It’s time once again for EDN’s annual Hot 100 Products list. Each year, manufacturers announce thousands of new products and technologies. EDN’s editors spend countless hours narrowing that massive list to the hundreds of items they consider innovative and newsworthy enough to report on both in print and on the Web. The list on these pages represents the best of the best—the products and technologies that in 2008 really grabbed the attention of our editors and our readers.
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Analog ICs
Analog Devices
AD7190 ADC
www.analog.com
Analog Devices
AD7626 ADC
www.analog.com
Catalyst Semiconductor
CAT9534 GPIO (general-purpose input/output) expander
www.catsemi.com
Linear Technology
LTC2274 ADC
www.linear.com
Melexis
MLX75305 light-to-voltage sensor
www.melexis.com
National Semiconductor
ADC12EU050 octal ADC
www.national.com
Summit Microelectronics
SMB119 power-management IC
www.summitmicro.com
Texas Instruments
AFE5805 analog-front-end ADC
www.ti.com
Wolfson Microelectronics
WM8903 audio codec
www.wolfsonmicro.com
Applied Systems
Adlink Technology
cPCI-3600 processor blade
www.adlinktech.com
Aitech Defense Systems
M590 graphics and video module
www.rugged.com
Ampro Computers
ReadyBoard 830 single-board computer
www.ampro.com
Apollo Display Technologies
ArtistaMedia network media player
www.apollodisplays.com
BeagleBoard.org
Beagle Board open embedded computer
www.beagleboard.org
Connect One
Mini Socket iWiFi serial-to-Wi-Fi module
www.connectone.com
Critical Link LLC
MityDSP-Pro customizable processing platform
www.criticallink.com
Digi International
XBee-PRO XSC embedded RF module
www.digi.com
Digital View
DVS-1600 interface controller
www.digitalview.com
MEN Micro Inc
M36N analog-input mezzanine board
www.menmicro.com
Micro/sys Inc
USB1700 GPS receiver board
www.embeddedsys.com
National Instruments
cRIO-907x CompactRIO
www.ni.com
Pentek Inc.
Model 7142-428 digital transceiver
www.pentek.com
United Electronic Industries
DNA-AI-211 analog-input board
www.ueidaq.com
VersaLogic Corp.
Cougar single-board computer
www.versalogic.com
Communications and Networking
Avnera Corp.
Wireless audio chip set
www.avnera.com
SST
MelodyWing wireless audio chip set
www.sst.com
Components
Analog Devices
ADXL001 industrial vibration and shock sensor
www.analog.com
Five Star Technologies
ElectroSperse S-540 ink
www.fivestartech.com
Freescale Semiconductor
MMA6700/1EG MEMS (microelectromechanical-system) accelerometers
www.freescale.com
Freescale Semiconductor
eXtreme Switch Gen III N-channel MOSFET switches
www.freescale.com
Infineon
CoolMOS 900V superjunction MOSFETs
www.infineon.com
Kodak
KAI-02150 image sensor
www.kodak.com
Mobius Microsystems
MM8511 spread-spectrum-clock IC
www.mobiusmicro.com
STMicroelectronics
FC30 3-D orientation sensor
www.st.com
Data Storage
Apricorn
DriveWire universal hard-drive adapter
www.apricorn.com
Intel
X18-M and X25-M (MLC) and X25-E (SLC) SSDs
www.intel.com
Micron Technology
1.8- and 2.5-in. SLC and MLC flash-memory-based SSDs
www.micron.com
Samsung
256-GB, 2.5-in. MLC flash-memory-based SSD
www.samsung.com
Seagate Technology
1.5-TB, 3.5-in., 7,200-rpm HDD
www.seagate.com
Western Digital
10,000-rpm, 2.5- and 3.5-in. VelociRaptor HDDs
www.westerndigital.com
Digital, Memory, and Programmable ICs
Achronix Semiconductor
Speedster FPGAs
www.achronix.com
Actel
RTAX FPGAs
www.actel.com
Altera
Stratix IV FPGAs
www.altera.com
eASIC
45-nm structured ASICs
www.easic.com
IDT
