Powai Labs : Launch of Image
Powai Labs, one of the most successful companies
launched out of our campus formally launched its globally competitive product
called IMAGE (I Made A Great Emulator) on March 30, 2007. This is FPGA based
simulation accelerator used for prototyping the chip. The product is five times
cheaper than an equivalent International tool with performance and feature that
is better than any tool.
Powai Labs technology was built within IITB campus from 1998-2002 under the
leadership of Prof. Madhav P. Desai of Electrical Department, at our business
incubation centre in 2002. IITB through SINE holds shares in it. Powai Labs
today woks with top silicon design companies spread across USA, Europe and far
East. Their tools help in designing indigenous chips for defense in a domestic
market. They have filed a USA & Indian patent. It is the first indigenous
Electronics Design Automation Company of our country and one of the pioneers in
Academia-Industry-Government collaboration.
Powai Labs’ especially designed electronics education tools are also used in
electronics education at technical institutes like IIT, VNIT Nagpur, AC College
of Engineering, Karaikudi, JNTU, Hyderabad, VJTI Mumbai, etc. Learning material
like lectures by eminent professors via video on CD, student exercise books,
manuals, etc. makes their education package of immense value. They have set up
“National VLSI Faculty Development Centre” to train faculty from engineering
colleges all over India. Eminent professors from top technical institutes like
IIT will teach at this Centre.
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