Embedded keen to start Hyd operations

Canada-based Embedded Solutions has approached the Andhra Pradesh government for 50-70 acres of land at the upcoming Fab City for setting up a facility to outsource some of its operations to India, according to government sources.

Though the company has a collaboration with Xilinx, a US-based company with its Indian subsidiary's R&D centre located in Hyderabad, the move is seen as Embedded's further expansion of its outsourcing plans.

Embedded specialises in the development of embedded electronics using micro processors and programmable logic devices, while the Xilinx's India centre focused on developing IP cores before expanding into software, systems and applications development.

Another US-based company, Tessolve, is also in touch with the government to set up an assembly and testing plant in the Fab City. It has already announced its plans for Tamil Nadu.

Meanwhile, the Indian Semiconductor Association and the Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (APIIC) are holding a meeting with over 30 semiconductor companies here on Friday.

"The event is basically to showcase Hyderabad to the semiconductor companies for locating their operations in the Fab City," BP Acharya, CMD, APIIC, told Business Standard.