Long-Term Product Lifecycle Support
SERVICES
From Feasibility to Sustaining Engineering
Since 1988, DELTATEC has been supporting customers throughout the entire lifecycle of embedded electronic products, from early feasibility studies to long-term maintenance and obsolescence management. As a fabless design house, DELTATEC relies on a network of qualified manufacturing partners while remaining the customer’s single technical interface for integration, validation and final testing. Our engineering teams stay involved beyond initial development to ensure product continuity, generate change notifications and quickly address technical issues when needed. Thanks to strong relationships with key technology suppliers, DELTATEC can proactively anticipate component obsolescence and define efficient mitigation strategies to secure long product lifetimes and reduce operational risks.
Lifecycle support from the earliest project phases
Our lifecycle support approach starts from the earliest phases of a project, including feasibility studies, architecture definition and technology selection, and continues through development, validation, industrialization support and sustaining engineering activities.
Depending on customer expectations, DELTATEC can provide targeted expertise for a specific phase of the lifecycle or act as a long-term engineering partner managing the entire process.
A flexible fabless design model
As a fabless design house, DELTATEC relies on a network of qualified manufacturing and technology partners selected according to the specific requirements of each project.
This flexible model allows us to adapt to different production volumes, technological constraints and market expectations while maintaining a high level of quality and responsiveness.
DELTATEC remains the customer’s single technical interface throughout the project, coordinating suppliers, managing integration activities and performing final validation and testing internally.
One of the key advantages of this approach is the continuity between design, validation and long-term product support. The engineering teams involved in the original development remain available throughout the product lifecycle, allowing technical issues to be analyzed and resolved quickly and efficiently.
Sustaining engineering for deployed products
DELTATEC also provides sustaining engineering services to support products already deployed in the field. These activities may include hardware revisions, FPGA or software updates, bug fixing, performance improvements, test adaptations and change notification management.
In industries where systems must remain operational for many years, maintaining technical knowledge and engineering continuity is essential to ensure long-term reliability.
Proactive obsolescence management
Obsolescence management is another critical aspect of our lifecycle support strategy. Thanks to strong relationships with key semiconductor and technology suppliers, DELTATEC benefits from early visibility regarding component lifecycle changes and end-of-life notifications.
This proactive approach allows our teams to anticipate potential risks and define mitigation strategies before supply issues impact production or operations.
Efficient mitigation strategies
Depending on the situation, mitigation plans may involve component substitutions, redesign activities, software or FPGA adaptations, qualification updates or sourcing alternatives.
Because DELTATEC combines expertise in hardware, FPGA and embedded software, these transitions can be managed efficiently while limiting the impact on the customer’s product roadmap and operational continuity.
Production flexibility and full traceability
DELTATEC’s flexible fabless model also allows us to efficiently adapt production strategies to different market and volume requirements.
Whether customers require small production batches for specialized industrial systems or cost-optimized higher-volume manufacturing, DELTATEC can select the most appropriate supply chain and manufacturing partners accordingly.
For larger production volumes, manufacturing can be optimized through qualified international partners, including Asian production channels when relevant. Regardless of production location or quantity, DELTATEC maintains complete traceability across the entire supply chain, ensuring quality, consistency and long-term product follow-up throughout the lifecycle of the system.
By combining multidisciplinary engineering expertise, trusted supplier partnerships and long-term technical commitment, DELTATEC helps customers reduce lifecycle risks, secure product availability and maintain confidence in their systems over time.