| Date: | 1/2/2010 |
EDN HOT 100 PRODUCTS 2009
BEFORE 2009 FADES INTO MEMORY, HERE IS EDN’S LIST
OF THE PRODUCTS AND TECHNOLOGIES THAT OVER
THE PAST YEAR GRABBED THE ATTENTION OF OUR
EDITORS AND OUR READERS. YOU’LL FIND AMPLIFIERS,
CPUs, ICs, LEDs, MICRO CONTROLLERS, VECTOR
NETWORK ANALYZERS, AND MORE.
VISIT WWW.EDN.COM/HOT100 FOR LINKS TO EDN’S ORIGINAL
COVERAGE OF EACH OF THE HOT 100 PRODUCTS YOU SEE
LISTED ON THESE PAGES. FOR CONTINUOUS NEW-PRODUCT
COVERAGE, CHECK OUT WWW.EDN-EUROPE.COM.
Analog Devices
AD9269 80M-sample/sec pipeline ADC
www.analog.com/en/analog-to-digitalconverters/ad-converters/ad9269/products/product.html
Analog Devices
ADA4627 JFET op amp
www.analog.com/en/amplifiers-andcomparators/operational-amplifiers-op-amps/ada4627-1/products/product.html
Analog Devices
ADuM4160 bidirectional USB isolator
www.analog.com/en/interface/digital-isolators/adum4160/products/product.html
Linear Technology
LT3092 two-terminal current source
www.linear.com/pc/productDetail.jsp?navId=H0,C1,C1003,C1794,P88400
Maxim Integrated Products
MAX11810 touchscreen-interface chip
www.maxim-ic.com/quick_view2.cfm/qv_pk/6274
Microchip Technology
MCP651/2/5 offset-voltage-corrected operational amplifier
www.microchip.com/wwwproducts/Devices.aspx?dDocName=en540381
National Semiconductor
ADC16DV160 2-channel160M sample/sec ADC
www.national.com/pf/DC/ADC16DV160.html#Overview
Altium
NanoBoard 3000 development platform
http://nb3000.altium.com/intro.html
Lantronix
IPv6-certified SpiderDuo KVM-over-IP product
www.lantronix.com/it-management/kvm-over-ip/securelinx-spiderduo.html
MEN Micro
ESMexpress system on module
www.menmicro.com/products/com.html
WinSystems
Pico-ITXe single board computer
http://sbc.winsystems.com/
ZeroG Wireless
Wi-Fi kits for PIC microcontrollers
www.zerogwireless.com/company/releases/20091112_mchp52final.html
Communications and NetworkingFreescale Semiconductor
MPC8569E Power QUICC communications processor
www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/prod_summary.jsp?code=
MPC8569E&nodeId=0162468rH3bTdGJk196465
Fujitsu
MB86L01A 3G multi-mode transceiver chip
www.fujitsu.com/us/services/edevices/microelectronics/rftransceiver/
Gigle Semiconductor
GGL541 powerline-networking IC
www.giglenetworks.com/products/
Intellon (now Atheros)
INT6400 powerline-networking IC
www.atheros.com/pt/plc/products/INT6400.html
PMC Sierra
HyPHY 20G high-capacity multi-rate PHY
www.pmc-sierra.com/products/details/pm5420/
Solarflare
SFL 902x 10G Ethernet controller
www.solarflare.com/products/10gbethernet.php
Bergquist
Bond Ply 450 thermal-interface material
www.bergquistcompany.com/thermal_ materials/bond_ply/bond-ply-450.htm
Bourns
Hot-dipped-tin ROHS-compliant cermetwire-terminal trimming potentiometers
www.bourns.com/PressReleases.aspx?name=
090210_hot_dipped_tin_whiskers
Cool Innovations
Flared-pin-fin heat sinks
www.coolinnovations.com/products/heatsinks/surface-mount-devices/splayed-design
Epson Toyocom
EG-4101/4121CA high-stability SAW resonator
www.epsontoyocom.co.jp/english/info/2009/0916.html
Fairchild Semiconductor
FDMS7650 30V MOSFET
www.fairchildsemi.com/pf/FD/FDMS7650.html
Luminus
PhlatLight LED PT-39 high-intensity white LEDchip set
www.luminus.com/content1089
Philips Lumileds
Luxeon Rebel high-brightness white LEDs
www.philipslumileds.com/products/luxeonrebel/
Phoenix Company of Chicago
Nonmagnetic-connector family
http://phoenixofchicago.com/products/documents/
NonMagneticConnectorsSalesFactSheets_001.pdf
Qualcomm
Color IMOD e-reader display
www.mirasoldisplays.com
SMSC
CAP10xx capacitive touch sensors
www.smsc.com/index.php?tid=38
STMicroelectronics
LIS302DLH low-profile 16-bit digital MEMS accelerometer
www.st.com/stonline/products/families/sensors/
motion_sensors/lis302dlh.htm
Texas Instruments
Picoprojector development kit
http://focus.ti.com/general/docs/gencontent.tsp?contentId=52770
Ceva
Ceva-XC DSP communications-processor core
www.ceva-dsp.com/products/cores/ceva-xc.php
Tensilica
ConnX D2 SoC communications DSP
