The Hindu Business Line : Systems meet highlights India’s design capabilities

Bangalore, Oct. 8 Bangalore should be renamed the Silicon Design City of India, after placing the sub-continent onto the global map of embedded design.

Local design engineers and software developers need better access to critical, quality and unbiased engineering, design and technical information, was the conclusion of the three-day ‘Embedded Systems Conference’ held in the city.

The convention brought design engineers and system architects across the country together and offered technical training sessions and classes conducted by Indian and foreign experts.

“The world is watching India become a rich source of innovation and technology. A unique country with world-class design capabilities, it is playing a key role in delivering next-generation technologies in the embedded space,” said the Senior VP at Texas Instruments, Mr Greg Lowe.

In another industry address, Mr Joe Jensen, GM of Embedded Markets Division at Intel, said, “Today’s technological reality was once our ancestors’ dream. Embedded processor technology in combination with the developer community can rise to meet the dreams of our next generation.”

The exposition held alongside the conference had exhibitors such as Intel, Texas Instruments, Wind River Technologies, Green Hills Software, LynuxWorks; Microchip Technology, NXP Semiconductor, Celestial, Embedded Systems Solutions, Telelogic and CMC Limited.

The West Bengal IT Minister, Dr. Debesh Das, a chip industry professional himself, exhorted engineers to apply embedded system design for the benefit of society through applications in agriculture, medical services, flood control and not just automobiles and mobile handsets.

According to the Indian Semiconductor Association, design starts in India are growing in both number and complexity - from 280 in 2005 to a projected 2,173 in 2015, a CAGR of 20 per cent. And semiconductor sales in India are forecasted to grow from $2.82 billion in 2005 to $36.3 billion by 2015 - a CAGR of 29.8 per cent.