Awards
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2018 Leading Lights 'Outstanding Components Vendor' (Winner)Microsemi was honored as the 2018 Outstanding Components Vendor by Light Reading at their annual Leading Lights Awards program. Now in its 14th year, Leading Lights is one of the communications industry’s leading awards programs, recognizing top companies and executives for their outstanding achievements in next-generation communications technology, applications, services, strategies, and innovations. Microsemi's DIGI-G5 OTN processor was also honored as a finalist in the 'Most Innovative Telecoms Product' category. >> more |
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2018 SIA New Product Showcase Award (Winner)Microsemi was a recipient of the Security Industry Association's (SIA) New Product Showcase (NPS) award for its network-ready, highly accurate and secure SyncServer S80 server. The device integrates a GPS antenna, receiver and Network Time Protocol (NTP) timing server into a single ruggedized, environmentally hardened unit. IP66-rated, the SyncServer S80 server is ideal for outdoor installations with physical security systems. The SIA recognized Microsemi and other winners on April 11 during an awards ceremony at ISC West 2018, North America's largest physical security tradeshow, in Las Vegas. >> more |
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2017 CEM Editor's Choice Award (Winner)Microsemi's PolarFire® field programmable gate array (FPGA) family was the recipient of China Electronic Market (CEM) magazine's 2017 Editor's Choice Award. Microsemi's lowest power, cost-optimized FPGA family was recognized as the "most competitive FPGA product for 2017" based on brand influence, market share, technological innovation, product services and unique features. The annual Editor's Choice Awards evaluate product entries' brand recognition, adoption successes in the market, as well as unique capabilities and features. CEM magazine recognized Microsemi and other award winners on April 10 during an awards ceremony at the China Information Technology Expo (CITE) in Shenzhen, China. >> more |
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2017 Electronic Products China and 21ic.com (Product of the Year)Microsemi was honored with a "2017 Product of the Year" award from Electronic Products China (EPC) and 21ic.com for its lowest power, cost-optimized mid-range PolarFire® field programmable gate array (FPGA). The editorial teams at EPC and 21ic jointly screened and selected the 20 best products from more than 100 product launch announcements they received throughout the year. The winners were selected on the basis of outstanding performance of the product, specifically on technology and features, usability and how the product meets the needs and requirements of related applications in the market. >> more |
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2017 Electronic Products (Product of the Year)Microsemi was honored with the Product of the Year award from Electronic Products for our mid-range PolarFire FPGA. Now in its 42nd year, the annual awards program recognizes the industry's best new products. Electronic Products undertook a rigorous vetting process of products launched in 2017. The winners were selected on the basis of innovative design, significant advancement in technology or application, and substantial achievement in price and performance. Microsemi's PolarFire FPGA was recognized for delivering the industry's first non-volatile mid-range FPGA with tangible power and cost benefits over SRAM FPGAs featuring 12.7 Gbps transceivers. >> more |
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2017 Elektra Awards (Winner)Microsemi’s AcuEdge Development Kit for the Amazon Alexa Voice Service took top honors in the ‘Internet of Things Product Innovation’ category during the Elektra Awards December 8th at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London. “A clear winner that will help to drive development in this fast-growing market,” said one judge. This new solution delivers enhanced audio processing to improve voice recognition rates in adverse audio environments for emerging human to machine (H2M) applications in the internet of things (IoT), industrial internet of things (IIoT) and automated assistance markets. The kit enables developers to evaluate and incorporate Alexa functionality in H2M applications, while interfacing with the Microsemi Timberwolf ZL38063 multi-mic audio processor. >> more |
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2017 Elektra Awards (Finalist in four categories)Microsemi was honored to be named a finalist in four categories at the Elektra Awards by an esteemed panel of judges: Semiconductor Product of the Year – Digital (PolarFire FPGA), Design Tools and Development Software (SoftConsole v5.1 IDE), Design Team of the Year (PolarFire FPGA Design Team), and Internet of Things Product Innovation: AcuEdge Development Kit for Amazon Alexa Voice Service. Our AcuEdge Development Kit was announced as the IoT Product Innovation winner at the Elektra Awards dinner on December 8th at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London. (see above) |
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2017 WalesOnline Digital Awards (Finalist)Microsemi was honored as a finalist in the ‘Best Digital Hardware’ category for a WalesOnline Digital Award for our MICS-Band RF Miniaturized Standard Implant Module (MiniSIM), used in implantable medical devices. The module is small and is designed to provide good performance while consuming very little power. Its applications include pacemakers, implantable defibrillators, neurostimulators, cardiac implantable loop recorders, sensors and diagnostic devices, drug pumps, physiologic monitors and short-range body area network applications. >> more |
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2017 Leading Lights (Finalist)Microsemi was honored to be a finalist for ‘Outstanding Components Vendor’ in the 2017 Leading Lights Awards. The awards program, hosted by Light Reading, recognizes components vendors that stand out from their competitors, innovate constantly, help set the industry trends, make investors proud, and make employees happy. Now in its thirteenth year, the Leading Lights award features Light Reading's reputation for fiercely independent analysis, making it one of the most credible and authoritative awards programs in the communications sector. >> more |
