Wipro said that it has joined Intel Foundry Services’ newly launched ecosystem alliance dubbed as Intel Foundry Services (IFS) Accelerator – Design Services Alliance, which is aimed at accelerating customer innovation.

Customer innovation will be spurred by the ecosystem alliance in chip design and manufacturing and convert ground-breaking ideas into implemented realities.

Intel Foundry Services Accelerator – Design Services Alliance will play a role in supporting complex System on Chip (SoC) as well as application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) designs, and power up products ranging from smartphones to sports cars.

Harmeet Chauhan — Wipro Senior Vice President and Global Head of Engineering and R&D said: “We are thrilled to join IFS Accelerator – Design Services Alliance at this critical time in the global economy where chip shortages are taking a real toll on business growth.

“Wipro has the scale, talent, and the global presence required to accelerate chip design and develop dynamic solutions for the largest companies in every sector—from 5G and cloud to automotive and everything in between. This alliance with IFS will combine our strengths in end-to-end chip design with Intel’s cutting-edge process and packaging technology to achieve faster time to market.”

By using extensive collaboration with a group of major companies across electronic design automation (EDA), intellectual property (IP), and design services, the Intel Foundry Services Accelerator – Design Services Alliance is intended to use the best capabilities available in the industry to help in taking forward customer innovation on the foundry manufacturing platform of Intel.

Wipro said that it has been offering semiconductor engineering services to some of the major companies in the world for more than three decades. The Indian tech company claims to have over 250 ASIC/SOC designs on various submicron process technologies and 75 systems built in just the last three years.

Rahul Goyal — Intel Product and Design Ecosystem Enablement Vice President and GM said: “We are pleased to announce the IFS Ecosystem Alliance as a major step forward for Intel’s foundry ambitions.

“We are delighted to have Wipro join the alliance as a charter design services partner.  Wipro is a global company with a long history of delivering value across a range of industries, and we are excited to partner with them for the benefit of our mutual global customers.”

Recently, Intel announced an investment of over $20 billion to build two new chip factories in Licking County, Ohio to meet the increasing demand for advanced semiconductors.

  Harmeet Chauhan, India, Intel Foundry Services, Intel Foundry Services Accelerator – Design Services Alliance, Rahul Goyal, semiconductors, Wipro