Electronic Design Automation (EDA) is a category of software tools that drives the design of Integrated Circuits (IC) and Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs). Until recently, EDA software tools cater largely to the semiconductor industry, but digital transformation has made these tools highly relevant across multiple industries. The rapid rise in AI, Machine Learning, deployment of 5G communication, edge and cloud computing have all created the need for innovation in hardware, as a result of which EDA software tools are in high demand. UK's Technavio Research says that the global EDA market is expected to grow US$3.67 billion by 2023, and 57% of this growth will emerge from APAC.

India is a key player in the design services in electronics system design and manufacturing (ESDM), and embedded services comprise nearly 85% of the market share. Specifically, the rise in connected systems through IoT devices, sensors and intelligent platforms in sectors like automation, retail, healthcare and autonomous mobility have furthered the demand for EDA tools. Cadence Systems, Altium, Ansys, National Instruments, Siemens EDA and Synopsys are some of the biggest software companies in India leading EDA software tool design and development. In recent years, startups too are experimenting in this domain. 

SiliConch: This is a Bengaluru-based semiconductor product company delivering mixed signal solutions in power management or high-speed IOs. The founding team is aiming to become leaders in pre-silicon design, verification and debug analysis. They are active contributors of the USB Implementers’ Forum standards, delivering latest USB Type-C Ecosystem solutions and currently offering industry’s first multi-port USB Type-C Power Delivery IP solution to SoC vendors. 

3D 1P Semiconductors: Another Bangalore-based AI solutions and design company, 3D IP Semiconductors offer services and solutions in Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Neural Networks and Pattern Recognition. They also offer Pattern Analysis, Classification, Regression, Neural Networks, Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) and IOT, and offer analytical solution development using Python, TensorFlow and Big Data analytics. On IC design, the startup offers embedded memory, analog mixed-signal design , SOC/IP Design & Verification and Electronic System Level (ESL) covering SystemC modelling and Virtual Platform development. 

Westghats: Based in Kerala's Trivandrum, Westghats is a technology company providing solutions and services in deep learning based smart vision and semiconductor chip domains. The company specialises in enabling deep learning based high accuracy video analytics capabilities to systems in embedded form factor. The company offers technologies to address next generation smart vision applications in surveillance, smart retail, automotive fleet management, industrial automation and smart city applications. The company's silicon IP portfolio include Neural processing (NPU) and computer vision (VPU) IP cores, hardware encryption cores, RISC-V IP cores, Advanced DMAs and system fabrics. They enable chip makers in achieving their SoC goals with IPs and IP-enabled design services such as Architecture support, RTL development support, rapid FPGA prototyping, device driver development, IP integration, SoC verification and validation.

AXIIP Semiconductor: Founded in 2013 and based in Chennai, AXIIP Semiconductor is a fabless semiconductor company providing advanced quality semiconductor IP Cores in the area of storage, imaging, mobile applications, wireless and automation.

Radiant Semiconductors: Radiant Semiconductors designs and tests integrated circuits, and specialises in creating unique signal processing solutions for very large scale integrated (VLSI) circuits. Their service partners include Altran, Qualcomm, Intel and Synopsys among others.