Mixed-signal semiconductor solutions provider Dialog Semiconductor Plc is using India’s KPIT Cummins Infosystems Ltd. as an additional offshore development center (ODC). The ODC will provide a dedicated engineering support team primarily in the areas of audio and power management devices and display driver ICs for mobile phones and other portable consumer electronics applications. This announcement follows almost two years of project association between the two companies.

KPIT Cummins has worked with Dialog Semiconductor’s design teams in the UK, Japan, Austria and the German headquarters. In May this year, Dialog Semiconductor launched a new range of display drivers and evaluation kits to support electronic paper segmented displays aimed at mobile phones, capacity meters on memory cards, electronic shelf labels, watches, clocks, and other consumer devices that could make use of paper-thin electronic displays. The development of these display drivers is just one example where additional engineering support from KPIT Cummins team was used to assist Dialog Semiconductor’s own engineering teams across its various locations.

Jalal Bagherli, CEO of Dialog Semiconductor, said “We are pleased to be working with KPIT Cummins, who we believe are an excellent addition to our global engineering and development activities. The move to an ODC model with KPIT Cummins, working together with our established resources, will ensure that we maintain a strong market leading position in the development of mixed signal ICs.”

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