SmartPlay offers specialized design services for customers of Intel Custom Foundry

BANGALORE, INDIA: SmartPlay Inc., an established design services company with expertise in digital, analog, wireless software and system design, is ready to offer design services to customers of Intel Custom Foundry that require expertise, know-how and unique IP in critical embedded applications.

SmartPlay will provide support in SoC implementations and will offer turnkey services ranging from RTL/Netlist to GDSII.  This also establishes SmartPlay as a key player in the Intel Custom Foundry ecosystem committed to delivering world class SoC design services.

SmartPlay shares a successful three-year relationship with Intel Custom Foundry, and has efficiently delivered numerous projects for them such as test chip development platform (Architecture to GDSII), DDR3/4 PHY verification and layout of Analog IPs along with the participation in various customer tape-outs on Intel Custom Foundry’s 22nm and 14nm platforms. Design services offered by SmartPlay have been extremely useful in reducing time-to-market for customers of Intel Custom Foundry.

Pradeep Vajram, president and CEO, SmartPlay, said: “The increasing complexity, interface, and functionality of SoCs have brought about many challenges in building highly-integrated systems. SmartPlay’s design services are aimed at enabling companies to reduce time-to-market, increase efficiency and perform better and faster.

"Being chosen by Intel Custom Foundry to collaborate on design services for its customers is a reflection of SmartPlay’s ability to handle complex designs. SmartPlay has been working successfully with Intel Custom Foundry for over three years and the announcement of this collaboration is a further step towards a long and fruitful association.”