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HE BEST 100 PRODUCTS OF 2004 encompass a range of architectures and technologies Tand a plethora of categories—from analog ICs to multimedia to test-and-measurement tools. All are innovative, but, of the thousands that manufacturers announce each year and the hundreds that EDN reports on, only about 100 hot products make our readers re- ally sit up and take notice. Here are the picks from this year's crop. We present the basic info here. To get the whole scoop and find out why these products are so compelling, go to the Web version of this article on our Web site at www.edn.com. There, you'll find links to the full text of the articles that cover these products' dazzling features.

ANALOG ICs Power Integrations COMMUNICATIONS NetLogic Microsystems LNK306P Atheros Communications NSE5512GLQ network AD1954 audio DAC switching power converter AR5005 Wi-Fi chip sets search engine www.analog.com www.powerint.com www.atheros.com www.netlogicmicro.com

D2Audio Fulcrum Microsystems Parama Networks XR125 seven-channel VCA8613 FM1010 six-port SPI-4,2 PNI8040 add-drop module eight-channel VGA switch chip multiplexer www.d2audio.com www.ti.com www.fulcrummicro.com www.paramanet.com

International Rectifier Wolfson Microelectronics Motia PMC-Sierra IR2520D CFL ballast WM8740 audio DAC Javelin smart-antenna IC MSP2015, 2020, 4000, and power controller www.wolfsonmicro.com www.motia.com 5000 VoIP gateway chips www.irf.com www.pmc-sierra.com

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Texas Instruments DISCRETE EMBEDDED TOOLS TCS3500 EDGE handset NetStructure MPCBL0001 Advanced Linear Devices EEMBC chip set single-board computer ALD1121E and ALD1123E Digital-entertainment www.ti.com www.intel.com matched security benchmarks www.aldinc.com www.eembc.org Zarlink Gumstix TDM-over-IP packet Gumstix single-board Enea Embedded Technology processor computer SSA23L through SSC54 Orchestra Development Suite www.zarlink.com www.gumstix.com Schottky-rectifier family Linux/OSE development www.vishay.com platform COMPONENTS General Micro Systems www.ose.com AVX/Kyocera P60x single-board computer EDA KNA21series EMI filter www.gms4sbc.com Cadence Fluent in chip form Allegro Package Designer IcePak thermal-analysis www.avxcorp.com Micro/sys for pc-board package and software SBC4495 single-board interconnect design www.fluent.com Coto Technology computer www.cadence.com B41 BGA quad reed relay www.embeddedsys.com Green Hills Software www.cotorelay.com Coventor CAN Development Kit appli- Parvus CoventorWare MEMS- cation-development tool GrafTech International MPEG104 PC/104 encoder design tool www.ghs.com Spreadershield anisotropic www.parvus.com www.coventor.com heat spreader National Instruments www.graftech.com Radiotronix Denali Software CompactRIO custom Wi.232 transceiver/controller PureSuite interface-verifica- embedded hardware Hermetic Switch www.radiotronix.com tion suite for PCI Express www.ni.com HSR-003 reed relay compliance www.hermeticswitch.com DIGITAL AND PROGRAMMABLE ICs www.denali.com Open Source TinyOS embedded-sensor OS LEDtronics Max II high-density CPLDs Flomerics www.tinyos.net Concave-lens LED family www.altera.com Flo/PCB electrical-and www.ledtronics.com mechanical-collaboration Swell Software Altera software Portable Embedded GUI Murata Electronics II FPGA family www.flomerics.com software North America www.altera.com www.swellsoftware.com NFM18PS low-ESL capacitor Jasper Design Automation www.murata.com Lattice JasperGold formal- TimeSys EC and ECP conventional verification tool TimeStorm IDE development NVE Corp and DSP-enhanced FPGA www.jasper-da.com and testing environment IL6xx family GMR digital families www.timesys.com couplers www.latticesemi.com Mentor www.nve.com Catapult C algorithm- MULTIMEDIA Leopard Logic synthesis tool Analog Devices Vishay Intertechnology Gladiator CLDs standard- www.mentor.com ADSP-21365 and ADSP- SSA23L series Schottky cell-ASICs with embedded 21364 audio DSPs rectifiers FPGA cores Novas www.analog.com www.vishay.com www.leopardlogic.com Reusner Design Knowledge Publisher design-reuse tool COMPUTERS, BOARDS, AND BUSES Renesas www.novas.com CS49500, CS49510, and Digi International 4-Gbit AG (assist gate)-AND CS49520 audio DSPs Digi Connect Wi-ME/EM flash memory for data/file- PowerEscape www.cirrus.com 802.11b modules storage applications PowerEscape Analyzer+Cache www.digi.com www.renesas.com software algorithm analyzer LSI Logic tools DMN-8602 and DMN-8652 Inova Computers www.powerescape.com DVD-recorder chips ICP-PM single-board Virtex-4 FX, LX and SX next- www.lsilogic.com computer generation high-end FPGAs www.inova-computers.com www.xilinx.com

