Accenture boosts silicon design chops with its third acquisition Cientra

Accenture on Wednesday announced the acquisition of New Jersey-headquartered Indian product solutions company Cientra for an undisclosed sum – its third acquisition in the semiconductor silicon design and engineering services space.

Accenture will absorb Cientra’s approximately 530 engineers and practitioners entirely to its Advanced Technology Centres in India, the world’s largest IT services major said in a statement.