Unlocking Semiconductor Revenue Growth through Strategic Engineering and Lab Investment

Intelligently engineering the foundation for product-led growth

Faced with surging demand for AI chips and rising pressure to deliver faster with fewer in-house resources, a global semiconductor leader turned to GlobalLogic to expand its embedded engineering capabilities, without slowing product delivery or increasing capital costs. GlobalLogic launched secure development centers and labs, delivering firmware development, hardware validation, and domain-specific engineering services. The partnership accelerated time to market for new platforms, boosted revenue, and reinforced the client’s position as a leader in a fast-moving semiconductor market.

Challenge

The semiconductor market continues to evolve at high speed, driven by AI innovation, talent shortages, and increasing development costs. The client needed to scale engineering capacity in critical areas like embedded firmware and hardware integration, without building new labs or disrupting existing workflows. Delays in platform delivery would increase go-to-market risk and reduce competitiveness.

The client needed a trusted partner with deep domain knowledge, secure infrastructure, and the ability to execute quickly under strict security and compliance controls.

Value Created

GlobalLogic delivered a lab-enabled engineering model that scaled with the client’s product roadmap and met strict technical and security standards.

We:

Set up dedicated development centers and semiconductor labs in Ukraine and Poland
Delivered end-to-end firmware development and validation for networking and security applications, supporting both pre-silicon simulation and production hardware
Migrated TPM and bootloader stacks to ARM-based platforms, enabling secure platform functionality with Verified Boot and Measured Boot
Maintained and optimized open-source libraries to improve hardware compatibility and performance
Built CI-integrated automation frameworks to streamline firmware development and validation workflows
Developed cross-platform testing infrastructure to validate devices across multiple operating systems and hardware types

Impact

70% revenue growth in product lines supported by GlobalLogic’s engineering teams
Zero-capex infrastructure expansion, eliminating the need for internal lab buildout
100% workload flexibility through an outcome-based model that allowed seamless scaling
Reduced GTM risk by consolidating engineering responsibility and accelerating execution