12th Annual Innovation Awards (2001)

EDN presented the 12th Annual Innovation Awards at a ceremony on March 12, 2002, at the Pan Pacific Hotel in San Francisco.

WINNERS AND FINALISTS

(Winners listed in bold)

INNOVATOR OF THE YEAR

• Dan Bouvier, Robert Frisch, Bryan Marietta (architects of the RapidIO Interconnect Specification)

• Florin Oprescu (Linear Technology Corp)

• Doug Hacker, Gilberto Sada, Keith Jones, Bill Jones (MindSpeed Technologies)

INNOVATIONS OF THE YEAR

Communications

• BlueCore1 Bluetooth device (Cambridge Silicon Radio)

• BCM5840 Gigabit Security Processor (Broadcom Corp)

• Lithium 10-Gbps multiprotocol optical-networking (Network Elements)

Computers, Boards, and Buses

• The RCM2200 Ethernet module (Rabbit Semiconductor)

• The Fingertip platform (InHand Electronics Inc)

• ETX-P3E single-board computer (Jumptec Adastra)

Power Sources

• Tera (QTA) dc/dc converters (SynQor Inc)

• QD48 dual-isolated-output dc/dc converter (di/dt)

EDA

• Webench 3.0 EDA tools (National Semiconductor)

• SpecctraQuest Power Integrity Module (Cadence Design Systems)

• NanoRoute (Plato Design Systems)

Embedded Development

• SmartStack (eDevice Technology)

• DevelopOnline (DevelopOnline)

Software

• BatterySmart (InHand Electronics Inc)

• Windows XP (Microsoft Corp)

Test and Measurement

• TDS3000B series of digital-phosphor oscilloscopes (Tektronix Inc)

• 1680 and 1690-series analyzers (Agilent Technologies)

• DT Measure Foundry (Data Translation Inc)

Multimedia

• FLI2200 video processor (Sage)

• TC35273XB MPEG-4 codec (Toshiba Semiconductor)

DSPs

• TMS32C6416 DSP (Texas Instruments)

• The MoNET S1000 voice-over-packet processor (RealChip)

8/16-bit Processors

• CY8C25xxx/26xxx 8-bit microcontrollers (Cypress Microsystems)

• C8051F300 microcontroller (Cygnal Integrated Products)

32/64-bit Processors

• Xtensa IV microprocessor core (Tensilica)

• VR5500 64-bit MIPS microprocessor (NEC Electronics)

Components, Hardware, and Interconnect

• Magnus Parallel Optical Interconnect (Picolight)

• MEMS-based optical attenuator (Lightconnect Inc)

Digital ICs

• FCRAM (Fujitsu Microelectronics)

• MSA 2500 embedded FPGA (Adaptive Silicon)

• LibertyLink wireless chip set (Aura Communications)

Analog ICs

• The AD8302 gain/phase (Analog Devices)

• LTC1966 RMS-to-dc converter (Linear Technology)

• PX5120 retiming repeater (Primarion)

Power ICs

• LTC1923 TEC (thermal-electric-cooler/heater) controller (Linear Technology)

• The DS2770 monitor/charger (Maxim/Dallas Semiconductor)

Peripherals

• Plasma-display panel (Fujitsu Microelectronics)

• Fastap keypad (Digit Wireless)