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Semiconductor Design Takes to the Cloud

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Overview

Shorter Semiconductor Chip Design Cycles and Lower Costs

As new tools and methodologies emerge, the pressure to design smarter, better and faster keeps growing.

We bring decades of hands-on experience in advanced silicon designs. Our semiconductor design services help organizations innovate faster, tap into on-demand compute power and gain the flexibility they need to compete. By moving workloads to the cloud and using elastic resources, we help companies enhance their on-prem Electronic Design Automation (EDA) processes or build hybrid and pure cloud EDA infrastructures—whatever fits best.

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Services

Make Your Semiconductor Design to Cloud Journey Simple

Consult, leverage, build, deploy and migrate with confidence with our transformational services.

Get expert consulting services

Get expert consulting services

Our semiconductor consulting services cover migration and readiness assessments, design consultancy, platform and technology selection, EDA cloud workload architecture blueprints and operating model strategies tailored to your needs.

Transform and build with purpose

Transform and build with purpose

We deliver EDA workload modernization, performance engineering, security and vulnerability testing and data migration guidance—everything you need for a successful cloud semiconductor transformation.

Keep operations running smoothly

Keep operations running smoothly

Rely on 24x7 infrastructure and application monitoring, AIOps, release and incident management, security monitoring and management plus capacity management focused on scale and fault tolerance.

Benefits

Why Choose HCLTech for Your Journey

Our expertise and offerings—backed by innovation labs, frameworks and accelerators—help enterprises simplify their path to cloud-based semiconductor design.

Technical Expertise

Deep technical know-how

With more than 25 years in the semiconductor domain and extensive cloud transformation experience, we're ready to take your semiconductor production to the cloud. You'll accelerate time to market while significantly reducing development costs—this is at the heart of our semiconductor design services.

Global Footprint

Global reach when you need it

Our global semiconductor engineering team supports clients using public or private cloud infrastructures and services, flexibly scaling across regions as your needs grow.

Delivery Credentials

Proven track record

We're recognized for designing and managing complex projects using CloudEDA across foundry nodes—from 3 nanometer to legacy. Clients trust our broad portfolio of IT solutions for semiconductors, including solution accelerators, IPs and best practices. They value our focus on design automation, CAD methodologies and DA support in a managed services model.

Design Partnership Ecosystem

Strong partner network

We maintain partnerships with multiple foundries, EDA and IP vendors. As a TSMC DCA, GF enablement network partner and ARM-approved design partner, our ecosystem helps optimize costs through right resource sizing. These partnerships strengthen our position among semiconductor consulting companies.

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Ready to Get Started?

We are too. We're here to help you move forward. Connect with our experts to discuss how we can work together to achieve your business goals.

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Frequently Asked Questions about Semiconductor Design Services

Semiconductor cloud refers to leveraging cloud infrastructure for chip design and verification tasks. With growing design complexity and compute demands, it’s needed to provide on-demand scalability, accelerate time to market and reduce costs. At HCLTech, we help clients unlock flexibility and innovation by modernizing their semiconductor design processes through cloud adoption.

Cloud-based EDA platforms deliver on-demand compute, faster design cycles and flexible scaling while reducing infrastructure overhead. Our clients benefit from improved collaboration, access to the latest tools and enhanced cost efficiency. We help organizations tap into these advantages by architecting and managing robust EDA cloud environments that fit their unique needs.

Absolutely. We specialize in assessing, planning and executing seamless migrations of EDA workloads to the cloud. Our semiconductor consulting services include readiness assessments, architecture blueprints and hands-on migration support—minimizing disruption and ensuring that clients achieve performance, scalability and security goals from day one.

We help clients design, build and manage hybrid EDA environments that blend on-premises and cloud resources. Our experience spans workload orchestration, secure connectivity and performance optimization, enabling clients to balance flexibility, compliance and cost—while supporting both legacy and next-generation semiconductor design needs.

Cloud semiconductor infrastructures are highly scalable, supporting everything from small design teams to global enterprises. We architect solutions that automatically adjust to workload demands, ensuring optimal performance and cost efficiency. Our clients trust us to deliver infrastructures that grow with their needs, without disruptive upgrades.

Tech's unique offerings.

 

We streamline chip design in the cloud by offering end-to-end consulting, secure workload migration and tailored EDA cloud architectures. Our proven frameworks, accelerators and global expertise help clients modernize workflows, optimize resource usage and ensure seamless integration—empowering them to focus on innovation rather than infrastructure.

Security is paramount in cloud semiconductor design. At HCLTech, we implement industry-leading security practices, including encryption, access controls and continuous monitoring. Our experience in vulnerability testing and compliance ensures that clients’ intellectual property and sensitive data remain protected throughout their cloud transformation journey.

Cloud accelerates semiconductor design cycles by providing elastic compute resources and collaborative environments. We enable clients to run multiple simulations and design iterations in parallel, dramatically reducing bottlenecks. Our expertise ensures clients leverage the cloud’s agility to bring products to market faster without compromising quality.

Yes, effective semiconductor consulting can significantly reduce design costs. At HCLTech, we analyze current workflows, recommend process improvements and right-size cloud resources. Our guidance helps clients avoid overprovisioning, streamline operations and adopt best practices—resulting in measurable cost savings throughout the semiconductor design lifecycle.

Our strong partnerships with leading foundries, EDA tool vendors and IP providers—such as TSMC, GlobalFoundries and ARM—set us apart. These collaborations give clients access to the latest technologies, optimized workflows and cost-effective solutions. Our ecosystem ensures we deliver best-in-class semiconductor design services and support every step of the way.

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