Silicon Solutions and Services

Silicon Solutions and Services

Your Trusted Partner in Semiconductor and Embedded Systems Development

At Mettlesemi, we partner with industry giants in the Semiconductor and Embedded Systems product development and prototyping space. We take pride in delivering best-in-class solutions and are a partner of choice for organizations seeking expertise across the frontend design, verification, and validation phases of the product development lifecycle.

Our reputation is built on deep domain expertise, collaboration with leading tool/platform vendors, and a commitment to delivering pre- and post-silicon validation services tailored to specialized requirements. Despite being a young startup, we have earned repeat trust from clients through our proven delivery capabilities and skilled team, which continues to grow as an industry leader in silicon development.

Solutions & Services

SoC Front-End Design, Verification, and Emulation

We support clients from RTL design through verification, simulation, and emulation with flexible and scalable engagement models:

  • RTL Design from specifications (Verilog, VHDL)
  • Block-level and SoC-level Verification using UVM and HDL-based flows
  • Test Plan Execution including black-box and white-box testing
  • Static Analysis: Linting, CDC checks using industry-standard tools
  • Methodology Development for emulation and pre-silicon validation
  • Porting of Testbenches and flows to emulation platforms
  • FPGA-based ASIC Prototyping in a SoC environment

Our team brings strong expertise in designing with both Xilinx and Intel (Altera) FPGAs:

  • Device Selection and RTL development
  • Simulation, Synthesis, and Place & Route with timing, area, and speed optimization
  • Embedded Processor Integration (ARM, DSP blocks)
  • Custom Board Development and prototyping
  • Productization of FPGA-based designs for real-world deployment

From chip tape-out to lab validation, we enable robust bring-up and testing of silicon:

  • Development of Silicon Validation Platforms
  • Feature and Performance Testing
  • Characterization of Silicon Post-Fabrication
  • Software Stack Development for RISC, ARM, x86 systems
  • Embedded Software Support on RTOS and Linux
  • Support for SDK Development and silicon debugging

Expertise & Platforms

ASIC Prototyping and FPGA Emulation
ASIC, FPGA Design and Verification - RTL, UVM, System Verilog
Embedded Firmwar Development - ARM-based, Embedded C, Python
Multi-layer PCB Design for high-speed, RF, and complex systems
Static Timing Analysis (STA) and ASIC-on-FPGA implementation
Pre-Silicon and Post-Silicon Validation of SoCs
Pre-Silicon Emulation: Zebu, Palladium, Protium
FPGA Prototyping: HAPS, Dini, Custom Platforms with Xilinx/Altera devices
Validation Platforms: Custom-designed for lab silicon bring-up and debugging
UVM, SystemVerilog, Directed and Constrained Random Testing
Industry-standard tools simulation, Turnkey & Augmentation-Based Service Models
Custom Methodology Creation for Verification, Emulation, and Validation

Key Focus Areas

Embedded Hardware Design
SoC RTL Design & Verification
Platform Validation and Debug
Verification Methodology Development
FPGA Design, Prototyping, and Emulation
Firmware Development for ARM and RISC architectures

Mettlesemi Workflow

RTL translation

Preparation of RTL for emulation

TB Integration

Integration of DUT and Testbech

Verification

V2k Flow Simulation with C/UVM/Transactor based environ for RTL and TB Sanity

Back-end Flow

Synthesis
Integration for Synthesis of TB Transactors and DUT

Partitioning & Clustering
Clustering, partitioning and mapping RTL to multiple FPGAs

Place & Route
Place & Route & FPGA Bit Stream Generation

Platform bring-up and Validation

Platform bring-up BareMetal testing Debugging

What Differentiates Us

We nurture top talent with best-in-class domain expertise, excelling in electronics hardware systems design. Top-tier talent, electronics hardware design excellence

We collaborate with industry giants in the semiconductor and embedded systems product development space. Alliances with semiconductor and embedded giants

Mettlesemi prioritizes client needs, delivering custom-made products and solutions. Custom solutions, tailored success

We foster a culture of innovation, designing solutions that provide exponential benefits to our partners and customers. Exponential value through design innovation

Our domain, platform and methodology expertise, and top-notch talent enable record turnaround times. Fast delivery via expertise and platform familiarity

We have demonstrated capabilities in designing cost-effective products—Made
in India. Proven “Made in India” cost effective product

What Sets Us Apart

Early Functional Validation of RTL to catch bugs pre-fabrication.

Accelerated Software Development: Achieving software readiness before silicon arrival.

Shorter Time-to-Market through parallel validation and development.

Pre-Silicon Performance Tuning for architectural optimization.