMC’s advanced process

technologies. Together with TSMC, we will cross barriers in providing more

efficient semiconductor designs.”

    “We’re very pleased with the addition of Synapse Design to our Design

Center Alliance to address the growing market needs for design services on

TSMC’s industry-leading technologies,” said Suk Lee, Vice President of the

Design Infrastructure Management Division at TSMC. “The joint effort combining

Synapse Design’s experience in design services with TSMC’s technologies will

enable our mutual customers to achieve next-generation design success and

quickly launch their differentiated products to market.”

    Synapse Design, a QuEST Global company, has design centers in the US,

India, China, Japan, Malaysia, and Vietnam and employs more than 1,000

engineers. The company has worked with TSMC closely and completed 150+ designs

on TSMC’s process technologies over the past five years, including 20+ designs

on TSMC’s latest N7, N6, and N5 processes. The company offers high performance

as well as low-power, SoC and mixed-signal ASIC design services from

architecture specifications to tape out, including system-level software and

embedded firmware development. With Synapse becoming part of the QuEST family,

it is helping the company offer end-to-end hardware-enabled software solutions

across various industries, including semiconductor, automotive, consumer

electronics, networking, and storage systems. These solutions help fast growth

industries accelerate their efforts towards digital transformation.

    About Synapse Design, a QuEST Global company  

    Synapse Design www.synapse-da.com is an industry leader in semiconductor

design services specializing in highly complex SoCs and embedded software. The

company’s client list is comprised of 95% of the top ten IDM/ODM and Fabless

companies around the world. Synapse Design’s products and services support

companies creating high-end products in AI, machine learning, mobile, IoT,

storage, networking, multimedia, 5G and others. Through its people,

technologies and services, the company delivers engineering excellence and a

flexible business model enabling next generation products for its customers.

Founded in 2003, Synapse Design is headquartered in the Silicon Valley with

design centers throughout the world. It was recently acquired by QuEST Global,

to enhance its capability in providing comprehensive design and consulting

services and software development for the semiconductor industry.

    About QuEST Global

    For nearly 25 years, QuEST Global has been a trusted global product

engineering services partner to many of the world’s most recognized companies

in the Aerospace & Defense, Automotive, Energy, Hi-Tech, Healthcare and Medical

Devices, Rail and Semiconductor industries. With a presence in 13 countries, 54

global delivery centers and 11,500+ personnel, QuEST Global is at the forefront

of the convergence of the mechanical, electronics, software, and digital

engineering innovations to engineer solutions for a safer, cleaner, and

sustainable world. QuEST Global’s deep domain knowledge and digital expertise

help its clients accelerate product development and innovation cycles, create

alternate revenue streams, enhance consumer experience, and make manufacturing

processes and operations more efficient.

    Source: QuEST Global