HCL Technologies Joins ARM ATAP Program
Wednesday December 18, 5:00 am ET
Expansion of Design Resources in India Strengthens ARM's Presence in Automotive, Networking and Consumer Electronics
NEW DELHI, India and CAMBRIDGE, England, Dec. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- HCL Technologies (BSE: HCLT - News), a leading Indian IT services provider, and ARM [(LSE: ARM - News); (Nasdaq: ARMHY - News)], the industry's leading provider of 16/32-bit embedded RISC microprocessor solutions, today announced that HCLT has joined the ATAP(TM) program, the ARM® technology access program. HCL is the 37th Partner to join the program and brings the worldwide engineering resource to more than 3,550 engineers.
ADVERTISEMENTHCLT brings significant capability to the program in providing advanced system-on-chip (SoC) design services for customer-specific solutions that are based on the ARM microprocessor architecture. HCLT provides leading-edge solutions for the automotive, wireless, networking and consumer electronics markets. It has provided design resources for ARM core-based car navigation systems, body electronics, in-car infotainment and dashboard electronics. The company also has a strong presence in the avionics and handheld devices markets.
"HCL Technologies has experience in the VLSI market and has already worked with ARM technology for a considerable length of time, delivering valuable SoC design services and support to their customers," said David Lewis, ATAP Program manager. "HCLT's membership in the ATAP program will enable us to further explore and realize the full potential of ARM technology in applications such as automotive, wireless, networking and consumer entertainment, where ARM's presence continues to grow."
"The adoption of the ARM architecture as an industry standard is gaining momentum and our customers expect us to provide a wider range of services to support their ARM core-based SoC designs," said Amitava Roy, executive vice president and head of Netcentric Technologies Division, HCLT. "Our partnership with ARM will enable us to meet these expectations by providing the resources to deliver greater value to our customers and reducing their time to market."
Technology solutions provided by HCLT also include high-end SoC design, integration and verification, high-speed board and Field Programmable Grid Array (FPGA) design, embedded software and complete system design. HCLT has a large portfolio of in-house IPRs for reusable software components that considerably reduce the time to market for prospective designers of ARM Powered® products.
About the ATAP Program
There are currently 37 Partners in the ATAP program, with a resource of more than 3,550 engineers available to work on ARM core-based SoC designs in the ATAP network. ATAP design Partners must go through a strict qualification process to become an ARM Approved Design Center. This includes a design flow audit, training on implementing designs with ARM cores, tools, AMBA® interface peripherals and development techniques. Each Design Center must demonstrate its own unique skills in specific technology domains, as well as end-market expertise. The ATAP program also provides additional benefits such as geographic and time-zone locality and local language support. For more information on the ATAP program, please email info@arm.com or visit the ARM Web site. |
