Electronics award
Sponsored by Cadence
For example a semiconductor design or piece of semiconductor intellectual property, a new design based on programmable or configurable components such as Field Programmable Gate Arrays, embedded Microprocessors or Digital Signal Processors or a novel new system architecture based on standard components.
This category does not include new software tools for the design of electronics or a system built using embedded software applications running on standard off the shelf hardware (e.g. an embedded PC). These should be submitted in the Software in design category.
Keywords: semiconductor, analogue, digital, RF, mixed-signal, FPGA, hardware design, semiconductor intellectual property.
About cadence
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. is the global leader in software, hardware, methodologies and services that play essential roles in accelerating innovation in today’s highly complex integrated circuits, printed-circuit boards, and electronics systems. Customers use Cadence software and hardware, methodologies, and services to design and verify advanced semiconductors, consumer electronics, networking and telecommunications equipment, and computer systems. Cadence reported 2006 revenues of approximately $1.5 billion, and has approximately 5,200 employees. The company is headquartered in San Jose, Calif., with sales offices, design centres, and research facilities around the world to serve the global electronics industry. More information about the company, its products, and services is available at www.cadence.com
