During its annual partner meeting, AMD bestowed its prestigious Embedded Partner Program Premier Partner of the Year award on DesignLinx for outstanding achievement in 2024.
DesignLinx received the AMD Embedded Partner Program Premier Partner of the Year Award for the Americas on June 17, 2025 at the annual AMD Embedded Partner Summit in San Jose, CA. DesignLinx co-founders, Don St.Pierre and Patty St.Pierre, were on hand to receive the award from AMD, marking DesignLinx’s outstanding achievements in 2024.
“A long-time partner, DesignLinx was instrumental in driving tangible success for AMD customers in 2024, directly contributing to new business and faster revenue across a broad range of key markets. In addition, DesignLinx created QuickStart®, a flexible suite of services that demonstrate a commitment to meeting diverse customer needs, further solidifying their role as a long-term, broadly engaged, and indispensable partner,” said Donna Best, Program Manager, Partner Ecosystem, Adaptive and Embedded Computing Group at AMD.
DesignLinx provides advanced AMD FPGA and embedded software design services to a diverse client base, including several key AMD customers. Combining sound design methodology and engineering expertise with responsive, in-depth support services (QuickStart), DesignLinx helps clients reduce time-to-market, mitigate development risks, and lower costs.
“At DesignLinx, we provide innovative design services for AMD-based projects of all sizes, including large-scale endeavors that require even the most stringent security,” said Don St.Pierre, Founder and President at DesignLinx. “Our commitment to client success extends past individual projects—we become a trusted extension of our clients’ engineering team. To that end, we created DesignLinx QuickStart to support clients whenever they need assistance with AMD technology.”
DesignLinx QuickStart features Xpert-on-Demand™ for access to senior engineers whenever assistance is needed, Board-on-Demand™ to test and validate code on popular AMD boards virtually, and customized Learning Workshops to help teams master AMD products and tools.
“We are deeply honored to receive the AMD Premier Partner of the Year award for 2024. Our long-standing relationship with AMD—coupled with our team’s countless hours of work on AMD technology-based projects—make this recognition especially meaningful,” said Patty St.Pierre, Founder and VP of Business Operations at DesignLinx.
