Synapse Design: Connecting Ideas with Technology-Enabled Designs Date:   Friday , January 30, 2015 The synapse, a junction between neurons, is the critical structure that conjoins neurons and fuels the brain functions, enabling a better action. Likewise, in the exponentially growing semiconductor industry, synapse-like partners play a preeminent role in providing differentiated technology-enabled SOC design services and strategies that help companies bring products to life. Incorporated with the same zeal to provide such experience to customers is a SOC and ASIC services design company, Synapse Design, that stands as a perfect exemplary for the rare-breed of synapse-like players. Created in 2003, Synapse Design has carved a niche position as the industry leader in the space of cutting edge engineering services. Rewinding, the journey of this bootstrapped venture initiated with annexing a firm foothold in its hometown, the Silicon Valley, U.S., through the vision and strength of founders � Satish Bagalkotkar and Devesh Gautam � and soon arose to expand its reach to, Europe, China, India, Vietnam & Singapore. The brand stood unshaken by the worst economic era of 2008; instead, growing aggressively and has emerged unscathed as the most sought after design services partner to top tier global semiconductor and system companies with revenues of $10+B. Nourishing Innovation-Ready Strategies The company\'s growth continues while competitors fall behind because Synapse Design\'s goal is always customer centric: Through innovative strategies, Synapse Design helps customers increase revenues 15-20 percent and develop their next generation products. Through years of experience creating some of the most highly complex digital, analog and mixed-signal ASICs and SOCs, Synapse Design captured their knowledge into a highly evolved process optimization platform. Satish Bagalkotkar, Co-Founder & CEO, proudly comments, \"It is our brilliant engineers and this platform that guarantee the promise of \'right first time silicon\'\". Through the Synapse Design platform, engineers can more quickly make qualified decisions about best process technology, optimized IP and tune for power, performance and area. Synapse Design further enhances the customer experience by reducing time in design and improving their customer\'s time to market by bringing full software solutions to the hardware-software co-design process. The company selects strategic, fast-growth markets and hires proven engineering talent to fully develop embedded firmware, middleware and application software. When a customer\'s hardware is ready, there is no lag time waiting for software. With all this talent on board and turnkey development systems in place, customers look to Synapse Design to guide their next generation products and to bring the right level of engineering talent at the right time. Proficient Teams While Synapse Design has created award-winning processes to increase the efficiency of design, Devesh Gautam, Co-Founder & COO quickly adds, \"It\'s the people that make the difference. Once we have gained a complete understanding of our partner\'s needs, we deploy the best engineering talent defining teams from around the globe, within the best-fit engagement model.\" Synapse Design offices in Bangalore also host brilliant management minds. With 750+ engineers spread worldwide this strong company vests an open work culture in its environment. \"We believe in earning respect and allowing our employees to realize they are, each of them, important to the Company\'s success,\" adds Devesh. The company also enables a rightly balanced professional and personal life of an employee through health insurance and other policies. Breathing in the Future Unlike old players of Indian semiconductors industry, Synapse is backed by a strong global foothold and local offices that are architected in their own land. \"Today, every design centre that Synapse has opened is by customer invitation,\" says Devesh. Thus, the global workforce resources are available where clients need them and the company is expanding its wings even further. The company has covered storage, wireless/mobile, networking/computing & cloud computing, multimedia, security and IoT and intends to expand into new markets. With a goal to work with the industry leading semiconductor and systems companies, the brand is currently rearing towards becoming a major player in India as well. Panel: Services: � SOC and ASIC design � Digital, Analog & Mixed Signal � Embedded Firmware, Middleware and Application Software Key Management: � Satish Bagalkotkar, President, CEO & Co-Founder With more than 18 years of senior management experience, Satish spearheaded the concept of a design factory for developing complex SOC s and ensuring first time silicon success each time. Prior to founding Synapse Design, Satish was Senior Director of Engineering at Silicon Access Networks. Satish also worked at HAL Computer Systems where he was responsible for development of four generations of micro-processors. �Devesh Gautam, COO & Co-Founder Devesh has a rich 17-year background in the design services space. Prior to founding Synapse Design, he worked at Spike Technologies responsible for sales. Presently, his role within Synapse Design covers looking after the worldwide operations and day�to�day management of the entire organization. Offices: US, Europe, China, Taiwan, Singapore & India