Company Overview
Company History
MindTree Consulting is an international IT services company with development centres in India and the U.S. The Company provides end-to-end project execution through a hybrid delivery model called OneShore™. With clients ranging from Fortune 50 companies to enterprise software organisations, MindTree delivers global technology solutions and outsourced R&D services to innovative technology leaders around the world. MindTree has been named the leading service provider in the "Human Capital Development" category by Global Services magazine. MindTree was also among the top 10 leading service providers worldwide on the publication's inaugural 2006 Global Services 100 ranking. MindTree has been ranked among the world's top 100 outsourcing service providers by the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals. MindTree has been recognised as one of the fastest growing technology companies in India by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu in the "Deloitte Technology Fast 50 India" program. MindTree has been ranked among the "Best Companies to Work for in 2005" in the Business Today-Mercer-TNS study. MindTree has also been ranked among the "Great Places to Work" for the second consecutive year in 2005 in studies conducted by Grow Talent Company and Businessworld, and as one of the "Best Employers in India" for the second consecutive year in 2004 by Hewitt Associates. MindTree is also the world's youngest copany to be assessed at Level 5 in both CMMi and P-CMM. Company Objective
MindTree's rapidly growing 1000+ member R&D Services team has technical expertise and domain knowledge in areas such as: - Improved market reach for services and MindTree IP licensing
- Digital /Analogue Board design
- ASIC /SOC Design and Verification
- Embedded Software/Firmware/Protocol Engineering
- Operating Systems /Device Drivers
- Systems and Network Management
- Testing and Product Assurance
Its technology expertise, combined with domain knowledge in various industries, has enabled it to deliver complete product development capabilities to its customers. MindTree's OneShore™ global delivery model helps its clients lower the cost and time-to-market. MindTree's technology building blocks help customers to bridge technology gaps and bring products faster to the market. These licensable technologies include the following: - Improved market reach for services and MindTree IP licensing
- Bluetooth (Silicon IP, Stack and Profiles)
- VoIP (MGCP, SIP, Call Agent)
- Ultra Wide Band
- iSCSI ( Initiator & Target Stacks, Validator) and Storage Management Framework
- Echo Cancellation and Noise Reduction
- Element Management Framework
- Verification IPs (I2C, I2S, UART, SDIO)
- Test Tools
- Test Automation Framework
- Protocol Test Environment
Business model
MindTree delivers global technology solutions and outsourced R&D services to innovative technology companies around the world.
Solution provided
R&D Services
- Product Realisation Services
- Board/VLSI/IC Design
- Embedded Software
- System Software and Applications
- MindTree-owned Intellectual Property Frameworks
MindTree offers product realisation services to the R&D divisions of vendors addressing the following markets: - Communications Business Unit
- Communication Infrastructure Business Unit
- Communication Terminals Business Unit
- Storage and Computing Systems
- Consumer Appliance and Industrial Systems
- Industrial Automation
- Automotive
- Avionics
- DSP, Win CE and Linux Horizontal Technology group to span the above domains
Its R&D Services team has technical expertise and domain knowledge in areas such as: - Digital /Analogue Board design
- ASIC /SOC Design and Verification
- Embedded Software/Firmware/ProtocolEngineering
- Operating Systems /Device Drivers
- Systems and Network Management
- Testing and Product Assurance
Its technology expertise, combined with domain knowledge in various industries, has enabled it to deliver complete product development capabilities to customers. Its OneShore™ global delivery model helps clients lower the cost and time-to-market. Licensable building block technologies include the following: - Bluetooth (Silicon IP, Stack and Profiles)
- VoIP (MGCP, SIP, Call Agent)
- Ultra Wide Band
- iSCSI ( Initiator & Target Stacks, Validator) and Storage Management Framework
- Echo Cancellation and Noise Reduction
- Element Management Framework
- Verification IPs (I2C, I2S, UART, SDIO)
- Test Tools
- Test Automation Framework
- Protocol Test Environment
Through its product realisation services and its ability to offer building block, MindTree can deliver cost-effective solutions to product companies at any stage of product development - from concept to systems. Target Markets
Industrial and consumer appliances, storage and computing, communications, semiconductor and hardware engineering, testing and product assurance. Company History with ARM
How long has the company been working with ARM?
MindTree has been working with ARM for the past two years.
Why have you chosen to work with ARM?
MindTree believes that membership to the ARM ADC program would help bridge one of the above-mentioned gaps and hence membership to ADC program is in line with MindTree's growth strategy. Partnering with ARM would be the preferred choice for the company, since more than 80% of embedded designs in the SoC space use ARM's microprocessor cores. This partnership will also indirectly help MindTree to create expertise in the physical design areas and expand into newer business opportunities. Additionally, this partnership will enable MindTree to take up complete, high value and turnkey ASIC/SoC designs for its customers
What are the primary benefits you have received by working with ARM?
MindTree benefits from working with ARM: - Access to ARM processor core IP
- Access to AMBA peripherals
- Improved market reach for services and MindTree IP licensing
- Opportunity to work with customers on larger designs for longer durations
ARM technologies that MindTree Supports?
MindTree is ideally positioned as a design partner, to add value to customers who plan to use ARM based architectures in their designs, through its specific strengths.
MindTree brings key strengths like strong ASIC / SoC design capabilities, IP integration services, in-house IP portfolio, verification and validation expertise, silicon prototyping using FPGAs and diagnostics and embedded software capability that could benefit semiconductor and product oriented customers across the globe.
MindTree combines expertise with the four As: Access, Agility, Attitude and Attention, delivering an unique combination of expertise and relationship.
Specialist area as an ARM partner?
MindTree is an ARM Approved Design Center
What experience comes to mind during your early years of working with ARM?
The ARM team has been helpful in providing the required support. Membership to this program helps MindTree to enhance its knowledge on ARM processor cores and peripherals and leverage its expertise in developing solutions on ARM based platforms to provide value added solutions to end customers.
- Strategic fit with MindTree's growth plans
- Technical exposure to processor core
- Uncertain revenue projections
- High costs proposed by ARM compared to visible revenue projections
Can you highlight any end products that MindTree/ARM technology is being shipped with?
MindTree Bluetooth Baseband controller | 