VPP1600EMG DisplayPort receiver
www.idt.com
Intel
80579 microcontroller family
www.intel.com
Samsung
64-Gbit MLC NAND flash memory
www.samsung.com
SiliconBlue
Low-power FPGA
www.siliconbluetech.com
Spansion-Virident
Server-memory architecture
www.virident.com
SPMT (Serial Port Memory Technology) Group
Low-power serial-DRAM interface
www.spmt.com
EDA
Cadence
C-to-Silicon tool
www.cadence.com
Ciranova
Helix
www.ciranova.com
Infinisim
RASER real-time adaptive simulation product
www.infinisim.com
Magma Design Automation
Hydra
www.magma-da.com
Magma Design Automation
Titan
www.magma-da.com
Sequence Design
PowerArtist
www.sequencedesign.com
Synopsys
Orion
www.synopsys.com
Tela Innovations
Fixed, preoptimized, lithography-clean topology
www.tela-inc.com
Power
Advanced Analogic Technologies
AAT1282 flash driver
www.analoictech.co9m
Ericsson
BMR453 series dc/dc converters
www.ericsson.com
HVVi
HVV1214-25 HVVFET (high-voltage-vertical-field-effect transistor)
www.hvvi.com
International Rectifier
IRS2530D and IRS2158D control ICs
www.irf.com
JM Energy
Lithium-ion capacitor
www.jmenergy.co.jp/en
Linear Technology
LT3755 LED controller
www.linear.com
NVE
IsoLoop IL500 series nonoptical digital isolators
www.isoloop.com
Picor
PI2121/3/5 Cool-ORing family
www.vicorpower.com/picorpower
Power Integrations
LinkSwitch-II ac/dc-power-conversion ICs
www.powerint.com
Summit Microelectronics
SMM151 power-supervision IC
www.summitmicro.com
TDK-Lambda
NV-Power power supplies
www.lambdapower.com
Texas Instruments
bq24150 USB (Universal Serial Bus) switch-mode battery-charge-management IC
www.ti.com
Processors and Tools
Advanced Micro Devices
Phenom triple- and quad-core CPUs
www.amd.com
Advanced Micro Devices
Radeon HD 3800 GPU series
www.amd.com
Analog Devices
ADSP-21469 SHARC DSP
www.analog.com
Atmel
XMEGA processor
www.atmel.com
Cypress Semiconductor
PSOC (programmable-system-on-chip) CyFi
www.cypress.com
Freescale Semiconductor
QorIQ processors
www.freescale.com
Intel
Atom CPU
www.intel.com
Intel
Centrino 2 core-logic chip set
www.intel.com
Intel
45-nm Nehalem CPU
www.intel.com
Microchip Technology
PIC USB microcontrollers
www.microchip.com
MIPS Technologies
MIPS32 1004K multiprocessor system
www.mips.com
Nvidia
GeForce GTX 260 and 280 GPUs
www.nvidia.com
Tensilica
Trax-PC nonintrusive real-time-trace processor and tool enhancements
www.tensilica.com
Texas Instruments
OMAP35x processors
www.ti.com
Via Technologies
Nano CPU
www.via.com.tw
Xelerated
HX300 network-processor family
www.xelerated.com
Semiconductor Processes and Intellectual Property
Fujitsu
eShuttle
www.fujitsu.com
Nextreme Thermal Solutions
Active cooling technology
www.nextreme.com
Sonics
System interconnect
www.sonicsinc.com
Samplify Systems
Lossless data compression
www.samplify.com
Sun Microsystems
OpenSPARC T1
www.sun.com
TSMC
40-nm process
www.tsmc.com
Virage Logic
DDR3 DRAM interface
www.viragelogic.com
Software
Google
Chromium open-source Web browser
www.google.com
Test and Measurement
Agilent Technologies
VNA (nonlinear-vector-network-analyzer) capabilities for PNA-X microwave network analyzer
www.agilent.com
Keithley Instruments
KTEI (Keithley Test Environment Interactive) version 7.1
www.keithley.com
LeCroy
Voyager protocol analyzer for USB 3.0
www.lecroy.com
National Instruments
LabView 8.6
www.ni.com
Tektronix
SA2600 battery-operated, 6.2-GHz, real-time spectrum analyzer
www.tektronix.com
Vitesse Semiconductor
VScope technology for IC-signal access
www.vitesse.com
