DSipher Design makes IC designing simple through IPintentio

BANGALORE, INDIA: DSipher Design Solutions Pvt Ltd, a semiconductor start-up, with a mission to provide best-in-class consulting expertise in IC and software design, has launched ‘IPintentio’, a single, integrated platform comprising design flows for front-end design, physical design and software simulation.

With a vision of making the process of IC designing simple and easy, DSipher Design Solutions has introduced IPintentio, an OS independent platform that integrates hardware-IC-design flows along with a parallel software simulation methodology.

DSipher Design Solutions intends to make chip design more accessible despite many challenges that exist.

Arijit Dutta, director and co-founder of DSipher Design Solution, says: "We are approaching this on two fronts. The core offering is ready-made platforms - IPi Edu and IPi Lite - for academia and individuals with limited resources.

"IPi Edu is tailored to enable effective education in chip design in the universities, keeping limited course duration in mind. The aim is to allow maximum emphasis on fundamentals and concepts as opposed to EDA execution. IPi Lite, on the other, enables digital IP prototype creation on the cloud quickly and free of charge."

The IPintentio platform
IPintentio is a web-based platform that makes integrated circuit design process implementation, execution and management simpler, faster and cost effective. IPintentio is inherently customizable, capable of incorporating any design process and EDA software, is graphical, intuitive and easy to use and can be accessed from all popular web browsers.

IPintentio is an integrated, yet flexible, platform comprising design flows for front-end design, physical design and software simulation. Each constituent flow step abstracts out the underlying EDA software invocation, specific switches, and input requirements, thereby minimizing dependence on EDA software expertise. This is achieved through a lower level interface – hidden from the user – which maps software switches to flow-specific concepts.

IPintentio offers three distinct product lines customized to meet the requirements of design houses (IPi Inc), educational institutes offering courses and projects in Electrical/Electronics Engineering and Computer Science (IPi Edu), as well as hobbyists and individuals seeking a cost-effective solution to establish a functional proof-of-concept for digital IPs (IPi Lite).

Explaining further, Soumen Basak, director and co-founder of DSipher Design Solutions says: "The front- end digital design, till the synthesis phase, is primarily software coding. I see no reason why it could not be within everybody's reach like mainstream software. This is our effort to make things easier for someone who wants to start implementing his/her idea in the digital domain by providing a unique combination of easily accessible platform as well as learning and support resources."

Shamik Datta, also director and co-founder, adds: "Embedded systems have come a long way. A key factor has been the evolution in embedded systems design and development techniques which have helped drastically reduce the productization cycle. We intend to explore advances in embedded systems, their design and development and the emerging trends in the industry through Blog posts, Articles and Tutorials sections of our website. We further intend to form a community of experts who would always be available and willing to answer any related queries."

DSipher Design Solutions provides content that will cater to a wide spectrum of readers -- ranging from the student to the professional.

The founders of DSipher Design Solutions, alumni of IIT Bombay (Mumbai), have over 20 years of experience in the semiconductor and embedded software industry. The three-member team has held technical as well as managerial positions in well-known MNCs, and is credited with multiple patents and publications.