Embedded & VLSI Design

Silicon Precision.
From RTL to
GDSII.

EmbeddedVLSI-Design Labs delivers end-to-end IC design expertise — RTL development, FPGA prototyping, SoC integration, physical design, and embedded firmware — for semiconductor companies, startups, and R&D labs.

EVLSI-D · REV 4.2 · 28nm · TSMC
120+
ICs Taped Out
14+
Years Experience
40+
Happy Clients
28nm
Min Process Node
99%
First-Pass Success
Core Competencies

What we design

From architecture definition through physical signoff — every stage of the silicon design lifecycle covered.

VLSI Physical Design

Floorplanning, placement, CTS, routing, and multi-corner multi-mode signoff for complex digital ICs.

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RTL Design & Verification

SystemVerilog RTL coding, UVM testbenches, constrained random verification, and formal property checking.

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FPGA Prototyping

Rapid prototyping on Xilinx UltraScale+ and Intel Agilex FPGAs with board bring-up and HLS support.

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Embedded Firmware

Bare-metal and RTOS-based firmware for ARM Cortex-M/A and RISC-V — BSP, HAL, and secure boot.

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SoC Architecture

System-level SoC architecture, IP integration, AXI/TileLink bus fabric design, and PPA optimization.

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Timing & Power Analysis

STA, IR drop, EM analysis, power estimation, and MCMM signoff for production tape-out readiness.

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About Us

Built by engineers,
for engineers

EmbeddedVLSI-Design Labs is a specialized electronics design consultancy focused exclusively on embedded systems and VLSI design. We partner with semiconductor companies, startups, and R&D labs to deliver production-ready silicon and firmware.

Our team brings deep expertise across the full IC design stack — from architecture and RTL through physical design, verification, and tape-out — with hands-on experience at leading semiconductor fabs and EDA environments.

We operate lean, communicate clearly, and deliver verified designs that consistently meet your power, performance, and area targets on schedule.

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// Technology Expertise
RTL / HDL
95%
Verification
90%
Physical Design
88%
FPGA Design
85%
Firmware / SW
82%
SoC Architecture
78%
180nm 90nm 65nm 40nm 28nm
Leadership

Meet the Founder

The mind and mission behind EmbeddedVLSI-Design Labs.

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Manishkumar Dudhat

CEO & FOUNDER

EmbeddedVLSI-Design Labs

Manishkumar Dudhat (M.Sc Elect. Germany, B.E Elect. India) is the founder of EmbeddedVLSI-Design Labs, bringing hands-on experience in embedded systems engineering combined with a strong academic foundation in VLSI design. His work spans firmware development, microcontroller-based system design, and hardware-software co-design — with a passion for bridging the gap between embedded software and silicon architecture.

Driven by a vision to build world-class IC and embedded design services from India, Manishkumar founded EmbeddedVLSI-Design Labs to deliver precision engineering solutions to semiconductor companies, startups, and R&D organizations worldwide.

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Services

Full-stack silicon design

Comprehensive design services across digital, mixed-signal, and embedded domains — from spec to silicon.

Digital IC & VLSI Design

Full custom and semi-custom digital IC design from architecture through GDSII. Includes RTL coding, synthesis, static timing analysis, DRC/LVS signoff, and tape-out support at nodes down to 28nm.

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Functional Verification

SystemVerilog UVM testbench development, constrained random verification, coverage closure, and formal property verification for digital blocks, subsystems, and full-chip.

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FPGA Design & Prototyping

Targeted FPGA implementation on Xilinx UltraScale+ and Intel Agilex platforms. Includes HLS, timing closure, board bring-up, and pre-silicon software validation workflows.

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Embedded Firmware & BSP

Firmware for ARM Cortex-M/A and RISC-V processors. RTOS porting (FreeRTOS, Zephyr), device driver development, HAL layers, and secure boot implementation.

ARMRISC-VFreeRTOSZephyr

SoC Architecture & Integration

System-level SoC architecture definition, IP subsystem integration, bus fabric design using AXI4/TileLink/OCP, and full-chip power-performance-area optimization.

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Design Consulting & Review

Independent design reviews, timing audits, physical design consulting, and expert mentoring for in-house engineering teams at semiconductor companies and deep-tech startups.

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Technical Blog

Insights from the lab

Deep-dives into VLSI design techniques, embedded systems, and silicon engineering practice.

VLSI · Physical Design

Clock Tree Synthesis: Balancing Skew vs Power in 28nm Designs

A practical guide to CTS constraints, useful skew methodologies, and meeting your power budget without sacrificing timing margins at advanced nodes.

May 20268 min read
Verification · UVM

Building a Reusable AXI4 VIP in SystemVerilog UVM from Scratch

Step-by-step walkthrough of a production-quality AXI4 Verification IP with sequencer, driver, monitor, scoreboard, and coverage model.

Apr 202612 min read
Embedded · RTOS

Zephyr vs FreeRTOS: Choosing the Right RTOS for Your Next SoC

A feature-by-feature comparison covering scheduling, memory footprint, driver model, and ecosystem maturity for resource-constrained embedded targets.

Mar 202610 min read
FPGA · HLS

Optimizing HLS-Generated RTL: Pragma Strategies for Xilinx Vitis HLS

How to use PIPELINE, DATAFLOW, and ARRAY_PARTITION directives to hit latency and throughput targets in HLS-generated RTL designs.

Feb 20269 min read
SoC · Power

Low-Power Design: Fine-Grained Clock Gating in RTL

Integrating RTL-level clock gating, power domains, and UPF specifications to reduce dynamic power by up to 40% in a real SoC block.

Jan 202611 min read
RISC-V · Architecture

Extending RISC-V with Custom ISA Instructions for DSP Workloads

Adding custom opcodes to an open-source RISC-V core, implementing decode logic in RTL, and validating with a toolchain-aware testbench.

Dec 202514 min read
Contact

Start a conversation

Whether you need a full design team for tape-out or specialized consulting on a specific block, we're happy to discuss how we can help your project succeed.

info@embeddedvlsi-design.com
Sai bungalows, Nr. Gajera School, Mota Varachha, Surat-394101, Gujarat,India.
Mon–Sat, 9:00–18:00 IST
+91 00000 00000
// Typical Engagement Flow

Discovery call → NDA → Technical brief → Proposal → Kickoff → Design → Delivery

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