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National Creative Labs Freescale Ansoft LM2501and LM2502 Mobile subsidiary MSC812x Family quad-core ePhysics software for thermal, Pixel Link transmitter/ Realizm 100, 200, and 800 DSP stress analysis receivers graphics boards www.freescale.com www.ansoft.com www.national.com www.creativelabs.com Royal Philips Electronics The MathWorks Nvidia LPC2130 32-bit ARM7 Matlab 7; Simulink 6 math, GoForce 3D 4500 graphics GeForce 6800 graphics- microcontroller simulation tools and imaging processor processor family www.semiconductors.philips. www.mathworks.com www.nvidia.com www.nvidia.com com The MathWorks Silicon Image Stretch Video and Image Processing SiI 9030 HDMI transmitter Savvio 2.5-in. hard-disk drives S5000 Family of software- Blockset C-code model and SiI 9021 and SiI 9031 www.seagate.com configurable processors development receivers www.stretchinc.com www.mathworks.com www.siimage.com POWER Artesyn Technologies Tensilica National Instruments Texas Instruments VRM10 series nonisolated Xtensa LX flexible-length SignalExpress virtual- TMS320DM320 imaging point-of-load converter instruction-extension instrumentation software processor www.artesyn.com processor architecture www.ni.com www.ti.com www.tensilica.com E-T-A Circuit Breakers TEST AND MEASUREMENT ViXS ESS60-T electronic, Texas Instruments Agilent XCode II multimedia controllable circuit breaker C6414/15/16 90-nm, DSO80000 series 10- to 13- processors www.e-t-a.com 1-GHz DSPs GHz-bandwidth, real-time- www.vixs.com www.ti.com sampling DSOs Evans Capacitor www.agilent.com NETWORK PROCESSORS Button Cell Hybrid super- RF LINKS AMCC capacitor in button cell Microtune Agilent Mission Access multiservice www.evanscap.com MT212 150- to 1000-MHz B4655A FPGA dynamic-probe network processor tuner logic-analysis application www.amcc.com Power Integrations www.microtune.com www.agilent.com LinkSwitch-TN family Cavium Networks switcher-core IC OKW Electronics LeCroy Corp Octeon NSP network-services www.powerint.com 110 Series KEELOQ AM WaveSurfer series small-foot- processors keyfob encoders print, large-screen DSOs www.cavium.com Vicor Corp www.okwelectronics.com www.lecroy.com VIC-in-a-Brick IBC series Mindspeed Technologies bus-converter modules Peregrine Semiconductor Strategic Test TSP3 family programmable www.vicr.com PE4261 and PE4263 RF switch UF7221 32-channel, 40-MHz traffic-management processors www.peregrine-semi.com pulse-pattern generator www.mindspeed.com V-Infinity LLC www.strategic-test.com VPHV12 series high-voltage Vishay Intertechnology PERIPHERALS supplies TSDF12830YS VHF/UHF Tektronix ATI Technologies www.v-infinity.com amplifier and switch TDS8200 series 70-GHz- X800 graphics-processor www.vishay.com bandwidth sequential-equiva- family PROCESSORS lent-time-sampling DSOs www.ati.com Zarlink Semiconductor www.tek.com AT572D740 Diopsis dual- ZL10038 set-top-box/ ATI Technologies core DSP/RISC processor DTV tuner VeriWave Xpress 200 core-logic www.atmel.com www.zarlink.com WaveTest IEEE 802.11 chip-set series protocol-test system www.ati.com Dallas Semiconductor SOFTWARE www.veriwave.com MAXQ2000 low-power, low- Broadcom noise 16-bit processor VEE Pro 7.0 software for T&M BCM4780 NASoC www.maxim-ic.com application development processor chip www.agilent.com www.broadcom.com

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