Indian global technology company HCL Technologies (HCLTech) said that it has joined the Intel Foundry Services (IFS) Accelerator Design Services Alliance, which aims to assist customers to expedite their ideas of silicon products into successful production.

With the move, HCLTech will be able to develop innovative solutions for the entire chip manufacturing industry using its expertise in engineering, digital, and cloud.

The IFS Accelerator uses the most advanced capabilities of industry leaders to support innovation through the foundry manufacturing platform of Intel Foundry Services, which is Intel’s in-house foundry manufacturing services.

Rahul Goyal — Intel Product and Design Ecosystem Enablement Vice President said: “We are pleased to welcome HCLTech to the IFS Accelerator Design Services Alliance.

“Their expertise and capabilities will be a valuable addition to the Alliance as we work together to advance customer innovation on our foundry manufacturing platform.”

HCLTech said that it is an excellent opportunity for the company as well as Intel Foundry Services to work together and speed up the acceptance of the latter’s cutting-edge technology.

The engineering solutions of HCLTech together with a vast and diverse design and development team are specifically created to meet the needs of its customers’ ever-changing, complex requirements.

To be on the cutting technological edge, the Indian IT company said that it has undertaken strategic technology-driven investments in industry-specific solutions and frameworks that address a variety of goals for its customers.

The investment areas include HCLTech’s factory automation products as well as simulator frameworks, custom-made solution accelerators for analytics, cybersecurity, augmented reality/virtual reality (AR/VR), and script-less test automation, in addition to other things.

Vijay Guntur — HCLTech President and Engineering and R&D Services Head said: “At HCLTech, we are committed to helping our clients—including integrated device manufacturers (IDMs), fabless manufacturers, IP vendors, foundries and semi-equipment providers—with innovative, sustainable and agile solutions.

“As a member of the IFS Accelerator Design Services Alliance, we look forward to collaborating with IFS to bring added advantages to chip manufacturing. This collaboration brings together the in-depth domain expertise of HCLTech and IFS’ advanced process technologies to ensure delivery of high-performance chips.”

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