www.tensilica.com/products/dsps/connx-d2-dsp-engine.htm
Texas Instruments
TMS320C6472 fixed-point DSP
focus.ti.com/docs/prod/folders/print/tms320c6472.html
Texas Instruments
TMS320C6743 fixed/floating-point DSP
focus.ti.com/docs/prod/folders/print/tms320c6743.html
Agilent Technologies
ADS signal-integrity channel simulator
www.agilent.com/about/newsroom/presrel/2009/19oct-em09165.html
Ansys
Ansoft SIwave Version 4.0
www.ansys.com
Berkeley Design Automation
AFS Nano Spice simulator
www.berkeley-da.com/prod/prod05_afs_nano.htm
Cadence Design Systems
Virtuoso APS accelerated parallel circuit simulator
www.cadence.com/products/cic/accelerated_ parallel/pages/default.aspx
Jasper
Behavioral Indexing RTL database managment
www.jasper-da.com/products/ActiveDesign.htm
Mentor Graphics
Tessent Yield Insight tool
http://www.mentor.com/products/silicon-yield/
OneSpin
360MV formal assertion-based verification
www.onespin-solutions.com/360mv.php
Synopsys
Custom Designer 2009.06
www.synopsys.com/tools/implementation/customimplementation/
pages/customdesignvideo.aspx
Synopsys
Synphony high-level synthesis
www.synopsys.com/Tools/SLD/HLS/Pages/default.aspx
Synopsys
Yield Explorer
www.synopsys.com/Tools/Manufacturing/YieldManagement/
YieldExplorer/Pages/default.aspx
IDT
VMM 1300 PanelPort ViewXpand chip
www.idt.com/?id=5338
Nvidia
Ion core-logic chip set
www.nvidia.co.uk/object/sff_ion_uk.html
Silicon Image
HDMI Version 1.4 chips
www.siliconimage.com/products/family.aspx?id=1
Agiga Tech
AgigaRAM non-volatile technology
www.agigatech.com
IM Flash Technologies
3-bit-per-cell MLC NAND flash
www.imftech.com
Western Digital
1-Tbyte, 2.5-in. and 2-Tbyte, 3.5-in. hard-disk drives
www.wdc.com
Atmel
AT91CAP7L microcontroller
www.atmel.com/dyn/resources/prod_documents/doc8591.pdf
Atmel
mXT224 maXTouch touchscreen controller
www.atmel.com/dyn/products/product_card_ touch.asp?part_id=4620
Cypress Semiconductor
PSoc 3 and PSoc 5 programmable system-on-chip architectures
www.cypress.com/?id=1353
Energy Micro
EFM32G Gecko low-power microcontroller
www.energymicro.com
Microchip
PIC32 Connectivity microcontrollers
www.microchip.com/stellent/idcplg?IdcService=
SS_GET_PAGE&nodeId=2591
Samsung Electronics and Intrinsity
Hummingbird and Fast14 domino logic
www.samsung.com/global/business/semiconductor/
newsView.do?news_id=1030
www.intrinsity.com
austriamicrosystems
AS1302 charge-pump dc/dc boost converter
www.austriamicrosystems.com/eng/Products/Power-Management/DC-DC-Step-up-Converters/AS1302
Cissoid
Magma PWM-controller chip
www.cissoid.com/high-temperature-electronics/ht-standard-products/magma%3a-pwm-controller.html
EaglePicher
Lithium-CFX (carbon-monofluoride) battery chemistry
www.eaglepicher.com/images/stories/ep_single_page_cfx_eol.pdf
Enpirion
EN5337QI 5MHz, 3A synchronous buck dc/dc converter
www.enpirion.com/products-en5337qi.htm
Exar
XRP7704 and XRP7740 quad-PWMcontroller chips
myexar.exar.com/digitalpower/default.aspx
Fairchild Semiconductor
FAN9612 boundary-conduction-mode PFC controller
www.fairchildsemi.com/pf/FA/FAN9612.html
Freescale Semiconductor
MCF51EM smart metering microcontrollers
www.freescale.com/files/microcontrollers/doc/
fact_sheet/MCF51EM256FS.pdf?fsrch=1
International Rectifier
IR3725 input-power-monitoring IC
www.irf.com/product-info/datasheets/data/ir3725mpbf.pdf
Linear Technology
LTC2978 PM-bus monitoring-and-control chip
www.linear.com/pc/productDetail.jsp?navId=
H0,C1,C1003,C1144,C1785,P89095
Maxim Integrated Products
MAX16064 quad-psu PM-bus monitoringand- control chip
www.maxim-ic.com/quick_view2.cfm/qv_pk/6326
Maxim Integrated Products
MAXQ3108/DS8102 Polyphase Energy Meter chip set
www.maxim-ic.com/quick_view2.cfm/qv_pk/6140
Microchip Technology
dsPIC33F ac/dc reference design
www.microchip.com/Microchip.webcontent.provider
/Video.aspx?id=en540318
Teridian Semiconductor
78M6612 power- and energymeasurement chip
www.teridian.com/assets/007/5976.pdf
Texas Instruments
MSP430F471xx ultralow-power microcontrollers
http://focus.ti.com/mcu/docs/mcuprodoverview.
