Mindtree joins Power Forward Initiative

By siliconindia   |   Monday, 28 April 2008, 19:30 IST
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Bangalore: MindTree, a global IT and R&D Services Company, and the Power Forward Initiative (PFI) has announced that MindTree has joined the Power Forward Initiative and will be offering a Common Power Format (CPF)-enabled low-power flow to its design services customers. With the addition of MindTree, the PFI continues now has 27 members. As a design services company, MindTree has adopted the Cadence Design Systems Low-Power Solution, which is designed to increase productivity, manage design complexity, and shorten time to market. MindTree, a leading provider of complete solutions in the ASIC and IC design services, assists customers designing ICs for communications and consumer applications. "Low-power design capability is extremely important to our customers," said S.N. Padmanabhan, senior vice president of R&D Services at MindTree. "A large percentage of designs coming to us are targeted for communications and consumer products requiring low-power implementations. CPF provides the mechanism for clear communication of low-power intent between the customer and MindTree; this helps us deliver high-quality low-power solutions to our customers," he added.