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2017 CEM Editors’ Choice (Winner)Microsemi was honored as a recipient of the China Electronic Market (CEM) magazine's 2016 Editor's Choice Award for its leading-edge Adaptec Series 8E RAID Adapter devices. Microsemi's product family was recognized as the "most competitive interconnect and interface product in China for 2016" based on brand influence, market share, technological innovation, product services and unique features. Founded in 1995, CEM magazine covers new products, technical and market trends and market data of the electronics industry. Its annual Editor's Choice Awards evaluate product entries' brand recognition, adoption successes in the market, as well as unique capabilities and features. |
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M2M Network Equipment Company of the Year (Winner)Microsemi won an IoT Breakthrough Award for developing innovative products and solutions which enable both wired and wireless connectivity among devices in machine-to-machine (M2M) environments. The company's Ethernet and Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) products enable faster market adaptation of new IoT applications, and its systems product portfolio provides unique solutions to M2M network challenges while offering cost-efficient and simple upgrade procedures. >> more |
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2016 GSA Awards (Winner)Microsemi was honored with the ‘Analyst Favorite’ Semiconductor Company award presented by Needham & Company at the Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) Awards Dinner Celebration event. The annual awards program recognizes companies that have demonstrated excellence through their vision, strategy, execution and future opportunity. Microsemi was specifically recognized for its impressive growth and successful transformation of its business over the past several years. >> more (video highlights) |
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EDN Hot 100 Products of 2016 (RF, Wireless & Networking)Microsemi’s ZL70550 Low Power Sub-gigahertz Radio Transceiver was named one of EDN’s Hot 100 products of 2016. The ZL70550 can be used for wireless applications operating on coin-cell batteries or energy harvesters, such as electronic shelf labels, retail asset tracking, process control, wearable monitoring, and medical diagnostics. EDN’s Hot 100 were selected by readers and editors, and cover everything from health sensors and scopes to microphones and fanless computers. The EDN Network is an electronics community for engineers, by engineers. |
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2016 Huawei Best Quality Partner AwardMicrosemi was honored to receive Huawei Technologies Co. LTD's "Best Quality Partner Award." Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider and long-time customer of Microsemi, recognized the company for its commitment to quality, exceptional customer support and continued efforts in delivering excellence to its customers at Huawei's 2016 Core Partner Convention in Shenzhen, China. >> more |
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2016 Elektra Awards (Finalist)Microsemi was named a finalist in three categories at the 2016 Elektra Awards: “Excellence in Product Design for High-Reliability Systems” (Microsemi rugged power module for embedded applications), “Design Tools and Development Software” (Libero SoC Design Suite) and “Semiconductor Product of the Year – Analogue” (ZL70550 Low Power Subgigahertz Radio Transceiver). The Elektra European Electronics Industry Awards are the high point of the year for the European electronics industry and celebrate the achievements of individuals and companies across Europe. |
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2016 ECN Impact Awards (Finalist)Microsemi’s ZL70550 Low Power Subgigahertz Radio Transceiver was honored as a finalist in the ‘Medical Device Design’ category at the 2016 ECN Impact Awards. ECN has a legacy heavily steeped in recognizing the best products on the market for engineers and companies, and the tradition continues today in print and online. These awards reward the best products available in the field today and establish a standard of excellence for years to come. >> more |
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2016 ESTnet Innovative Product of the Year Award (Winner)Microsemi was honored to win a 2016 Electronic and Software Technologies Network (ESTnet) Innovative Product or Software Application Award for its MiniSIM ZL70323, a miniaturized radio module for implantable medical devices. Recognized by Wales-based ESTnet during its annual awards ceremony, the winning application was based on Microsemi's embedded die technology, which was leveraged to produce the unique new radio module. >> more (video highlights) |
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FiberHome Best Support Award (Winner)Microsemi’s OTN China Applications Team was honored by FiberHome Telecommunication Technologies Co. LTD's annual "Best Support Award." FiberHome, a leading Chinese OTN switching product manufacturer and solution provider, recognized the Microsemi DIGI customer support team for its exceptional technical skills, as well as its collaborative approach by serving as an extension of FiberHome's research and development team focused on accelerating new platform introductions which enable mass deployment of OTN switching in China. >> more |
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2016 Leading Lights Awards (Finalist)Microsemi’s DIGI-G4 OTN processor with integrated encryption engine was honored as a 2016 Leading Lights Award finalist in the “Most Innovative Security Strategy (Vendor)” category. The Leading Lights program focuses on next-generation communications technologies, applications, services and strategies, and rewards the companies and individuals that have performed well during the past year. >> more |
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2016 OC Tech Alliance High-Tech Award (Finalist)Microsemi's PDS-104GO outdoor Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) switch was honored as a finalist in the Enterprise Hardware & Devices category at the 2016 OC Tech Alliance High-Tech Awards. Representing an entirely new class of outdoor PoE switches, the PDS-104GO enables the connection of 4 powered devices to the network such as an outdoor WLAN, outdoor IP Camera, and outdoor P2P radio. >> video highlight |
