MUMBAI, INDIA: Freescale Semiconductor India has launched 'Design With Freescale' (DWF), part of a global training program created to inspire and equip design engineers with the latest semiconductor technologies.

Freescale announced a series of training sessions and workshops across Pune, New Delhi and Bangalore. Registrations are open from July 20, 2008 for interested individuals and companies. The programs are scheduled for August 12-13 in Pune, August 19-20 in New Delhi and August 28 in Bangalore.

"It is our endeavour to assist young engineers and students to adopt new technologies. India is now recognized for its prowess in cutting-edge design and world-class talent pool. With India moving up the design value chain, we believe engineers will benefit immensely from the hands-on approach of these training programs," said Sanjeev Keskar, country manager sales, Freescale Semiconductor India Pvt Ltd. "These programs have worked well globally and we hope participants in India will be inspired to test the boundaries of creativity and innovation", he added.

The training programs are scheduled to cover the following products: microcontrollers, Ethernet and USB based applications, i.MX processors and Power Architecture micro processors, which are used in applications across consumer, industrial, wireless, and networking sectors.

Participants can register by logging on to the following links: For Pune; For Delhi, and For Bangalore; respectively.

Each participant is responsible for payment of a nominal registration fee of Rs. 1,000 post to attend the two-day training.  Each registered participant will receive a complementary development tool kit worth approximately Rs. 1,000.

In addition, Freescale plans to also provide a free development tool worth approximately Rs. 5,000 to each participant that confirms a new project based on microcontroller platforms within six months.