MEYREUIL and SOPHIA-ANTIPOLIS, France, June 9, 2026 – Presto Engineering and Menta are combining ASIC design services with embedded FPGA technology to help chip developers build SoC and ASIC architectures that can be updated after deployment without full-chip redesigns.
The collaboration makes Presto Engineering a select design partner for Menta, with access to Menta’s eFPGA IP portfolio, integration knowledge, and technical support. The companies will work with customers developing ASIC and system-on-chip (SoC) designs that combine ASIC-grade performance and efficiency with hardware functions that can change after deployment.
“Menta and Presto Engineering share a common vision around adaptive semiconductor architectures,” said Vincent Markus, CEO of Menta. “As semiconductor systems become increasingly complex and long-lived, customers need solutions that allow hardware to evolve over time. By combining our eFPGA technology with Presto Engineering’s expertise in ASIC implementation and industrialization, we are creating a more seamless path from innovation to production deployment.”
According to Frédéric Valentin, senior vice president sales and marketing, Presto Engineering, “We are excited to execute this joint agreement with Menta to serve our complementary global customer base and have already collaborated with several companies about upcoming FPGA-to-ASIC transition projects. Most importantly, this partnership will help to strengthen the semiconductor ecosystem with a specialized design and production solution from architecture definition to product deployment.”
The partnership addresses the technical challenge of combining ASIC efficiency with FPGA-like adaptability. By integrating eFPGA technology, customers can update algorithms after deployment, adapt to changing standards and protocols, reduce full-chip redesigns, extend product life cycles, and support security and crypto agility. The collaboration applies to systems requiring long lifecycle support and changing functions, including:
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- AI acceleration and edge AI
- Secure communications and cryptography, including post-quantum security applications
- Aerospace systems
- Industrial automation and embedded systems
- High-performance computing
- Signal processing and networking infrastructure
- Radiation-tolerant and long-lifecycle semiconductor solutions
Through the collaboration, Menta will provide eFPGA IP technology and architecture expertise, hardware acceleration capabilities, foundry- and technology-node-independent standard-cell architectures, training, and dedicated technical support.
Presto Engineering will provide ASIC architecture, design, and integration services; eFPGA-aware floor planning, design-for-test, qualification, and silicon validation work; secure supply chain and lifecycle management; and production industrialization support.
The companies will address markets in North America and Asia, including aerospace, industrial, communications, medical, and infrastructure sectors such as AI, security, and edge computing.
Source: Presto Engineering
About Menta
Menta is a semiconductor IP company based in Valbonne Sophia Antipolis, France. Founded in 2007, the company develops embedded FPGA technology for SoC, ASIC and ASSP designs. Its products include third-party eFPGA IP, configurable logic architectures and the Origami toolchain. Designers use Origami to generate bitstreams from RTL and manage synthesis, place-and-route, timing analysis and bitstream generation. Menta’s 100% standard-cell eFPGA IP lets chip developers add programmable logic functions that can be updated after production for bug fixes, customer-specific features, standards changes or security functions. The company serves semiconductor companies, chip designers, system developers, aerospace and defense groups, communications providers, industrial electronics companies and research institutions. Menta supports multiple process technologies and foundry nodes through standard EDA tool flows. The company also operates in the United States.
About Presto Engineering
Presto Engineering designs and produces integrated circuits for medical, automotive, industrial and communications devices. The company, founded in 2006, is headquartered in Meyreuil, France, with additional sites in the United States, Denmark, the United Kingdom and Asia. Presto develops custom ASICs for medical wearables and diagnostics and supports low-power operation, miniaturization and long-term reliability. The company holds ISO 13485 certification for medical-device development and manages the ASIC workflow, including design, test development, qualification, packaging and volume production. Presto also offers silicon platforms that provide integrated-circuit baselines for new medical designs. The company employs more than 150 people, operates multiple engineering labs in Europe and manages a global supply chain capable of producing over 50 million units annually.