Cirrus Logic's CS556x/7x/8x Family of Industrial Analog-to-Digital Converters & CS4525 Digital Amplifier Grab Industry Award Nominations.EDN Magazine and EE Times Give the Nod to Innovative Cirrus Chips Used in MP3 Player A digital music player that supports the MP3 format, which was the audio format that started a revolution in online music downloads and distribution. All portable music players, the iPod being the most popular, support MP3 along with one or more other audio formats. Docking Stations and Other Consumer and Industrial Applications AUSTIN, Texas -- Cirrus Logic (company) Cirrus Logic - A manufacturer of integrated circuits including the Advanced RISC Machine and display interface processors and cards for use as Windows accelerators (requiring dedicated driver software). http://cirrus.com/. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :CRUS crus (krus) pl. cru´ra [L.] 1. leg (1). 2. a leglike part. crus ce´rebri ) today announced that two of its high-precision analog integrated circuits Integrated circuits Miniature electronic circuits produced within and upon a single semiconductor crystal, usually silicon. Integrated circuits range in complexity from simple logic circuits and amplifiers, about 1/20 in. (1. (ICs) have been selected from hundreds of nominees and named as award finalists in the top analog IC categories from two respected semiconductor publications: EDN Magazine and EE Times. Cirrus Logic's CS556x/7x/8x family of industrial analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) is competing for top honors in the 2007 EDN Innovation Awards, while the CS4525 digital amplifier is a finalist in 2008 EE Times Annual Creativity in Electronics (ACE) Awards. "We are extremely pleased that two of our analog IC products have been recognized within the industry for their technology innovation," said Jason Rhode, president and chief executive officer, Cirrus Logic. "The CS55XX rewrites the rule book for performance in Delta-Sigma industrial A/D converters, and the CS4525 has turned out to be a very appealing solution in MP3 docking stations." Instituted in 1990, EDN's Innovation Awards honor the people, products, and technologies that have shaped the semiconductor industry over the past year. Nominees are highlighted as demonstrating innovation resulting in a significant advance in technology and/or product development in the past year. The CS55XX family combines the higher-bandwidth, low-distortion performance of a SAR (Segmentation And Reassembly) The protocol that converts data to cells for transmission over an ATM network. It is the lower part of the ATM Adaption Layer (AAL), which is responsible for the entire operation. See AAL. SAR - segmentation and reassembly converter with high-resolution, low-noise performance that is the hallmark of Delta-Sigma ADCs. The breakthrough combination of features provides designers of precision instrumentation, such as industrial process controllers, laboratory instrumentation, medical instrumentation and high-speed weighing systems, with a significantly higher level of measurement accuracy, lower noise and higher throughput. EE Times' fourth Annual Creativity in Electronics (ACE) Awards recognize the electronics engineering industry's most innovative companies and breakthrough technologies. Cirrus' CS4525 is notable as an ACE Awards finalist because it integrates a stereo analog-to-digital converter, sample-rate converter, digital audio processor and a complete 30-watt Class D amplifier An audio amplifier that works in the digital domain. It generates the equivalent analog output for the speakers by using pulse width modulation (PWM) or pulse density modulation (PDM) rather than the traditional digital-to-analog conversion. See PWM and PDM. , including the controller and power stage. Moreover, the CS4525 is unique because it supports both incoming analog and digital audio signals, and its highly efficient power stage eliminates the need for a heat sink in system designs. ACE Awards finalists in each category were chosen by qualified readers of EE Times and eeProductCenter.com via electronic balloting, from a list of nominees submitted to readers by expert editors with accompanying editorial reviews. The 2007 EDN Innovations Award winners will be announced at a dinner and awards event on April 14, 2008 in San Jose, Calif. Winners of the 2008 EE Times ACE Awards will be honored at the ACE Awards Gala on April 15, 2008 at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, Calif. Cirrus Logic, Inc. Cirrus Logic develops high-precision, analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits for a broad range of consumer and industrial markets. Building on its diverse analog and signal-processing patent portfolio, Cirrus Logic delivers highly optimized products for consumer and commercial audio, automotive entertainment, and industrial and aerospace applications. The company operates from headquarters in Austin, Texas, with offices in Tucson, Ariz., Europe, Japan and Asia. More information about Cirrus Logic is available at www.cirrus.com. About TechInsights (www.techinsights.com) TechInsights is the daily source of essential business and technical information for the electronics industry's decision makers - the Creators of Technology - that define, develop, and bring to market the electronic products that improve our lives. 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