2006 EE Times ACE Awards Finalists

Company of the Year - Large
Analog Devices, Inc.
EMC Corporation
Samsung Electronics
Tektronix, Inc.
Texas Instruments

Company of the Year – Small/Medium
Brion Technologies Inc.
National Instruments
PortalPlayer
Trolltech
Wind River

Startup Company of the Year
Airgo Networks, Inc.
ConSentry Network
DiBcom
Quorum Systems, Inc.
Sling Media, Inc.

Executive of the Year
Bay Microsystems - Charles Gershman
eSilicon - Jack Harding
Freescale Semiconductor - Michel Mayer
Ruckus Wireless - Selina Lo
Wind River - Kenneth Klein

Innovator of the Year
Analog Devices - Katsu Nakamura
Cisco Systems Inc. - David Tsiang
Freescale Semiconductor - Leo Mathew
Home Diagnostics Inc. - Gary Neel
Intel Corp. - Mario Paniccia

Design Team of the Year
Actel Fusion Technology - The Actel Fusion
Freescale Semiconductor - i.MX31 Multimedia Applications Processors
IBM & Microsoft - Xbox 360
Motorola - RAZR V3
Northrop Grumman AGS & BMS - Airborne Laser Mine Detection Systems (ALMDS)

Most Promising Technology
Cambrios - Biomorphic nanostructures
E Ink Corp. - Electronic Ink
Intel Corp., Photonics Tech Lab - Silicon Photonics
Mobilygen - Enabling Video Everywhere (EVE)
Nantero - NRAM

Ultimate Products Finalists - 2006

Analog
Alliance Semiconductor Corp. – Frequency Clock Generator
National Semiconductor – Op Amps
Linear Technology – Family of A/D Converters
Texas Instruments – Class-D Digital Amplifier
Maxim Integrated Products – SERDES Pair
Ethertouch – ASIC Sensing Chip

Processor/Memory
Samsung Electronics – 16-Gbit NAND Flash memory device
Atmel – ARM7-based flash MCU with Ethernet, CAN and USB
STMicroelectronics – 32-bit ARM-based microcontroller
Freescale Semiconductor – Automotive Processor
Toshiba and SanDisk – 8-Gigabit NAND Flash Memory Chip
Oki Semiconductor – OKI 406X MCU

IP&E
Stackpole Electronics - Surface-mount power resistor
Avago Technologies – LED-based optical mouse sensors
OSRAM Opto Semiconductors – OSTAR LED
Avago Technologies & Lumileds – Envisium Power PLCC-4SMT LEDs
Avago Technologies – Laser Navigation Sensor
Taiyo Yuden – 2.2 mF 2 MLCC

Logic Interface & Programmable Logic
Impulse Accelerated Technologies – CoDeveloper for Virtex-4
Altera – FPGA
Altera – FPGA-based reference design
Xilinx – Virtex-4 FX20 and FX60
SystemCrafter– SystemCrafter's SC Package for SystemC Development Work
Lattice Semiconductor – Mentor Graphics Precision RTL Synthesis Tool

Power
Texas Instruments – Sequencing-margining IC
Potentia Semiconductor – Power system controller IC
Valence Technology – Lithium-ion Power Cell
Excelsys Technologies – Xcite Series of AC/DC Power Supplies
Infineon Technologies – CoolMOS CP Server MOSFETs
Valere Power – Line Power Solutions

RF/Microwave
Zarlink Semiconductor – satellite tuner
Anadigics – power amplifiers
Texas Instruments – Dolphin wireless universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter
Microtune – Dual-band, ultra low power tuner
Analog Devices – Othello-G Radio Chip for GSM/GPRS Communications
California Eastern Labs- GaAs Switch IC

Test/Measurement
CWAV – USBee AX Test Pod
Agilent Technologies – 100 MHz oscilloscopes
LeCroy – 100-GHz-bandwidth scopes
Fiberbyte – USB-inSync
Tektronix – Real-Time Oscilloscope and Z-Active Probe
Agilent Technologies – Portables oscilloscopes

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