HCL Tech ties up with Vitesse

NEW DELHI: HCL Technologies has announced a strategic alliance with Vitesse

Semiconductor Corporation by establishing a dedicated offshore development

center (ODC) at Chennai. Vitesse is a provider of integrated circuit (IC)

solutions for LAN/WAN/SAN markets.

The ODC will work as an extended arm of Vitesse's design engineering team, by

providing development services for a wide range of its advanced networking ICs.

HCL Technologies will also provide hardware and software development services to

assist Vitesse customers in building a variety of advanced networking products.

HCL Technologies has been working with Vitesse on several projects on turnkey

basis for more than a year. Under the alliance, HCL Technologies will dedicate a

pool of skilled engineers as an ODC for Vitesse. The ODC team will work on next

generation networking technologies, such as high performance FPGAs, ASIC design

and verifications, networking/telecom protocols and embedded software

development.

Both HCL and Vitesse will be on the program management council of the ODC and

ensure that the ODC complements Vitesse's own engineering resources effectively

in meeting the real time market commitments of end customers.

Vitesse is also targeting the ODC for the execution of many advanced

technology projects. These projects range from network processor-based

high-speed optical interfaces, networking protocol stacks and network services

software to connectivity for switching fabrics. HCL will also work on reference

designs for OEMs.

HCL will serve as a directly connected extension of Vitesse engineering

through a dedicated high-speed data link. Vitesse is investing substantially in

equipping the ODC with state-of-the-art EDA tools and system access via the

communications link.

"Vitesse realizes the advantages of accessing excellent engineering

resources that supplement our in-house design teams and reduce our customers'

time-to-market," said Vitesse's director of Business Alliances Cindy

Lindsay. "HCL's ODC resources will also be of significant help for Vitesse."