PortalPlayer Inc., Hyderabad

PortalPlayer Inc., a leading supplier of semiconductor, firmware and software solutions for personal media players and secondary display-enabled notebook computers, has announced that Hyderabad will be the base for its Indian operations.The new facility at IT Park Layout in Nanakramguda Village, AP is designed on five acres of land and can support up to 300 employees. It is expected to be ready by October 2006."PortalPlayer Hyderabad houses some of the brightest engineers in the world working on portable multimedia technology," said J.A.Chowdary, President & MD, PortalPlayer subsidiary, Hyderabad. "This new facility will enable us to double in size, adding to our talented group of software, firmware, and semiconductor engineers."