IEC Executive Vice President Roger Plummer stated, “Our DesignVision Awards honor those catalyzing positive change in high-technology, business, and academia, completely in line with the IEC’s mission. We’re pleased to give tribute to the innovators who have helped advance progress in electronic design.”
Winners were chosen by a panel of judges selected from the DesignCon Technical Program Committee. This year’s Technical Program Committee consisted of 96 of the industry’s top thought leaders.
In the nine categories, the 2007 award winners include the following companies and products respectively:
ASIC and IC Design Tools
- Cadence Design Systems, Inc. – Cadence Space-Based Router
Design Verification Tools
- OneSpin Solutions -- OneSpin 360 Module Verifier
Interconnect Technologies and Components
- Denali Software -- DDR PHY Interface (DFI) Standards
PCB Design Tools
- PCB Libraries, Inc. -- IPC-7351A LP Wizard
Semiconductors and ICs
- National Semiconductor -- LM3370 Multi-Channel Integrated Power Management Device
Semiconductors and ICs (IP)
- Stratosphere Solutions, Inc. -- StratoPro
Structured/Platform ASIC, FPGA, and PLD Design Tools
- Altium Limited -- Altium Designer 6
- Xilinx -- PlanAhead Design and Analysis Tool (Version 8.2)
System-Level Design Tools
- Synplicity, Inc. -- Open IP Encryption Methodology
- Chip Estimate -- InCyte Enterprise
Test and Measurement Equipment
- Agilent Technologies -- J-BERT with industry first built-in clock data recovery (CDR)
- LeCroy -- SDA 18000
- Tektronix, Inc. -- RSA6100A Real-Time Spectrum Analyzer
Industry professionals can experience the 2007 winning products first-hand on the DesignCon exhibition floor with an Exhibits Only Pass available at the show. Visit www.designcon.com/2007 for full information or contact Lisa Reyes at lreyes@iec.org or +1-312-559-3325.
