ACL Digital
September 8, 2025
5 Minutes read
ACL Digital is Your Preferred Partner for Semiconductor Growth in an Ever-Evolving Industry
The semiconductor industry has whizzed past into the new era of expansion and is at a precarious inflection point. What surprises most industry folks is that, in 2024 alone, global chip sales hit a record $627 billion, marking an outstanding year-over-year growth of approximately 19% according to SIA and Deloitte analysts. Taking that into account, forecasts for 2025 and beyond are better as Deloitte again projects sales will reach $697 billion. Now, this is not only because of consumer demand but also innovation in artificial intelligence (AI), data centers, next-gen IoT devices, and high-bandwidth memory (HBM). To meet the growing demand, governments across the globe are making premeditated investments, especially in the US, worth billions of dollars (over $300 billion in incentives under its CHIPS Act) to ramp up local resilience and innovation.
Yet industry growth comes with multiple complexities. Semiconductor businesses are grappling with Herculean tasks and challenges, including limited access to advanced nodes, rising development prices, supply chain limitations, and noticeably and importantly, a significant shortage of skilled professionals.
It’s not just technical prowess needed to amplify innovation in this semiconductor domain. Delivering real impact in the semiconductor space demands more than just technical skill. It needs a true strategic collaboration, deep domain expertise, and a trustworthy partner with sound knowledge of the entire ecosystem. Likewise, success stems from universally integrated solutions that are both technically sound and effective.
That’s why it’s important to work with a partner who has the capability to support the entire semiconductor value chain, from concept to chip design, fabrication, validation, and beyond.
Integrated System-level Engineering for Semiconductors
Now, most semiconductor innovations revolve around hardware design. As System-on-Chip (SoC) designs are becoming more and more complex, businesses are facing the daunting task of managing both pre-silicon and post-silicon requirements. These include, but are not limited to:
- End-to-end ASIC/FPGA development
- RTL design, verification, and GDSII
- Full-cycle validation and automation
- Firmware, BSW, and BSP engineering
- Advanced IP design and integration
- Pre and Post-silicon customer enablement and support
- VLSI design and engineering
Simultaneously, the pressure to offer comprehensive, end-to-end market-ready solutions has never been greater, whether it is software, hardware, or any other semiconductor services. At ACL Digital, we assist semiconductor companies in managing this complexity and scale through a global delivery footprint, product engineering, and deep industry vertical expertise.
Engineering the Next Generation of Chips and Beyond
ACL Digital has acquired companies specializing in semiconductor engineering services and silicon IP and has reinforced our horizontal capabilities across the semiconductor environment. This helps us to provide seamless support across:
- Embedded software development
- SoC micro-architecture
- Automated test and validation for complex systems
- Hardware engineering and custom manufacturing
- Semiconductor IP and custom chip design
- IP design, physical design, and verification
- Turnkey SoC development
Apart from the chip-level services, we offer AI-enabled solutions for industrial digitalization, spanning digital twins to smart factories to next-generation warehouse logistics and automated QA.
Why Customers Choose ACL Digital
It’s not just about staffing up when the SoC complexity increases, but the real winners are those who orchestrate and engineer at ecosystem speed, combining deep silicon expertise, system-level thinking, and production-proven IP to enhance value and de-risk unwanted programs.
ACL Digital’s experienced and dedicated engineers bring proven expertise across the entire product lifecycle. Our global capability centers and delivery hubs facilitate seamless partnerships with teams that are aligned to both cultural and technical opportunities.
For us, every client’s engagement is special, and so is our strategy. Rather than working with rigid models, we offer flexibility, whether that means working on a time-and-material basis or aligning with outcome-driven pricing. Most of our engineers focus on providing value in a way that resonates perfectly with your business goals, ensuring your work is of high impact.
Our strength lies in the breadth and depth of our domain expertise. From automotive and medical devices to data infrastructure, we draw on cross-industry knowledge to bring fresh perspectives and smarter solutions to every project. That means our clients benefit not only from technical precision but also from insights that transcend industry silos.
We go above and beyond just building products. We assist most businesses in achieving their critical functional safety, IP compliance, and environmental standards. At the same time, we accelerate time-to-market by leveraging reusable IP assets and proven delivery accelerators. The outcomes? Lowers risks, and faster and smarter innovation, and a straight road to market leadership.
At ACL Digital, we bring together deep technical mastery with the scale and agility needed to match the pace of today’s innovation. It’s not just about keeping up but more about staying ahead.
From Chip to System: AI in Semiconductors
In the current semiconductor industry, AI is no longer an option but a competitive necessity for industry success. However, the harsh reality is that most businesses struggle to move beyond proof-of-concept stages. Insightful research from BCG highlights that only one in four companies (about 26%) successfully scale AI initiatives beyond pilots. So, the major challenge lies not in adopting AI, but in operationalizing it to deliver the best business results.
That’s where our centers of excellence and global capability centers come into play. The semiconductor team at ACL Digital offers a fully-managed, customizable development environment designed to help semiconductor companies scale AI with confidence. Most of our GCCs are built around a client’s roadmap of KPIs, with:
- Agile execution that adapts priorities
- Flexible delivery models
- Co-owned accelerators that speed time-to-value
Our engineers embed AI capabilities directly into engineering workflows, helping clients to scale smarter, move faster, and innovate across the entire product lifecycle.
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