Portable Design Announces 2008 Editor’s Choice Awards
Portable Design News, Friday March 14, 2008
Portable Design Magazine, the engineer’s resource for portable applications, has announced the winners of its 2008 Editor’s Choice Awards.
Awarded annually, the awards recognize innovative electronic components that make possible the design of leading-edge portable products. While not apparent to consumers, these products are the underlying technology that puts the ‘cool’ in cell phones, MP3 players and a wide range of consumer devices.
“Every year Portable Design singles out for recognition those new products that we consider to be the most innovative, choosing from among the thousands of product releases that cross our desks,” said John Donovan, Portable Design’s Editor-in-Chief. “This year has seen an outpouring of highly creative, and some potentially disruptive, products—so much so that in some categories we’ve been forced to select multiple winners, not being willing to overlook some clearly outstanding products.”
The winners of the Portable Design 2008 Editor’s Choice Awards are:
Category |
Company |
Product |
Analog/Mixed Signal ICs |
National Semiconductor |
Continuous-Time Sigma-Delta ADC (ADC12EU050) |
Audio |
Wolfson |
Audio and PMIC (WM8350) |
Development Kit |
Cadence |
Low-Power Methodology Kit |
EDA |
CoWare |
ESL 2.0 Technology Release |
|
Mentor Graphics |
inFact intelligent testbench |
Logic/Interface |
QuickLogic |
ArcticLink |
Memory |
SST |
All-in-OneMemory (SST88VP1107) |
Processor ICs |
TI |
MSP430F2x family |
|
Microchip |
PIC32 family |
|
Freescale |
MC9S08QE8 (QE8) MCUs |
Processor Cores |
ARM |
Coretex-A9 |
|
Tensilica |
Diamond Standard 106Micro |
Multimedia |
ARC |
Vraptor-based multimedia subsystems (AV 417V) |
Power Management |
Maxim |
Ultra-Low-Noise, High-PSRR, LDO (MAX8902A/MAX8902B) |
Programmable Logic |
Actel |
ProASIC3L |
|
Altera |
Max IIZ |
|
Xilinx |
Spartan-3A |
RF/Microwave |
Analog Devices |
Mobile WiMAX transceivers (AD9354/55) |
|
Sequoia Communications |
Single-Chip, 7-Band, Polar HEDGE RF Transceiver (SEQ7400) |
|
Linear Technology |
Direct-Conversion I/Q Demodulator (LT5575) |
Software |
National Instruments |
LabView 8.5 |
Test & Measurement |
Tektronix |
Real-Time Spectrum Analyzers (RSA3000B) |
|
Keithley |
4x4 MIMO RF test system (2820/2895/2920) |
Innovation of the Year |
SkyCross |
iMAT Isolated-Mode Antenna |
