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2005 Winners

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2005 Insight Awards Winners

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  Most Innovative Non-Volatile Memory
Toshiba Winner Announced!
Toshiba 4Gb MLC 90nm NAND Flash
Press Release

Other nominees

  • Infineon 512Mb NAND
  • Intel 90nm StrataFlash NOR Flash
  • Intel W18 90nm Wireless Flash Memory
  • M-Systems 8 Mb Disk on Chip
  • Renesas 4Gb MLC AND Flash
  • Samsung 512Mb 90nm OneNAND Flash
  • Spansion 256Mb 110 nm MirrorBit Flash
  • Spansion 512Mb 110 nm MirrorBit Flash
  Most Innovative DRAM
Samsung Winner Announced!
Samsung 90nm 512Mb DDR2 ("C" Rev) SDRAM
Press Release

Other nominees

  • Elpida Mobile 512Mb DRAM
  • Infineon Mobile 512Mb DRAM
  • Micron 1Gb DDR2 in 90nm with 6F2
  • Samsung 90nm 512Mb DDR ("C" Rev DRAM)
  • Samsung 90nm 256Mb GDDR2 SDRAM
  Best MP3 Player
iriver Winner Announced!
iRiver H10 5GB
Press Release

Other nominees

  • Apple iPod mini 4GB
  • Apple iPod 20GB
  • Apple iPod Shuffle 1GB
  • Creative ZEN Micro 5GB
  • Creative Muvo Micro 1GB
  • iRiver H320 20GB
  • iRiver IFP-999 1GB
  • Rio Carbon 5GB
  • Rio Forge 512MB
  Most Innovative Image Sensor
Micron Winner Announced!
Micron MT9D011 CMOS Image Sensor
Press Release

Other nominees

  • Kodak KAC-3100
  • MagnaChip 7161
  • MagnaChip 7171
  • Maicovicon MN39920
  • Micron MT9T001
  • Omnivision OV2610
  • Samsung S5K4AAFX
  • Samsung S5K500FX
  • Sony M009ALZ
  Best Handset
Motorola Winner Announced!
Motorola RAZR V3
Press Release

Other nominees

  • Motorola MPx
  • Nokia 6230
  • Nokia 9500
  • RIM Blackberry 7290
  • Samsung D500 5 megapixel
  • Samsung SCH-S250
  • Samsung SGH-P777
  Most Innovative Process Technology
Samsung Winner Announced!
Samsung 73nm NAND Flash
Press Release

Other nominees

  • Altera Stratix II (TSMC 90nm)
  • AMD Athlon 64
  • IBM 65nm Logic Technology
  • Intel 65nm Logic Technology
  • Intel W18 90nm Wireless Flash Memory
  • Matrix Semiconductor 32Mb 3D OTP Memory
  • Sony/Toshiba CMOS5 Process
  • Texas Instruments 90nm for Wireless
  • Texas Instruments C021 65nm process
  • UMC 90nm
  Most Innovative System On Chip
Texas Instruments Winner Announced!
Texas Instruments OMAP2420 Applications Processor
Press Release

Other nominees

  • Freescale MC9S12NE64 16-bit Micro
  • IBM/Sony/Toshiba Sony Playstation 3 processor ("Cell")
  • Intel "Hermon"
  • Qualcomm MSM6275, 6225, 6255
  • Qualcomm MSM6500
  • Qualcomm MSM7200, 7500, 7600
  • Sigmatel D-Major STMP3520B
  • Silicon Labs C8051F06X Mixed Signal ISP Flash MCU Family (EE Time ACE Award Winner)
  • Texas Instruments OMAP 1710
  • Texas Instruments MSC1201 (24 bit)