9th Annual Innovation Awards (1998)

EDN presented the 9th Annual Innovation Awards at a ceremony on April 27, 1999, at the Tech Museum in San Jose.

WINNERS AND FINALISTS

(Winners listed in bold)

INNOVATOR OF THE YEAR

• Hans Hageraats and Tad Yamaguchi (Maxim Integrated Products)

• Boris Kamentser (Bokam Engineering)

INNOVATIONS OF THE YEAR

EDA

• Vera-SV functional-verification suite (Synopsys)

• SimServer mixed-level simulation engine (Quickturn Design Systems)

• IP Guard language-independent IP technology (Escalade)

Embedded Development

• Velocity rapid silicon prototyping (VLSI Technology)

• QNX/Neutrino RTOS 2.0 (QNX Software Systems Ltd)

Power Sources

• bq2000 battery-charging IC (Unitrode Corp)

• HP 66311B telecomm dc source (Hewlett-Packard Co)

• ADP3330 LDO regulator (Analog Devices Inc)

Test & Measurement

• TDS500D and TDS700D digital-phosphor oscilloscopes (Tektronix Inc)

• NI 5911 flexible-resolution plug-in digitizer (National Instruments)

• LeCroy LC584AXL digital oscilloscope (LeCroy Corp)

Computers & Peripherals

• Microdrive (IBM)

• Digital ICE (Applied Science Fiction)

• HomeRun technology (Tut Systems)

Microprocessors

• mP6 µP family (Rise Technology Co)

• REAL DSP core (Philips Semiconductors)

• CodePack code compression for PowerPC processors (IBM Microelectronics)

Analog ICs & Semiconductors

• ADXL202 two-axis accelerometer (Analog Devices Inc)

• LMC2001 precision op amp (National Semiconductor Corp)

• MAX2640 and MAX2641 SiGe RF low-noise amplifiers (Maxim Integrated Products)

Digital ICs

• 3CI (Cirrus Logic)

• TImeCell (Texas Instruments)

• GalNet-II switching architecture (Galileo Technology Inc)

Components, Hardware, & Interconnect

• DX360/380 force sensor (Bokam Engineering Inc)

• Signal Access Tool Kit (Emulation Technology Inc)

• VIA/BGA µwave package (Micro Substrates Corp)