The partners announced the opening of an innovation centre to build semiconductor designs and software solutions for the IoT, infrastructure, industrial, and automotive segments
Major IT services company, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and a leading supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, Renesas Electronics Corporation recently announced the opening of a joint Innovation Center in Bengaluru and Hyderabad to collaborate on radio frequency, digital and mixed-signal design and software development for innovative next-generation semiconductor solutions catering to the needs of a wide range of industries.
As per the partners, the centre will combine TCS’ deep expertise in IoT and domain knowledge of the manufacturing, telecom and automotive industries with Renesas’ advanced semiconductor designs and skilled embedded software support. The intention is to launch innovative semiconductor designs and software solutions for the IoT, smart cities, industrial, and automotive segments.
Mr Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology attended the inauguration ceremony held in Bengaluru, along with Mr N. Ganapathy Subramaniam, COO & Executive Director for TCS and Dr Sailesh Chittipeddi, Executive VP & GM of IoT and Infrastructure Business Unit at Renesas.
Pleased to announce this strategic partnership with Renesas, Global Head of IoT and Digital Engineering at TCS, Regu Ayyaswamy stated: “This partnership combines TCS’ global experience in developing and deploying end-to-end industry-focused engineering solutions at scale, its domain knowledge, expertise, and intellectual property with Renesas’ expertise and IP in chip development. Together we will address the industry demand and accelerate the establishment of a semiconductor ecosystem in India.”
Executive VP & GM of the IoT and Infrastructure Business Unit of Renesas, Dr Sailesh Chittipeddi commented, “We are pleased to extend our partnership with TCS and benefit from their next-gen digital capabilities, global expertise, domain knowledge and innovation ecosystem. The joint Innovation Center will unlock opportunities for innovation and further growth in Indian and emerging markets.”
Tata Consultancy Services is an IT services, consulting and business solutions organization that has been partnering with global businesses in their “transformation journeys” for over 50 years. TCS offers an integrated portfolio of business, technology and engineering services and solutions. A part of the Tata group, one of India’s largest multinational business groups, TCS has over 616,000 of the world’s best-trained consultants in 55 countries.
Tokyo-headquartered Renesas Electronics Corporation is a leading global provider of microcontrollers. It claims to combine its expertise in embedded processing, analog, power and connectivity to deliver complete semiconductor solutions. The Renesas Ready Partner Network leverages pre-developed third-party software and hardware building blocks. The solutions work on real-world customer problems with Renesas MCU & MPU products.
