MindTree joins ARM design center program

BANGALORE: MindTree Consulting, an Indian IT consulting company has joined the ARM Approved Design Center (ADC) Program. ARM designs the technology that lies at the heart of advanced digital products.

According to the press release, MindTree Consulting joins other ADC Program Partners which benefit from reduced time to tape-out and can mitigate critical design risk through access to ARM's worldwide support organization.

ARM Approved Design Center Program 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 processors, tools, AMBA interface peripherals and development techniques. The ARM Approved Design Center Program also provides additional benefits such as geographic and time-zone locality and local language support.

“As an ARM Approved Design Center Partner, MindTree has developed highly optimized design solutions for the embedded technology market,” said MindTree Consulting R&D services president and CEO Janakiraman S. “By combining MindTree's domain knowledge and design expertise, with ARM processors, tools and development techniques, we will ensure we expand our solution offering to customers and provide a sound technology platform to our developers,” he added.

"It is especially important for our Partners in fast-growing markets to have a local support network and resources to produce next-generation products without sacrificing time-to-market," said ARM commercial operations president Atul Arora. "ARM is looking to increase its partnership with Indian companies, and the ADC program is yet another way to work with the local market," he added.