The hot 100 products of 2003
The best 100 products of 2003 encompass a range of architectures and technologies and a plethora of categories—from analog ICs to multimedia to test-and-measurement tools.
By Staff -- EDN, December 11, 2003
The best 100 products of 2003 encompass a range of architectures and technologies and a plethora of categories—from analog ICs to multimedia to test-and-measurement tools. All are innovative, but, of the thousands that manufacturers announce each year and the hundreds that EDN reports about, only about 100 hot products really make our readers sit up and take notice. Here are the picks from this year's crop. Click on the links below to read the full text of the articles that cover these products' dazzling features.
| Analog ICs | ||
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Analog Devices
AD8348 quadrature demodulator www.analog.com |
BitBlitz
BBTX400 quad transceiver for 10-Gbps Ethernet and Fibre Channel www.bitblitz.com |
Intersil
EL9110 video receiver/equalizer www.intersil.com |
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Linear Technology
LT1568 dual matched filter www.linear.com |
Mindspeed
M210xx family clock- and data-recovery ICs www.mindspeed.com |
National Semiconductor
LMV1012 and LMV1014 electret amplifiers www.national.com |
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Texas Instruments
TPS2383 PSE controller www.ti.com |
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| Components | ||
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Agilent Technologies
HCPL-7510 and HCPL-7520 linear optocoupler www.agilent.com |
Fairchild Semiconductor Corp
QSB34 IR photosensor www.fairchildsemi.com |
JW Miller
HT power inductors www.jwmiller.com |
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LEDtronics Inc
L200 series www.ledtronics.com |
Murata Electronics
MA200D1 220-kHz ultrasonic sensor www.murata.com |
Sarantel
Helix antenna www.sarantel.com |
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Texas Advanced Optoelectronic Solutions
TCS230 RGB color sensor www.taosinc.com |
Tyco Electronics
MMCX micro RF connector www.tycoelectronics.com |
Vishay Intertechnology
CSM2512 and CSM3637 current-sensing resistor www.vishay.com |
| Computers, boards, and buses | ||
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General Micro Systems
C269 Equinox CompactPCI CPU board www.gms4sbc.com |
Kontron America
CP306 3U CompactPCI CPU module www.kontron.com |
MaxStream
9XCite 900-MHz wireless OEM module www.maxstream.net |
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Micro/sys
Micro/sys SBC 1586 PC/104 CPU module www.embeddedsys.com |
Pentek
Model 7631 16-channel digital-receiver PMC www.pentek.com |
Radicom Research
240IM-T-LP embedded modem www.radi.com |
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WinSystems
PPM-Cardbus PC/104-card bus adapter www.winsystems.com |
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| Discrete semiconductors | ||
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International Rectifier
IR331x family solid-state power switches www.irf.com |
STMicroelectronics
STS130NH02L low-voltage MOSFET www.st.com |
Toshiba America Electronic Components
2SC-5775 bipolar transistors with ultralow saturation voltage www.toshiba.com |
| Digital and programmable logic | ||
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Actel
RTAX-S antifuse FPGA www.actel.com |
Lattice Semiconductor
PowerPAC analog/digital hybrid chip www.latticesemi.com |
MoSys
1T-SRAM-Q one-transistor SRAM technology www.mosys.com |
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M-Systems
G3 Mobile DiskOnChip NAND-flash-memory architecture www.m-sys.com |
NexFlash Technologies
SPI flash memories www.nexflash.com |
Toshiba
2-Gbit single-die NAND flash memory www.toshiba.com |
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Xilinx
Spartan-III FPGAs www.xilinx.com |
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| EDA | ||
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Cadence
Incisive scalable simulator www.cadence.com |
ChipMD
DesignMD yield-optimization tool www.chipmd.com |
Hier Design
Planahead virtual-silicon prototyping tool www.hierdesign.com |
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Magma Design Automation
Blast Create synthesis and Blast Rail power-analysis tools www.magma-da.com |
Mentor Graphics
Advance MS analog/mixed-signal simulator www.mentor.com |
Nassda
Critic dynamic-timing-analysis tool www.nassda.com |
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Novas
Verdi debugging tool www.novas.com |
Synopsys
Saber electromechanical simulator www.synopsys.com |
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| Embedded tools | ||
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Cygnal Integrated Products
C8051F320DK development kit for C8051F321 www.cygnal.com |
Eclipse Project
Eclipse open-source integrated development tool www.eclipse.org |
InHand Electronics
Elf3 mobile-device-development platform www.inhandelectronics.com |
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Kdevelop Project
Kdevelop Linux-based software-development platform www.kdevelop.org |
Microchip Technology
PICkit 1 flash starter kit all-in-one development platform www.microchip.com |
Motorola
USB08 evaluation board reference design and starter kit for USB 2.0 designs www.motorola.com |
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SofTec Microsystems
inDart-HCS12 in-circuit debugger/programmer www.softecmicro.com |
Softwire Technology
Softwire for the Pocket PC Web-services-development tool www.softwire.com |
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| Multimedia | ||
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LSI Logic
ZiVA-6 processor family www.lsilogic.com |
MediaQ (now Nvidia)
MQ2100 handheld graphics accelerator www.nvidia.com |
MediaQ (now Nvidia)
MQ9000 handhled graphics accelerator www.nvidia.com |
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NanoAmp Solutions
MOCA-J (Memory Oriented Coprocessor Accelerator-Java) processor www.nanoamp.com |
NeoMagic
MiMagic 6 multimedia processor www.neomagic.com |
Wolfson Microelectronics
WM9712L audio-processing chip www.wolfsonmicro.com |
| Network Processors | ||
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Cypress
Ayama 1000 NSE family network search engine www.cypress.com |
IDT
75K72100 network search engine www.idt.com |
Xelerated
X10q family network processors www.xelerated.com |
| Peripherals | ||
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ATI Technologies
Mobility Radeon 9600 notebook-graphics accelerator www.ati.com |
Cornice
Storage Element rotating- storage device www.corniceco.com |
Marvell
88SX6041 and 88SX6081 Serial ATA host-side controllers www.marvell.com |
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Nvidia
GeForce FX 5800 graphics accelerator www.nvidia.com |
Nvidia
GeForce FX Go5600 graphics accelerator www.nvidia.com |
Palmchip
BK-3719 Serial ATA host-controller core www.palmchip.com |
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ServerWorks Division of Broadcom
SWC-IB7451 and SWC-IB7453 Serial ATA-drive-management processors www.serverworks.com |
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| Processors | ||
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Altera
Nios 3.0 processor core www.altera.com |
Analog Devices
ADSP-TS20x TigerSHARC DSP www.analog.com |
Atmel
Magic DSP core www.atmel.com |
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Cypress
CY8C27x reconfigurable microcontroller www.cypress.com |
Motorola
56F8300 hybrid DSP/RISC controller www.motorola.com |
Ubicom
IP3023 multithreaded processor www.ubicom.com |
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Zilog
eZ80F91 Web-server microcontroller www.zilog.com |
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| Software | ||
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Addison-Wesley
Facts and Fallacies of Software Engineering book www.aw.com |
Green Hills Software
TimeMachine embedded-software debugger www.ghs.com |
International Rectifier
IRMCS203 and IRMCO203 motor-control software www.irf.com |
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Mathsoft
Application Server calculation-management package www.mathsoft.com |
National Instruments
LabView 7 Express data-acquisition and analysis package www.ni.com |
National Semiconductor
Webench 4.0 analog and power online-design tool www.national.com |
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