EE Times Announces the 2010 'Silicon 60' List of Emerging Startups

SAN FRANCISCO, April 13 /PRNewswire/ -- EE Times, the trusted source for the global electronics industry and a division of EE Times Group, today announced version ten of the "Silicon 60" list of emerging electronics companies. Since April 2004, the "Silicon 60," also known as EE Times 60 Emerging Start Ups, has highlighted the top 60 global startups in the electronics and semiconductor industries.

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Updated twice each year to reflect the latest corporate, technology and market conditions, the "Silicon 60" is the authoritative survey of technology startups worth watching.

Version ten includes 21 new startups selected from among more than 100 candidates.

The new entrants focus on a range of emerging technologies, including: memory, analog, power, power management and radio frequency ICs; MEMS, 4G communications, solar cells and photovoltaic materials, photonics, OLED displays, printed electronics, multimedia processing, printed electronics, EDA and intellectual property.

Selection to the "Silicon 60" list is based on a mix of criteria, including: technology, intended market, maturity, financial position, investment profile and executive leadership.

Since 2004, technology industry executives, venture capitalists and market analysts have looked to the "Silicon 60" as a key source for tracking promising startups that are reinvigorating the global electronics industry. Inclusion on the "Silicon 60" represents a thoroughly researched endorsement of entrepreneurs as they strive to create new technologies and business models.

"Rumors about the demise of the semiconductor venture capital market in 2009 were exaggerated," said Junko Yoshida, editor in chief of EE Times. "While it is clear that investment in capital-intensive digital technology plays has declined, there are many other electronics-related fields and companies that provide great promise. The updated version of the 'Silicon 60' reflects that promise and provides an authoritative list of technology-based companies that EE Times believes are worth following."

To view the "Silicon 60" editorial, visit http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml;?articleID=224300011. To purchase a copy of the "Silicon 60" for $60 visit http://www.embedded-on-demand.com/esc/silicon60.html

About EE Times Group (http://www.eetimesgroup.com/)

EE Times Group, a division of United Business Media [LON:UBM], is the global leader in media and marketing services for the electronics industry. We deliver results for the key influencers and decision makers involved in the design, development and commercialization of technology through our market leading brands. More than 1.1 million engineering professionals engage with the EE Times Network - EE Times, TechOnline, DesignLines, and Embedded.com - across the globe. The technology community comes to our market leading events to share, learn, discuss, and advance the critical issues and challenges facing the electronics industry. As well, EE Times Group provides end-to-end services ranging from next-generation marketing, integrated media and research.

About United Business Media Limited

UBM (UBM.L) focuses on two principal activities: worldwide information distribution, targeting and monitoring; and, the development and monetization of B2B communities and markets. UBM's businesses inform markets and serve professional commercial communities -- from doctors to game developers, from journalists to jewelry traders, from farmers to pharmacists -- with integrated events, online, print and business information products. Our 6,500 staff in more than 30 countries are organized into specialist teams that serve these communities, bringing buyers and sellers together, helping them to do business and their markets to work effectively and efficiently. For more information, go to www.ubm.com

SOURCE EE Times Group

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