About SmartDV | Semiconductor Design IP & Verification IP

Off-the-shelf IP is built for the average design. Yours probably isn’t average. Since 2007, SmartDV has solved that problem with SmartCompiler™, a proprietary compiler that generates every core in our catalog and lets us customize any of it, fast. Need standards-based design IP for your next SoC, ASIC, or FPGA? Need verification IP to stress-test it? Either way, you won’t be stuck bending your design around someone else’s one-size-fits-all core. You’ll get the IP you actually need, built your way.

What we do
SmartDV covers the full spectrum: AI, automotive, consumer & mobile, defense, high-performance computing, IoT, and networking, with protocols spanning USB 4.x, UCIe 3.0, PCIe 6.0, CXL 3.0, and LPDDR6. More than 400 customers worldwide use our IP directly in their SoCs, ASICs, and FPGAs. What keeps them coming back isn’t the size of the catalog, though. It’s that when something in it doesn’t fit, we change it.

Why SmartCompiler matters
Most IP vendors treat customization as a special request: a slower path, a separate team, a longer timeline. At SmartDV, customization is the process. SmartCompiler has generated every piece of IP we’ve ever shipped, which means tailoring a core to your spec, or building one from scratch, doesn’t require reinventing our pipeline. It just runs it again, differently. That’s the entire reason “IP Your Way” isn’t a slogan; it’s how the company actually operates.

The team behind it
More than 350 ASIC, FPGA, and SoC design and verification engineers make up SmartDV’s R&D division, each tracking specific protocols and staying close to the standards bodies that write them. That’s why we’ve shipped IP within weeks of a spec’s release rather than months. Our R&D team works directly with application engineering to provide responsive, proactive 24/5 technical support wherever our customers are, and can even pre-integrate select IP before delivery to shorten your path to tapeout.

Where we started, and where we’re headed
Deepak Kumar Tala, Durga Lakshmi Tala, and Kavitha Tala Haridoss founded SmartDV in 2007. Deepak still leads the company today as CEO. What began as an India-incorporated verification IP shop in 2010 has grown into a global operation with offices in the U.S. (2014) and Spain (2025), and it’s still growing: analog IP development is next.

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Fast Facts About SmartDV

Did you know? Design IP products are often referred to as semiconductor IP, silicon IP, interface IP, soft IP, and IP cores. These terms are used somewhat interchangeably across the chip design industry, but whatever you’re looking for, we’re likely to have it.

Here are some other facts about SmartDV and our IP:

Founded in 2007 and incorporated in 2010, SmartDV is privately funded and profitable.
Headquartered in Bengaluru, India, with a US office in Hillsboro, Oregon, and a Spain office in Barcelona, plus sales and support operations in key regions around the globe.
More than 400 customers worldwide, spanning AI, automotive, networking, high-performance computing, and consumer electronics.
Growing rapidly: we currently employ 300+ engineers, with continued hiring across our global offices, including our Spain location.
Began with verification IP (VIP) and expanded operations in 2017 to include design IP, which has since become a major revenue source.
Key differentiator: SmartCompiler™, our proprietary compiler technology. It’s used to generate all of our IP and allows us to rapidly and reliably customize any IP in our catalog to meet our customers’ unique design needs.
Our R&D is dedicated to developing USB 4.x, UCIe 3.0, PCIe 6.0, CXL 3.0, and LPDDR6 solutions, addressing the evolving needs of modern technology, while planning a future expansion into analog IP development.

Looking Back

2025

To strengthen our R&D capabilities, we opened a new office in Spain, dedicated to advancing analog IP development and broadening our technical focus.

2023

Our global business continues to expand to over 300 global customers. We expanded our presence in India with a new office in Coimbatore and began construction of a state-of-the-art office in Chittoor, AP, to further grow our R&D teams and enhance innovation.

2021

SmartDV doubles sales for the second year in a row.

2017

With a strong VIP customer base, our company now expands in two key areas: we have fully transitioned into creating and licensing design IP to meet market demands, and opened a new office in San Jose, California, to better serve our North American customers.

2012

We initiate research and development of design IP, driven by specific requests from our existing customers who sought custom IP solutions alongside our VIP offerings.

2010

Recognizing the power of their compiler technology and the quality of the VIP they are creating, our founders incorporate the company as SmartDV Technologies and begin licensing their IP to customers around the world.

2007

Deepak Kumar Tala, Durga Lakshmi Tala, and Kavitha Tala engineer a powerful compiler technology that will later evolve into SmartCompiler as we know it today. They begin to create verification IP and quickly develop a robust portfolio.