At the beginning of this month eetimes.com updated their silicon 60 list of emerging startups to version 8. Sometimes this update is exciting; introducing us to many new startups we might not have been aware off. Other times, the updates are so minor , that finding any new companies that have joined the list is akin to looking for a needle in a haystack. This time around, eetimes.com did not disappoint tough. The newly published list is full of new startups, which account for over forty percent of the list. A majority of the new startups are based out of California accounting for 10 of the 25 new additions, however as the list shows, startups can be found all over the world. The new additions to the list are summarized below.
- BeSang Inc. (Beaverton, OR): 3D Integrated Circuits
- BLX IC Design Co. Ltd (Beijing, China): Godson Processor Development
- Boston Power Inc. (Westborough, MA): Rechargeable Lithium Ion Batteries
- BridgeLux Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA): LED Arrays
- Celeno Communications Inc. (Ra'anana, Israel): Wi-Fi Chip for HD Networking
- Elastix Corp. (Santa Clara, CA): EDA Tools for Power Consumption
- Element CXI Inc. (Milpitas, CA): Software Defined Hardware
- Field Emission Technologies Inc. (Tokyo, Japan): Nano-Spindt Display
- Fresco Microchip Inc. (Toronto, Canada): RF and Mixed Signal Design
- Gemini Design Technology Inc. (Fremont, CA): Fast Spice Simulator
- Genusion Ltd. (Amagasaki, Japan): eCFlash and B4-Flash Memory
- Gigle Semiconductor Ltd. (Barcelona, Spain): Multimedia Home Networking
- IPtronics A/S (Roskilde, Denmark): Optical Interconnect Silicon
- MimoOn GmbH (Duisberg, Germany): Software Defined Radio Solutions
- Newport Media Inc. (Lake Forest, CA): Digital Audio and Mobile TV
- Nextreme Thermal Solutions Inc. (Durham, NC): Thermal and Power Management
- Nujira Ltd. (Cambridge, England): Power Amplifiers Efficiency
- Percello Ltd. (Ra'anana, Israel): Digital Baseband Solutions
- Quantenna Communications Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA): High-Speed Wireless
- Signet Solar Ltd. (Menlo Park, CA): Affordable Renewable Energy
- SiliconBlue Technologies Corp. (Santa Clara, CA): Low Power FPGAs
- SiOnyx Inc. (Beverly, MA): Shallow Junction Photonics
- Tela Innovations Inc. (Campbell, CA): Lithography
- TeraNetics Inc. (Santa Clara, CA): Mixed-Signal IC Design