Bangalore, India – 20th Feb 20205 – BigEndian Semiconductors, a Bangalore and Taiwan based
Fabless IC company, is pleased to announce its strategic partnership with Cadence Design
Systems, a pivotal leader in electronic systems design providing hardware, software, and IP for the
electronics industry. This collaboration aims to leverage Cadence’s cutting-edge technology to
develop Project VASU – a Made in India for the globe, SoCs for use in the CCTV and surveillance
industry.
India consumes nearly 50Mn units of CCTV cameras per year across segments and the market is
estimated to be $10Bn by 2030 and globally a market size of $90Bn. With the changing geo-political
landscape, there is huge global demand for alternative options and new emerging business models
backed by strides taken in AI and image sensing. Cameras today are omni-present, with
applications in drones, automotive, consumer, access control, toll booths, traSic management,
policing and more. Cameras will play a significant role in our daily lives in enterprise, consumer,
military, and industrial applications.
Cadence is pleased to partner with BigEndian Semiconductors for technology of strategic
importance for the India semiconductor ecosystem ,” said Jayashankar Narayanankutty, Group
Director – India Sales, Cadence. “We have a strong and established commitment to collaborating
with startups such as BigEndian to foster breakthrough innovation. Additionally, we are proud to be
a part of the Indian Semiconductor Mission’s DLI scheme, of which BigEndian is a recipient.”
BigEndian is a proud recipient of DLI scheme and ChipIN program of Indian Semiconductor Mission
managed by CDAC. In addition to this support, BigEndian is in active collaboration with Cadence to
accelerate R&D and innovation. “BigEndian has a strong reputation for flawless execution and
downstream market enablement and we are excited to join forces with Cadence to deliver nextgeneration solutions,” said Sunil Kumar, CEO & Co-founder, BigEndian Semiconductors. “Together,
we will create value-driven innovations that redefine industry standards. BigEndian will deploy the
full-flow Cadence AI-driven RTL-GDSII digital implementation and signoS flow like Genus, Innovus,
Extraction, Conformal, etc for their products.
For more information about this partnership, please contact: info@bigendiansemi.com
About BigEndian Semiconductors
BigEndian SemiconductorsÔ is a Fabless IC startup based in Bangalore and Taiwan, founded by
veterans in silicon industry. The team consists of Sunil Kumar, Dinesh Annayya, Kanagaraju P,
Renuka Prasad, Jansen Cheng and Harpreet Wadhwan. The team covers expertise in all facets of
the ecosystem from design, production, Taiwan ODM and EMS enablement. Join us in our journey.
For more information, visit www.BigEndianSemi.com.