HCLTech partners with Japan's Rapidus, opens 2 semiconductor development centres in India

HCLTech and Japan's Rapidus Corporation have announced a partnership for next-generation semiconductor technologies, with two dedicated development centres inaugurated in Bengaluru and Hubballi, HCLTech said in a regulatory filing on Monday. The centres will provide semiconductor engineering capabilities to Rapidus, including mask design, design infrastructure, process design kit development, design technology co-optimisation and layout design. The partnership will also build a pipeline of Indian engineering talent to meet Rapidus' workforce requirements in Japan, where the government-backed company is setting up advanced logic chip manufacturing. The companies did not disclose the financial value of the partnership or the number of engineers at the two centres.

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