tsp?sectionId=95&tabId=140&familyId=342
AMD
Athlon II CPU
game.amd.com/us-en/landings/athlonx2.aspx
AMD
Phenom II CPU
www.amd.com/uk/products/desktop/processors/phenom-ii/Pages/phenom-ii.aspx
AMD
Shanghai and Istanbul CPUs
www.amd.com/uk/products/server/Pages/opteron-central.aspx
Intel
Atom N280 CPU
http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=41411&code=N280
Intel
Core i5 CPU
www.intel.com/products/processor/corei5/index.htm
Intel
Nehalem EP and EX CPUs
www.intel.com/products/workstation/processors/index.htm
Nvidia
Tegra mobile HD low-power CPU
www.nvidia.co.uk/page/handheld.html
Actel
ProASIC3 low-power FPGA family
www.actel.com/products/pa3series/default.aspx
Altera
Cyclone3 LS low-power FPGA with security
www.altera.com/products/devices/cyclone3/cy3-index.jsp
Lattice Semiconductor
ECP3 low-power FPGAs with SERDES
www.latticesemi.com/products/fpga/ecp3/index.cfm
Xilinx
Virtex 6 targeted design platform FPGAs
www.xilinx.com/products/virtex6/
Linear Technology
LTC5541 downconverting mixer
www.linear.com/pc/productDetail.jsp?navId=H0,C1,C1011,C1097,P89950
Texas Instruments
ADS5400 12-bit, 1G-sample/sec ADC
http://focus.ti.com/docs/prod/folders/print/ads5400.html
Akya
ART2 reconfigurable-logic technology
www.akya.co.uk
IBM
Power7 architecture
www-03.ibm.com
On Semiconductor
180-nm ASIC process
www.onsemi.com/PowerSolutions/content.do?id=16678
Snowbush Division of Gennum
PCI Generation 3 controller IP
www.snowbush.com/products/controllers/pcie.php
Synopsys
DesignWare miniPower
www.synopsys.com/IP/DesignWare%20minPower%
20Components/Pages/default.aspx
Audio Precision
APx500 Audio Test Version 2.4 software
http://ap.com/products
DDC-I
DEOS Formally Certifiable RTOS
www.ddci.com/products_deos.php
Mentor Graphics
FloEFD electronics-cooling-simulation software
www.mentor.com/products/mechanical/products/floefd/
National Instruments
LabView 2009 graphical-system-design software platform
www.ni.com/labview/
National Semiconductor
Webench online-design tool
www.national.com/analog/webench/power
Verigy
Triage and YieldVision yield-learning tools
www1.verigy.com/ate/products/V93000/YieldLearning/index.htm
Agilent Technologies
J-BERT N4903B jitter-tolerance tester
www.home.agilent.com/agilent/product.jspx?nid=-536902255.873668.00&lc=eng&cc=GB
Anritsu
VectorStar 110-GHz vector network analyzer
www.eu.anritsu.com/products/default.php?c=4#23
Data Translation
Voltpoint instrument for lithium-ion cell-by-cell measurement
www.datatranslation.com/products/voltpoint/default.asp
LeCroy
Xi-A Series 400-MHz to 2-GHz WaveRunner digital oscilloscopes
www.lecroy.com/Oscilloscope/OscilloscopeSeries.aspx?mseries=
48&capid=102&mid=504
Rohde & Schwarz
CMW500 6-GHz wideband-radio-test system
www2.rohde-schwarz.com/en/products/test_and_measurement/
mobile_radio/CMW500.html
Tektronix
RSA6120A 20-GHz spectrum analyzer
www.tek.com/products/spectrum_analyzers/rsa6100a/
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