8th Annual Innovation Awards (1997)

WINNERS AND FINALISTS

(Winners listed in bold)

INNOVATOR OF THE YEAR

• Boris Kamentser (Bokam Engineering)

• Bozena Kaminska (Opmaxx)

• Jack Regula (Sebring Systems)

INNOVATIONS OF THE YEAR

Digital ICs

• AM29DL800 simultaneous read/write flash (AMD)

• StrataFlash multilevel cell memory (Intel)

• MXT3010 ATM cell processing engine (Maker Communications)

• SRC3266 Sebring Ring Connection (Sebring Systems)

• TR5202 Pyramid 3D accelerator (TriTech Microelectronics)

Analog ICs and Semiconductors

• BQ2018 PowerMinder IC (Benchmarq Microelectronics)

• 32-million-cell, trench-gated power MOSFETs (Temic Semiconductors)

• MAX2101 direct-conversion tuner (Maxim Integrated Products)

• TC642 PWM fan-speed controller (TelCom Semiconductor)

• AD8116 16×16 video crosspoint switch (Analog Devices)

Microprocesors/DSPs

• TMS320C6x VLIW DSP (Texas Instruments)

• SH-DSP (Hitachi Semiconductor America)

Computers and Peripherals

• TDZ 2000 3-D graphics workstation (Intergraph Computer Systems)

• All-In-Wonder Pro 3-D graphics accelerator (ATI Technologies)

• VersaPoint Wireless Keyboard (Interlink Electronics)

• GF-1000 rewritable DVD-RAM drive (Hitachi America)

Embedded Development

• INtime software for Windows NT (RadiSys)

• Rhapsody software-development tool (i-Logix)

Test and Measurement

• PXI modular instrumentation system (National Instruments)

• Infinium digital oscilloscopes (Hewlett-Packard)

• TLA700-series logic analyzers (Tektronix)

• msBIST embeddable built-in-self-test structures for mixed-signal ICs (LogicVision)

• DTS-2075 digital time measurement system and DataCom I virtual-instrument software (Wavecrest)

Components, Hardware, and Interconnect

• Aurora multi-axis force sensor (Bokam Engineering)

• Delta probe (JM Engineering)

• Amorphous-silicon X-ray detector (EG&G Amorphous Silicon)

Power Sources

• 150W micro dc/dc converter (Vicor)

• LT1533 low-noise switching regulator (Linear Technology)

• TOPSwitch-II high-voltage ICs (Power Integrations)

EDA

• FormalCheck model checker for complex chips (Lucent Technologies)

• Analog-chip-analysis and test-automation tools (Opmaxx)

• Galaxy high-level board- and system-design tool (Omniview)