Tata Electronics signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with California-headquartered semiconductor design and engineering firm Synopsys, to collaborate on various technological verticals. 

The partnership will see Synopsys’ offerings being used in Tata Electronics’ upcoming $10.9-billion semiconductor fabrication plant, or fab, in Dholera, Gujarat, which was announced on 29 February.

As part of the MoU, Tata Electronics will use Synopsys’ foundry design platform, which will help ramp up designing custom semiconductor products for clients—once the fab is complete. 

Other areas of technology that the two companies will collaborate on include factory automation, data analytics, computer-aided design and technology transfer from Synopsys to Tata Electronics, supply of product design kits by Synopsys, and development of intellectual properties for the chip fab, once it is ready.

Randhir Thakur, chief executive and managing director of the Bengaluru-registered Tata Electronics, said in a statement that the move will help the company offer “integrated solutions across the electronics manufacturing value chain to global customers seeking a resilient supply chain."