Winners Chosen From Elite Group of Visionary Leaders, Pioneering Start-Ups and
Promising New Technologies
Industry Veteran and Pioneer of ASIC Sector Wilf Corrigan, Founder and
Chairman of the Board of LSI Logic, Honored with the Lifetime Achievement
Award
SAN FRANCISCO, April 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CMP Media's EE Times
today announced the winners of its second Annual Creativity in Electronics
(ACE) Awards, recognizing the electronics engineering industry's most
innovative companies and breakthrough technologies. The honors were presented
last night at the EE Times ACE Awards Gala, as part of the Embedded Systems
Conference Silicon Valley, the largest electronic systems design event in
North America. The ceremony attended by more than 600 technology and business
leaders took place at The Fairmont San Jose, with a headlining performance by
Lewis Black, star of "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart."
A prestigious panel of judges comprised of the leading voices of academia,
industry visionaries and top Wall Street executives evaluated the finalists
and selected winners from more than 600 entry submissions in seven categories.
Reader-selected Ultimate Products of the Year awards winners were also
announced at the gala.
"The ACE Awards pay tribute to the high standard of excellence that these
leaders provide in our industry," said Brian Fuller, publisher and editor in
chief, EE Times. "These innovators -- the creators of technology -- are
shaping our future through their influence, vision and creativity, enabling us
to see the world in a new light."
Brian Fuller awarded the Editors' Choice Award to David Tsiang, chief
hardware architect, Cisco for the CRS-1.
The 2006 EE Times ACE Awards winners by categories are:
Lifetime Achievement Award -- selected by the editors of EE Times based on
their individual accomplishments over the course of their careers. The
recipient is:
* Wilfred J. Corrigan, founder and chairman of the board of LSI Logic
Corporation
Company of the Year (Large) -- recognizes the company that exhibits the
highest degree of professionalism in staff development and retention, customer
focus, technical excellence and profitable growth -- a true leader in the
electronics sector (over $1 billion in sales). The winner is:
* Samsung Electronics
Company of the Year (Small/Medium) -- recognizes the small- or
medium-sized company that exhibits the highest degree of professionalism in
staff development and retention, customer focus, technical excellence and
profitable growth -- a true leader in the electronics sector (under $1 billion
in sales). The winner is:
* PortalPlayer
Design Team of the Year -- recognizes the group of innovators whose
system-or IC-level design made a significant contribution to the advancement
of technology and whose project management abilities were creative, efficient
and inspiring. The winners are:
* IBM & Microsoft - Xbox 360
Startup Company of the Year -- recognizes the venture capital (or pre-IPO
financed) startup (under three years in business) electronics manufacturing
(device or system) company that demonstrates excellence in business
development and/or technology development processes with the potential to
become a technical or market leader in the global electronics industry. The
winner is:
* Airgo Networks, Inc.
Executive of the Year -- recognizes the individual who brought leadership,
technological and fiscal vision to a company, organization or company division
during the 2005 calendar period. The winner is:
* Michel Mayer, Freescale Semiconductor
Innovator of the Year -- recognizes the individual who brought leadership,
creativity and out-of-the-box thinking to a technology, a product or a
business. The winner is:
* Leo Mathew, Freescale Semiconductor
Most Promising New Technology -- recognizes the compelling electronic
component or enabling technology, such as software, that is outstanding in its
technical design, potential for market impact and demonstrable leadership in
its area. The winner is:
* Cambrios -- Biomorphic nanostructures
Educator of the Year -- recognizes an individual who brings leadership,
creativity and inspiration to students in an engineering or science curriculum
in college or secondary schools. The winner is:
* Geoffrey Orsak, dean and professor, school of engineering, Southern
Methodist University
Student of the Year -- recognizes a student whose discipline, hard work
and academic success are considered hallmarks for other engineering or science
students. The winner is:
* Adam Sidman, senior, Palmer High School, Colorado Springs, Colo.
