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