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The hot 100 products of 2004
The best 100 products of 2004 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, 12/17/2004
The best 100 products of 2004 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 on, only about 100 hot products make our readers really sit up and take notice. Here are the picks from this year's crop. Click on the product name to read the full text of the articles that cover these products' dazzling features.
Analog Devices
AD1954 audio DAC
www.analog.comD2Audio
XR125 seven-channel module
www.d2audio.comInternational Rectifier
IR2520D CFL ballast power controller
www.irf.comPower Integrations
LNK306P
switching power converter
www.powerint.comTexas Instruments
VCA8613
eight-channel VGA
www.ti.comWolfson Microelectronics
WM8740 audio DAC
www.wolfsonmicro.com
Atheros Communications
AR5005 Wi-Fi chip sets
www.atheros.comFulcrum Microsystems
FM1010 six-port SPI-4,2 switch chip
www.fulcrummicro.comMotia
Javelin smart-antenna IC
www.motia.comNetLogic Microsystems
NSE5512GLQ network search engine
www.netlogicmicro.comParama Networks
PNI8040 add-drop multiplexer
www.paramanet.comPMC-Sierra
MSP2015, 2020, 4000, and 5000 VoIP gateway chips
www.pmc-sierra.comTexas Instruments
TCS3500 EDGE handset chip set
www.ti.comZarlink
TDM-over-IP packet processor
www.zarlink.com
AVX/Kyocera
KNA21series EMI filter in chip form
www.avxcorp.comCoto Technology
B41 BGA quad reed relay
www.cotorelay.comGrafTech International
Spreadershield anisotropic heat spreader
www.graftech.comHermetic Switch
HSR-003 reed relay
www.hermeticswitch.comLEDtronics
Concave-lens LED family
www.ledtronics.comMurata Electronics North America
NFM18PS low-ESL capacitor
www.murata.comNVE Corp
IL6xx family GMR digital couplers
www.nve.comVishay Intertechnology
SSA23L series Schottky rectifiers
www.vishay.com
Digi International
Digi Connect Wi-ME/EM802.11b modules
www.digi.comInova Computers
ICP-PM single-board computer
www.inova-computers.comIntel
NetStructure MPCBL0001 single-board computer
www.intel.comGumstix
Gumstix single-board computer
www.gumstix.comGeneral Micro Systems
P60x single-board computer
www.gms4sbc.comMicro/sys
SBC4495single-board computer
www.embeddedsys.comParvus
MPEG104 PC/104 encoder
www.parvus.comRadiotronix
Wi.232 transceiver/controller
www.radiotronix.com
Altera
Max II high-density CPLDs
www.altera.comAltera
Stratix II FPGA family
www.altera.comLattice
EC and ECP conventional and DSP-enhanced FPGA families
www.latticesemi.comLeopard Logic
Gladiator CLDs standard-cell-ASICs with embedded FPGA cores
www.leopardlogic.comRenesas
4-Gbit AG (assist gate)-AND flash memory for data/file-storage applications
www.renesas.comXilinx
Virtex-4 FX, LX and SX next-generation high-end FPGAs
www.xilinx.com
DISCRETE SEMICONDUCTORS
Advanced Linear Devices
ALD1121E and ALD1123E matched MOSFETs
www.aldinc.com
SSA23L through SSC54 Schottky-rectifier family
www.vishay.com
Cadence
Allegro Package Designer for pc-board package and interconnect design
www.cadence.comCoventor
CoventorWare MEMS-design tool
www.coventor.comDenali Software
PureSuite interface-verification suite for PCI Express compliance
www.denali.comFlomerics
Flo/PCB electrical-and mechanical-collaboration software
www.flomerics.comJasper Design Automation
JasperGold formal-verification tool
www.jasper-da.comMentor
Catapult C algorithm-synthesis tool
www.mentor.comNovas
Reusner Design Knowledge Publisher design-reuse tool
www.novas.comPowerEscape
PowerEscape Analyzer+Cache software algorithm analyzer tools
www.powerescape.com
EEMBC
Digital-entertainment security benchmarks
www.eembc.orgEnea Embedded Technology
Orchestra Development Suite Linux/OSE development platform
www.ose.comFluent
IcePak thermal-analysis software
www.fluent.comGreen Hills Software