The Ultimate Products of the Year -- awarded to the most significant
product introduced in the last 12 months in each of the seven categories, as
determined by large-scale peer review. Finalists in each category were chosen
by qualified readers of EE Times and eeProductCenter on a quarterly basis via
electronic balloting, from a list of 10 nominees submitted to readers by
expert editors with accompanying editorial reviews. Winners in each category
were selected by vote by more than 300 qualified EE Times readers from a set
of six finalists in each category.
Analog
* Texas Instruments -- Class-D Digital Amplifier
Processor/Memory
* Atmel - Flash Controllers/ARM7-based flash MCU with Ethernet, CAN and
USB
IP&E
* Avago Technologies and Lumileds Lighting -- Envisium Power PLCC-4SMT
LEDs
Logic Interface & Programmable Logic
* Xilinx -- Virtex-4 FPGA FX20 and FX60
Power
* Texas Instruments -- Sequencing-marging IC
RF/Microwave
* Analog Devices -- Othello-G Radio Chip for GSM/GPRS Communications
Test/Measurement
* CWAV -- USBee AX Test Pod
IEEE Spectrum Technology in the Service of Society Award
* American Superconductor & Tennessee Valley Authority
IEEE Spectrum Emerging Technology Award
* IBM Corp., Sony & Toshiba
About EE Times ACE Awards
The EE Times ACE Awards were created to recognize the people, companies
and products that show leadership in the electronics industry and will honor
those who are leading the way and making positive contributions -- the real
innovators of technology. The 2007 EE Times ACE will be presented at an awards
gala during CMP Media's Embedded Systems Conference Silicon Valley. To find
out more about the event, visit http://www.eetimes.com/ace.EE Times would like
to thank the sponsors of the 2006 ACE Awards Gala: gold sponsors Analog
Devices, Inc., Avnet, Cadence and Wind River; silver sponsors. Atmel, Atomic
PR, DMNA, McClenahan Bruer, San Jose Convention & Visitors Bureau and Xilinx;
associate media sponsor IEEE Spectrum; and event sponsor Embedded Systems
Conference Silicon Valley.
About CMP Media's Electronics Group
The CMP Media Electronics Group is the premier technology and business
media brand serving the information needs of the creators of technology
worldwide through print, online and conferences.
As the most comprehensive and integrated source of electronics technology
information, the CMP Media Electronics Group offers a full suite of products
and services to reach electronics systems design professionals throughout the
world. With its combination of media properties, the CMP Media Electronics
Group focuses on delivering a targeted audience and actionable information to
marketers in the electronics technology community.
Each month, CMP Media's Electronics Group delivers more than 1 million
copies of its publications in five languages to subscribers in 55 countries.
Online visitors from more than 100 countries view more than 7.5 million pages
on its Web sites in six languages and in a year, more than 35,000 decision
makers from 48 countries attend its conferences in North America, China,
Taiwan and Europe.
CMP Media's Electronics Group properties include:
* Print -- EE Times, Embedded Systems Design, Electronics Supply &
Manufacturing
* Online -- EE Times Online, DesignLines, PlanetAnalog.com, Embedded.com,
my-esm.com, CommsDesign.com, and SupplyLines
* Conferences -- Embedded Systems Conferences, Embedded Connect and Design
Seminars
About CMP Media (http://www.cmp.com)
Through its market-leading portfolio of trusted information brands in the
technology, healthcare and lifestyles industries, CMP Media has earned the
confidence of more professionals and enthusiasts in these fields than any
other media company. As a result, CMP is the premier provider of access,
insight and actionable programs designed to connect sellers and buyers in each
of these industries in ways that yield superior return on investment. CMP
Media is a subsidiary of United Business Media
(http://www.unitedbusinessmedia.com), a global provider of news distribution
and specialist information services with a market capitalization of more than
$3 billion.
Contact: Michelle Sabolich
Atomic Public Relations for CMP Media
michelle.sabolich@atomicpr.com
(415) 402-0230
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