EDN announces 17th Annual Innovation Awards winners
Xilinx Virtex-5 LXT design team takes home Innovator of the Year honors.
By Staff -- EDN, April 2, 2007
San Jose—At a black-tie event here tonight kicking off the Embedded Systems Conference, EDN announced the winners of its 17th Annual Innovation Awards. The complete list of winners follows. Click on a name below for details, or visit the 17th Annual Innovation Awards page for details on all of winners and the other finalists.
Innovator of the Year:
Xilinx
Steve Douglass, Suresh Menon, and the Virtex-5 LXT Design Team
Analog ICs:
Freescale Semiconductor
Symphony Class D Audio Amplifier
Power ICs:
International Rectifier
IR1167 SmartRectifier IC
Mixed-Signal ASSPs:
Akustica
AKU2000 Digital MEMS Microphone
Network and Communications ICs
Qualcomm
QSC (Qualcomm-Single-Chip) Solutions for CDMA2000 1X
Multimedia ICs:
LSI Logic
LSI DMN-8633 Single-Chip Media Processor
Digital ICs, Programmable Logic, and Memory:
Xilinx
Virtex-5 LXT FPGAs
Microcontrollers and DSCs:
Texas Instruments
TMS320F28044 DSC
Microprocessors and DSPs:
Intel
Core 2 Duo Processor
EDA: ESL, PCB, and IC Front-End Tools:
Berkeley Design Automation
Analog FastSPICE and RF FastSPICE Simulators
EDA: IC Back-End and DFM Tools:
Cadence Design Systems
Space-Based Router
Computers, Boards, and Buses:
SkyeTek
SkyeModule M9 Embedded RFID Reader
Sensors and Components:
Analog Devices
ADIS16250/iSensor Intelligent Sensor
Power Sources:
Texas Instruments
TurboTrans Point-Of-Load Power Modules
Software:
Altera
Nios II C-to-Hardware-Acceleration Compiler
Test and Measurement:
Agilent Technologies
Medalist Bead-Probe Technology
Best Contributed Article:
Linear Technology
"Signal conditioning for high-impedance sensors," by Glen Brisebois
