Online Voting Opens Today
HONG KONG, Dec. 19 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Global Sources
(Nasdaq: GSOL) has shortlisted 34 companies from 83 nominees as Product of
the Year finalists for the inaugural Annual Creativity in Electronics (ACE)
Awards in mainland China. Texas Instruments, Analog Devices, Linear
Technology, NXP Semiconductors, Agilent, Freescale Semiconductor, Micron
Technology and Infineon Technologies are among the finalists.
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The ACE Awards in mainland China recognize semiconductor companies that
enable the nation's design engineers to develop more sophisticated
electronics.
"The top semiconductor companies supply 85 percent of the technology
imported into mainland China," EE Times-China Publisher, Mark Saunderson,
said. "Clearly, imported solutions are more critical to design development.
"The Product of the Year category will identify which of these
technologies had the most impact on mainland China's electronics market in
the last 12 months."
Online Voting for Product of the Year Awards Opens Today
Product of the Year winners will be determined by an online voting
process. Mainland China-based engineers are eligible to select winners from
among the finalists at http://www.eetchina.com/ace/VOTE.HTM .
Companies shortlisted for the 10 Product of the Year awards are:
* AD/DA converter ICs: Analog Devices, Apexone Microelectronics,
Linear Technology, Texas Instruments (2 products)
* Amplifier ICs: Analog Devices, Linear Technology, National
Semiconductor (2 products), STMicroelectronics
* Interface ICs: Analogix Semiconductor, Fairchild Semiconductors,
IDT, Linear Technology, National Semiconductor
* Logic & Programmable Logic: Actel, Altera, Chipnuts Technology, NXP
Semiconductors, Xilinx
* Microcontrollers (MCUs): Atmel, Freescale Semiconductor, Microchip
Technology, NXP Semiconductors, Texas Instruments
* Memory: Cypress Semiconductor, Freescale Semiconductor, Micron
Technology, Spansion, STMicroelectronics
* Power: International Rectifier, Linear Technology, Micrel, ON
Semiconductor, STMicroelectronics
* Processors & DSPs: Actions Semiconductor, Analog Devices,
Broadcom, Shanghai Jade Technologies, Texas Instruments
* RF & Microwave: Freescale Semiconductor, Infineon Technologies,
Montage Technology, RDA Microelectronics, Silicon Laboratories
* Test & Measurement: Agilent Technologies, Credence Systems, National
Instruments, Tektronix (2 products)
Full details of ACE Product of the Year finalists are available at
http://www.eetchina.com/ace/EN/ACE2007/FINALIST07_EN.HTM .
Online voting closes Jan. 19, 2007 at 6:00 p.m. (Hong Kong Time).
ACE Awards Judges to Decide Best Brand, Company and Startup in Mainland
China
The ACE Awards judging panel will present three awards for Company of
the Year and select one winner each for Best Brand of the Year, Outstanding
Services of the Year and Startup of the Year.
The judges are:
* Tsinghua University, Institute of Microelectronics, professor Wei
Shaojun
* Gartner Dataquest Asia/Pacific Semiconductor Group principal
analyst, Oliver Xu
* iSuppli China director of research, Byron Wu
* China Computer Federation MCU Association chairman, Chen Zhang Long
* Skyworth Multimedia vice president and general manager of R&D, Wu Wei
* EE Times-China editor-in-chief, Yorbe Zhang
EE Times-China will also present an Editor's Choice Award for the most
significant semiconductor technology or technical solution of 2006.
EE Times-China will announce the winners at a gala dinner on March 5,
2007, in Shenzhen. The ceremony will coincide with the International IC-
China Conference & Exhibition, mainland China's largest showcase of IC
application technologies and high-end components.
More information on the ACE Awards in mainland China is available at
http://www.eetchina.com/ace .
EE Times-China is an important part of Global Sources' editorial
offering. Together with Electronic Design-China magazine and website
( http://www.ed-china.com ) and Electronic Supply & Manufacturing-China
magazine and website ( http://www.esmchina.com ) the titles cover vital
points of the electronic manufacturing cycle in mainland China.
The titles support key electronics events in Asia, which include
International IC-China Conference & Exhibition
( http://www.english.china.iicexpo.com ), Embedded Systems Conference-Taiwan
( http://www.english.taiwan.escasiaexpo.com ), EDA & Test-Taiwan Conference
& Exhibition ( http://www.english.taiwan.edatexpo.com )and the China
Sourcing Fairs ( http://www.chinasourcingfair.com ). For more information,
visit http://www.corporate.globalsources.com .
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