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HCL Technologies Acquires IBM's PowerPC Cores in Strategic Partnership

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HCL Technologies (HCL) announced a significant agreement with IBM to acquire the right to use and sublicense IBM's PowerPC 405 and PowerPC 440 embedded microprocessor cores and certain associated peripheral cores. As part of this partnership, HCL intends to establish itself as the first Power Architecture Design Center outside an IBM business line, with the goal of expanding Power Architecture designs in various applications, including networking, wireless, and consumer devices.

Key Takeaways:

  • HCL Technologies has acquired the right to use and sublicense IBM's PowerPC 405 and PowerPC 440 embedded microprocessor cores and certain associated peripheral cores.
  • HCL will establish itself as the first Power Architecture Design Center outside an IBM business line to expand Power Architecture designs in various applications.
  • The partnership aims to provide customers with access to high-performance peripheral cores with a native CoreConnect interface, the open system bus architecture available from IBM.
  • HCL will offer OEMs a wide range of Power Architecture System-on-Chip (SoC) solutions, including sub-licensing of the IBM PowerPC 405 and PowerPC 440 embedded microprocessor cores.
  • HCL will provide customers with access to open systemC models, core hardening and integration services, SoC prototyping services, software development platform services, and system prototyping services.
  • The partnership is part of HCL's strategy to offer superior customer value and transformational R&D services.
  • HCL plans to provide end-to-end design solutions to OEMs with the combination of access to the PowerPC 405 and PowerPC 440 embedded microprocessor cores and HCL's design solutions.

Statistics:

  • HCL Technologies had revenues of US $814 million (Rs.3,584cr) for the twelve-month period ended 30th September 2005.
  • HCL Technologies employed 26,285 professionals as of September 30, 2005.
  • IBM's Power Architecture technology has been proven to be the best fit architecture for various applications over the years.
  • HCL has been providing system design solutions, including VLSI and hardware designs, in vertical industries such as Consumer, Telecom, and storage domains.

Sources:

  • Business Wire, "HCL Technologies Announces Agreement with IBM" (November 17, 2005)
  • About HCL Technologies
  • About HCL Enterprise
  • Forward Looking Statements section of HCL Technologies' release

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