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2016 ChannelPro Readers’ Choice AwardMicrosemi was honored as the Silver winner for Best SATA/SAS RAID Controller in the 2015 ChannelPro Readers' Choice Awards. The awards program recognizes the vendors, distributors, and professional organizations with the most SMB- and partner-friendly solutions, services, or programs in the channel today. For each category, readers identify the option that best satisfies the unique business requirements, work styles, and budgets of their small and midsize business clients, as well as those that best serve their own partner organizations. >> more |
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2016 SIA New Product Showcase Award (Winner)Microsemi won the Security Industry Association's (SIA) New Product Showcase (NPS) Best Network Support Solution Award for its PDS-104GO outdoor Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) switch, enabling the connection of multiple powered devices to a network. The solution was recognized for demonstrating the most impressive technological advances in its category, providing customers greater flexibility, longer networks, plug-and-play installation and outdoor deployment functionality. |
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2015 EDN China Innovation Award (Best Product)Microsemi won EDN China's 2015 Innovation Award for "Best Product" in the Telecom & Networking category for our SimpliPHY VSC8502 Dual Port GbE Copper PHY with Synchronous Ethernet and RGMII/GMII Interface. This solution offers the smallest package, lowest pin count, and lowest power/port dual-port Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) PHY with Synchronous Ethernet. Microsemi and other winners were announced on June 25, 2015, during an awards ceremony in Shanghai. >> more |
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2015 OC Tech Alliance Innovation Awards (Best Company)Microsemi was recognized as the "Public Outstanding Technology Company" by OC Tech Alliance for its successful product developments, financial accountability and industry leadership. The company was also acknowledged for its culture of innovation, successful growth through a combination of organic growth and strategic acquisitions, and its focus on solving the most difficult and hot-button industry challenges. >> more |
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2015 OC Tech Alliance Innovation Awards (Winner)Microsemi's leading-edge GNSS master synchronization solution won an award in the "Enterprise Hardware & Device" category due to its solid revolutionary advancements in technology which demonstrate clear and real benefits for users that go far beyond evolutionary product feature enhancements. With technologies that advance today's state-of-the-art offerings, the device demonstrated a high level of innovation and benefit to users and the world. >> more |
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2015 ChannelPro Readers’ Choice AwardMicrosemi was honored as the Gold winner for Best SATA/SAS RAID Controller in the 2015 ChannelPro Readers' Choice Awards. The awards program recognizes the vendors, distributors, and professional organizations with the most SMB- and partner-friendly solutions, services, or programs in the channel today. For each category, readers identify the option that best satisfies the unique business requirements, work styles, and budgets of their small and midsize business clients, as well as those that best serve their own partner organizations. >> more |
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European Commission's Innovation Award Competition (Winner)Microsemi and its collaborators were the first recipients of the European Commission's Innovation Award Competition for the Smart Silicon-on-Insulator Sensing Systems Operating at High Temperature (SOI-HITS) FP7 research project. The organization's Innovation Award Competition is open to teams involved with FP7 projects from the area of "micro/nanoelectronics" or "smart system integration" that demonstrate significant importance for the European economy and the EU citizens. >> more |
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2014 DesignVision Award (Winner)Microsemi’s ZL30169 OTN clock translator received the 2014 Product of the Year award from Electronic Products China and 21ic.com, a leading business publication for electronics engineers, and the most influential website among Chinese electronic engineers, respectively. Microsemi’s ZL30169 line card device features the ultra-low jitter performance necessary to support 100G coherent technology. The highly flexible ZL30169 line card device also provides a broader range of client rate support, helping developers meet stringent design requirements. >> more |
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2014 OC Tech Alliance Outstanding CEO in Technology (Winner)James J. Peterson, Microsemi’s chairman and CEO, was the recipient of the Orange County Technology Alliance's "Outstanding CEO in Technology" award. The organization's 21st Annual High-Tech Innovation Awards celebrate excellence and achievement in the region's technology industry, honoring local companies, individuals, and products that drive innovation in Orange County, California. Peterson was recognized for his ability to instill a culture of innovation, collaboration, and discipline at Microsemi, which have helped the company achieve numerous technological breakthroughs under his leadership. >> more |
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2014 Elektra Award (Winner)Microsemi's DC-powered Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) midspans won the "The Renewable Energy Design Award" in the Exceptional Technical Innovation category at the 2014 Elektra European Electronics Industry Awards. Microsemi's PoE midspans substantially improve the cost and efficiency of deployment of small cells and other DC powered deployments, as utilizing energy from solar panels or in telecom locations often requires this type of power and voltage. >> more (video highlights) |