CAN Development Kit application-development tool
www.ghs.comNational Instruments
CompactRIO custom embedded hardware
www.ni.comOpen Source
TinyOS embedded-sensor OS
www.tinyos.netSwell Software
Portable Embedded GUI software
www.swellsoftware.comTimeSys
TimeStorm IDE development and testing environment
www.timesys.com
Analog Devices
ADSP-21365 and ADSP-21364 audio DSPs
www.analog.comCirrus Logic
CS49500, CS49510, and CS49520 audio DSPs
www.cirrus.comLSI Logic
DMN-8602 and DMN-8652 DVD-recorder chips
www.lsilogic.comNational Semiconductor
LM2501and LM2502 Mobile Pixel Link transmitter/receivers
www.national.comNvidia
GoForce 3D 4500 graphics and imaging processor
www.nvidia.comSilicon Image
SiI 9030 HDMI transmitter and SiI 9021 and SiI 9031 receivers
www.siimage.comTexas Instruments
TMS320DM320 imaging processor
www.ti.comViXS
XCode II multimedia processors
www.vixs.com
AMCC
Mission Access multiservice network processor
www.amcc.comCavium Networks
Octeon NSP network-services processors
www.cavium.com
Mindspeed Technologies
TSP3 family programmable traffic-management processors
www.mindspeed.com
PERIPHERALS
ATI Technologies
X800 graphics-processor family
www.ati.com
ATI Technologies
Radeon Xpress 200 core-logic chip-set series
www.ati.com
Broadcom
BCM4780 NASoC processor chip
www.broadcom.com
Creative Labs 3DLabs subsidiary
Realizm 100, 200, and 800 graphics boards
www.creativelabs.com
Nvidia
GeForce 6800 graphics-processor family
www.nvidia.com
Seagate Technology
Savvio 2.5-in. hard-disk drives
www.seagate.com
POWER
Artesyn Technologies
VRM10 series nonisolated point-of-load converter
www.artesyn.com
E-T-A Circuit Breakers
ESS60-T electronic, controllable circuit breaker
www.e-t-a.com
Evans Capacitor
Button Cell Hybrid super-capacitor in button cell
www.evanscap.com
Power Integrations
LinkSwitch-TN family switcher-core IC
www.powerint.com
Vicor Corp
VIC-in-a-Brick IBC seriesbus-converter modules
www.vicr.com
V-Infinity LLC
VPHV12 series high-voltage supplies
www.v-infinity.com
PROCESSORS
Atmel
AT572D740 Diopsis dual-core DSP/RISC processor
www.atmel.com
Dallas Semiconductor
MAXQ2000 low-power, low-noise 16-bit processor
www.maxim-ic.com
Freescale
MSC812x Family quad-core DSP
www.freescale.com
Royal Philips Electronics
LPC2130 32-bit ARM7 microcontroller
www.semiconductors.philips.com
Stretch
S5000 Family of software-configurable processors
www.stretchinc.com
Tensilica
Xtensa LX flexible-length instruction-extension processor architecture
www.tensilica.com
C6414/15/16 90-nm, 1-GHz DSPs
www.ti.com
RF LINKS
Microtune
MT212 150- to 1000-MHz tuner
www.microtune.com
110 Series KEELOQ AM keyfob encoders
www.okwelectronics.comPeregrine Semiconductor
PE4261 and PE4263 RF switch
www.peregrine-semi.comVishay Intertechnology
TSDF12830YS VHF/UHF amplifier and switch
www.vishay.comZarlink Semiconductor
ZL10038 set-top-box/DTV tuner
www.zarlink.com
SOFTWARE
Agilent Technologies
VEE Pro 7.0 software for T&M application development
www.agilent.com
ePhysics software for thermal, stress analysis
www.ansoft.comThe MathWorks
Matlab 7; Simulink 6 math, simulation tools
www.mathworks.comThe MathWorks
Video and Image Processing Blockset C-code model development
www.mathworks.comNational Instruments
SignalExpress virtual-instrumentation software
www.ni.com
TEST AND MEASUREMENT
Agilent
DSO80000 series 10- to 13-GHz-bandwidth, real-time-sampling DSOs
www.agilent.com
B4655A FPGA dynamic-probe logic-analysis application
www.agilent.comLeCroy Corp
WaveSurfer series small-footprint, large-screen DSOs
www.lecroy.comStrategic Test
UF7221 32-channel, 40-MHz pulse-pattern generator
www.strategic-test.comTektronix
TDS8200 series 70-GHz-bandwidth sequential-equivalent-time-sampling DSOs
www.tek.comVeriWave
WaveTest IEEE 802.11 protocol-test system
www.veriwave.com
