CMP Media's EE Times and eeProductCenter Announce Ultimate Products v1.2:The First New Product Rating Service for the Electronics CommunityPRNewswire-FirstCall CMP Media's EE Times and eeProductCenter announce for the second consecutive quarter, electronics engineers have responded enthusiastically to the Ultimate Products program by rating and commenting on the most significant semiconductor, passive component and test equipment product introductions of the three months ending June 2004. Results of more than 15,000 votes from 1,328 voters will be reported in the "Ultimate Products 1.2" supplement to EE Times on September 28 and online at http://www.eetimes.com/ultimate "We think of the Ultimate Products program as the Zagat's guides of the electronics industry," said Paul Miller, Vice President/Group Publisher, CMP Media's Electronics Group. "We know that engineers value peer input extremely highly when they're selecting products for systems design, but peer input is hard to come by since the industry introduces thousands of new products each quarter. By soliciting input from thousands of engineers, we're providing the first large-scale forum for such peer reviews." Ultimate Products is a joint program of EE Times and eeProductCenter. Each quarter, under the direction of senior editors Stephan Ohr and Marty Gold, editors select newly introduced products in seven major technology categories. Links to their reviews are then submitted by electronic ballot to thousands of highly qualified engineering readers of CMP's Electronics Group publications. Readers then rank these products for "technical significance" and "likelihood of use." Ultimate Product categories and the nominated products for Ultimate Products v1.2 follow: ANALOG -- Analog Devices, 14-bit DAC -- Analog Devices, A/D converters -- Datel, Inc., ADS-953 ADC -- Exar Corp., XRK499x programmable skew clocks -- Intersil, signal switches -- Lattice Semiconductor, programmable clock generator devices -- Linear Technology Inc., LTC1750 ADC -- Maxim, limiting amplifiers -- National Semiconductor, audio amps -- Texas Instruments, Class-D audio power amplifiers IP&E -- ALPS Electric, tact switch -- Apogee Power Inc., supercapacitor -- AuthenTec, Fingerprint sensor -- California Micro Devices, Fine-pitch CSP IPD -- FCI, 528-position MEG-Array connector -- Fujitsu Components America, Inc., XENPAK module (xMGC) -- Murata Electronics, ceramic filter/technology -- Optrex America, TFT LCD -- SEI Electronics, high-voltage chip resistor (HVC series) -- Sharp, 3.6-inch Amorphous Silicon (A-Si) digital LCD LOGIC & PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC -- Altera, NIOS core -- Analog Devices, digital switches -- eASIC, Structured ASIC/FPGA -- Fujitsu, Digital DNA -- Lattice Semiconductor, programmable clock generators -- MathStar, FPOA -- Pericom, digital bus switches -- SMC, USB2.0 2-port hub controller -- Texas Instruments, 2-Gbps crosspoint switches -- Texas Instruments, video switches POWER -- Advanced Analogic Technologies, charge pumps -- Enpirion Inc., EN5330 integrated DC-to-DC converter -- International Rectifier, lamp controller ICs -- MGE UPS Systems, Pulsar EX RT series UPS -- National Semiconductor, LM5033 PWM controller -- Pulse, planar transformers -- Siliconix, power MOSFETs -- Texas Instruments, UCC2540 synchronous PWM controller -- Tyco Electronics, EUE200 eighth-brick bus converter -- Ultralife Batteries, UBI-2590 lithium-ion rechargeable PROCESSORS & MEMORY -- Analog Devices, voice-enabled network processor -- ARM, MPCore and OptimoDE cores -- Freescale, ColdFire embedded processors -- IDT, tri-port memory -- LSI Logic, ZSP200 DSP core -- PMC-Sierra, RM9150 microprocessor -- ST, dense serial flash -- StarCore, DSP core -- Texas Instruments, C64X DSPs -- Toshiba, 90 nm NAND flash RF & MICROWAVE -- Agere Systems, acceleration software -- Analog Devices, two-channel vector multiplier -- Analog Devices, active receive mixer -- Freescale, 13192DSK-A00 developer starter kit -- Linear Technology Inc., active mixers -- M/A COM, all-digital multi-mode transmitter -- Royal Philips Electronics, WLAN and Bluetooth SiPs -- SiGe Semiconductor, CDMA power amplifiers -- Skyworks Solutions, power amplifier -- Texas Instruments, transimpedance amplifier TEST & MEASUREMENT -- Bantam Instruments, handheld spectrum analyzer -- Corelis, JTAG controller -- Emulation Technology, 10-GHz test clips -- Furaxa, programmable PCI-bus synthesizer boards -- Gage Applied Technologies, PCI plug-ins -- Heim Data Systems, ruggedized data recorder -- JTAG Technologies, boundary-scan controllers -- National Instruments, data acquisition module -- Tektronix, 8-GHz oscilloscope -- VeriWave, WLAN verification/test system Currently, more than 500 engineers have volunteered to be part of a standing panel of product experts, willing to be polled frequently so that other engineers may benefit from their expertise. The Ultimate Products program also provides manufacturers of category wining products with logos and other marketing tools for promoting that their products were highly rated by engineers. Advertising in this special supplement closes September 8. For more information, contact local sales representatives at http://www.eet.com/salescontacts.html About EE Times EE Times (http://www.eet.com/) is the premier technology and business newsweekly serving the information needs of 150,000* engineers and technical managers in North America. Together with EE Times Asia and China editions, EE Times print editions reach more than 200,000** electronics professionals worldwide. EE Times' Network includes local language online editions EETAsia.com, EETChina.com, EETKorea.com, EETTaiwan.com, EETUK.com, EETimes.de and EETimes.fr. The EE Times Network also includes specialized online web sites such as CommsDesign.com, EEdesign.com, Embedded.com, Planet Analog, SiliconStrategies.com and eeProductCenter.com, averaging more than six million page views and reaching more than one million unique visitors each month.** CMP Media LLC, headquartered in Manhasset, NY, publishes EE Times and the EE Times Network. About CMP Media CMP Media LLC (http://www.cmp.com/) is a leading integrated media company providing essential information and marketing services to the entire technology spectrum--the builders, sellers and users of technology worldwide. Capitalizing on its editorial strength, CMP is uniquely positioned to offer marketers comprehensive, integrated media solutions tailored to meet their individual needs. 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