Altera, Molex, Lecroy among DesignVision Award Winners

FEBRUARY 2, 2011 -- UBM Electronics, a UBM company and electronics industry resource, announces the 2011 DesignVision Award winners, including industry firms Altera, Molex, Lecroy, International Rectifier, and others. Products were evaluated by the DesignCon technical committee, including 130 engineers and industry editors.

The DesignVision Awards celebrate “the achievements of the most innovative electronics companies and the unique tools that support customer needs to improve and simplify the design process,” says a representative. Selection criteria included: industry vision, solution originality, and quality of implementation.

The 2011 DesignVision winners include:

Molex EXTreme Ten60Power High Current Connector

Interconnect Technologies & Components Category

Lecroy WaveMaster 845 Zi-A Oscilloscope

Test & Measurement Equipment Category

International Rectifier DirectFET2

Semiconductor Components and ICs Category

Simberian Simbeor 2011

PCB Design Tools Category

QualiSystems TestShell 4.3

Design Verification Tools Category

GateRocket SoftPatch

IC Design Tools Category

SpringSoft Verdi Power-aware Debug Module

System Modeling & Simulation Tools Category

"The industry-esteemed DesignVision awards honor the achievements of the most innovative semiconductor companies, the most prominent visionaries, and the most successful design tools in the industry," says David Blaza, UBM Electronics vice president. "Reaching a final decision was difficult given the many excellent products submitted deserving of these awards."