National Semiconductor's WEBENCH Toolset Named Innovation of the Year in EDN Magazine's 15th Annual Innovator Awards
March 09 2005 - 2:23PM
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National Semiconductor's WEBENCH Toolset Named Innovation of the
Year in EDN Magazine's 15th Annual Innovator Awards SANTA CLARA,
Calif., March 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- National Semiconductor's
WEBENCH(R) Online Design Environment has been selected from
hundreds of entries as the winner of EDN Magazine's 2004
Innovator/Innovation Awards. Instituted in 1990, the Innovation
Awards honor the people, products and technologies that have shaped
the semiconductor industry during the past year. EDN announced the
Innovator/Innovation winners at the InterContinental Mark Hopkins
Hotel in San Francisco the evening of March 7, 2005. EDN selected
National Semiconductor's WEBENCH Active Filter Designer as the
winner in the EDA (electronic design automation) category for its
ability to speed the creation of sophisticated filters for data
acquisition and signal conditioning applications. Designed from the
ground up, the online tool lets engineers design advanced, highly
customized filters for all standard filter types: low pass, high
pass, band pass and band stop. To view a demonstration showing how
to create a 9th order low-pass filter with Bessel response in
seconds, see http://filterdemo.national.com/. "It is an honor to be
recognized as an analog innovation leader in the EDA field," said
Phil Gibson, vice president of National Semiconductor's Corporate
Marketing group. "National first broke ground in this area with the
EDN's 2001 Innovation of the Year selection for the WEBENCH toolset
for power supplies. Since our beginning with the first WEBENCH
release in 2000, we continue to develop tools for analog designers
that make it easier for them to do their jobs. Winning the EDN
Innovation of the Year Award for the WEBENCH Active Filter Designer
is further indication of National Semiconductor's success in the
development of design tools for analog engineers." How EDN Chose
Innovators Electronics-industry professionals make the initial
nominations, and EDN's editors choose the finalists. The
manufacturers of this year's nominated products must have
introduced and commercially marketed those products in the 2004
calendar year. A combination of voting by readers, the EDN
Editorial Advisory Board, and the EDN editors chose the winners.
"Innovation is the heart and soul of engineering, and these awards
demonstrate that the search for new technologies to improve quality
of life is alive and well in the global semiconductor industry,"
said John Dodge, EDN editor in chief. "We applaud all the engineers
who are dedicated to nurturing the spirit of discovery and
invention." About EDN EDN, the premier design magazine of the
electronics industry, is published by Reed Business Information.
Headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts, EDN serves the vital
information needs of design engineers and engineering managers
worldwide. The EDN franchise includes EDN, EDN Europe, EDN Asia,
EDN China, EDN Japan, and EDN.com, the only full-content, EOEM
publication and Web site. About National Semiconductor National
Semiconductor, the industry's premier analog company, creates
high-performance analog devices and subsystems. National's
leading-edge products include power management circuits, display
drivers, audio and operational amplifiers, communication interface
products and data conversion solutions. National's key markets
include wireless handsets, displays, PCs and laptops. The company's
analog products are also optimized for numerous applications in a
variety of electronics markets, including medical, automotive,
industrial, and test and measurement. Headquartered in Santa Clara,
California, National reported sales of $1.98 billion for fiscal
2004, which ended May 30, 2004. Additional company and product
information is available at http://www.national.com/. National
Semiconductor and WEBENCH are registered trademarks of National
Semiconductor Corporation. The SPICE engine for WEBENCH Active
Filter Designer is supplied by Intusoft Corporation. All other
brand or product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of
their respective holders. Editorial Contact Reader Information
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