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EDN Hot 100 Products of 2007

EDN's editors offer up their annual list of the year's 100 most significant ICs, components, buses, boards, EDA tools, power devices, test instruments, and more.

By Staff -- EDN, 12/14/2007

As the mercury drops below freezing, it’s nice to be able to focus our attention on something hot. For some of you, this scenario might mean lounging on a sunny beach in Hawaii, piña colada in hand. For EDN, it’s compiling our annual Hot 100 Products list. The following pages list those products and technologies we chose from our print and Web pages in 2007 that our editors believe generated heat in the electronics community—from analog ICs to test-and-measurement devices.

Browse the following categories to bask in the glow of this year's Hot 100. As you go, click any product name to read EDN's original coverage. (Be careful you don’t burn yourselves!)

• Analog ICs
• Communications and Networking
• Components, Actuators, and Sensors
• Computers, Buses, and Boards
• Data Storage
• Digital, Memory, and Programmable ICs
• EDA
• Power Semiconductors and ICs
• Power Sources
• Processors
• Software
• Test & Measurement

As always, you can find continuous new-product coverage in the EDN Product fEEd. And if you want to check out past Hot 100 lists and find out how we select the Hot 100, please visit www.edn.com/hot100.