The Hot 100 Electronic Products of 2008

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