UBM Electronics Announces the Winners of the Seventh Annual Creativity in Electronics (ACE) Awards

SAN JOSE, Calif., May 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- UBM Electronics, a UBM company and the daily source of essential business and technical information for the electronics industry's decision makers, today announced the winners of the seventh Annual Creativity in Electronics (ACE) awards.  The 2011 EE Times ACE awards celebrate the creators of technology who demonstrate leadership and innovation in the global electronics industry.  The ACE Awards ceremony took place on Tuesday, May 3, 2011 during ESC (Embedded Systems Conference) Silicon Valley.

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"The ACE Awards honor excellence in the electronics industry.  The awards showcase extraordinary accomplishments in technology development and leadership that are changing the way we work, live and play.  We congratulate the winners on their innovations and leadership in the electronics industry," said Paul Miller, CEO of UBM Electronics.  

Following is the list of 2011 EE Times ACE Award winners:

• DESIGN TEAM OF THE YEAR
  • PrimeSense
• INNOVATOR OF THE YEAR
  • Mario Paniccia, Intel Fellow, Intel Labs, Director, Photonics Technology Lab, Intel Corporation
• EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR
  • Jason Rhode, President & CEO, Cirrus Logic
• STARTUP OF THE YEAR
  • GLOBALFOUNDRIES
• COMPANY OF THE YEAR
  • Altera Corporation
• MOST PROMISING NEW TECHNOLOGY
  • Lyric Semiconductor
  • Lyric Error Correction for Flash Memory
• ENERGY TECHNOLOGY AWARD
  • Efficient Power Conversion Corporation
• MOST POPULAR PRODUCT OF THE YEAR
  • Digital Logic, Xilinx Virtex 7 FPGAs
  • Analog-mixed signal, Linear Technology's TimerBlox family of ICs
  • Memories, Intel-Micron Joint Venture's 3-bit-per-cell (3bpc) NAND flash memory
  • Interconnects, Fujitsu Components America DDR3 DIMM socket connector
  • Electromechanical, STMicroelectronics' Motion-control module mounts directly on the motor
  • IP/EDA, DesignSpark PCB Professional PCB, Design tool comes for free
  • Test & Measurement, Tektronix upgrades TDS2000 oscilloscopes, $990 entry price
• EDITORS' CHOICE AWARD
  • Apple's iPad Development Team
• STUDENT OF THE YEAR
  • Matt Bunting, University of Arizona
• CONTRIBUTOR OF THE YEAR
  • Paul Boldt
  • Don Scansen
  • Tim Whibley
• MOST ENGAGED MEMBER OF THE EE TIMES COMMUNITY OF THE YEAR
  • Frank Eory, Freescale Semiconductor
• BEST STUDENT DESIGN/DESIGN CHALLENGE WITH PUBLIC SCHOOLS; TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION TEACH AND PACK ATTACH STUDENT TEAM MEMBERS
  • Heidi Blaha
  • Josh Clark
  • Keith Ender
  • Austin Feltner
  • Sparta High School, Sparta WI
• EE LIFE CONTRIBUTOR OF THE YEAR
  • Glen Chenier
• LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
  • Irwin Mark Jacobs, Co-Founder, Former Chairman, Qualcomm

IEEE AWARD CATEGORIES

• IEEE SPECTRUM TECHNOLOGY IN THE SERVICE OF SOCIETY ACE AWARD
  • Willow Garage
  • IBM
• IEEE SPECTRUM EMERGING TECHNOLOGY AWARD ACE AWARD
  • ClariPhy Communications

The 2011 EE Times ACE judges are comprised of the leading voices in academia, industry and Wall Street executives, including:

• Gordon Bell, Senior Researcher, Microsoft Research
• Jeff Bier, President and Co-Founder, Berkeley Design Technology, Inc. (BDTI)
• Larry Boucher, President and CEO, Alacritech
• William Dally, Chairman, Computer Science Dept, Stanford University
• Erach Desai, Consultant, DESAIsive
• John East, President and CEO, Actel Corporation
• Gene A. Frantz, Principal Fellow, Texas Instruments, Inc.
• Lucio Lanza, Managing Director, Lanzatech Ventures
• John Mashey, Consultant, Techviser
• Dennis Monticelli, Chief Technologist and Fellow, National Semiconductor
• Martin Reynolds, Dataquest
• George M. Scalise, President, Semiconductor Industry Association
• Naveed Sherwani, President & CEO, Open Silicon
• Nick Tredennick, Editor, Gilder Technology Report

A panel of EE Times editors narrowed down the entries to five finalists in each category, based on the criteria set forth in an online submission form.  Winners were determined from among the finalists by a panel of independent judges.  Judging took place from November 1, 2010 through February 11, 2011.

The ACE Awards (http://www.eetimes-ace.com/home.php) are generously sponsored by gold sponsors Avnet Electronics Marketing and Mouser Electronics and association media sponsor IEEE Spectrum.

About UBM Electronics  

UBM Electronics is the global leader in media and marketing solutions for the electronics industry. UBM Electronics delivers results for the key influencers and decision makers involved in the design, development and commercialization of technology through its market leading brands, peer communities and professional education services. More than 2.2 million engineering professionals engage with UBM Electronics brands which include EE Times, EDN, EDN China, EDN Asia, EDN Japan, Design News and Test & Measurement World, TechOnline, Designlines and Embedded.com across the globe to accelerate technology sales. The international electronics community gathers at UBM Electronics market leading events such as the Embedded Systems Conferences, DesignCon and ARM Technology Conference to share, learn, discuss, and advance the critical issues and challenges facing the electronics industry. Additionally, UBM Electronics provides end-to-end services ranging from next-generation marketing, integrated media, custom solutions and research. UBM Electronics is part of UBM (UBM.L) a global provider of media and information services for professional B2B communities and markets.

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

For more information on UBM Electronics please contact:
Felicia Hamerman, Vice President, Marketing
T: 516.562.5652, E: [email protected]

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