This is from the French magazines website translated :
Interesting to note that the awards were made several weeks ago and the calibre of fellow award winners (Intel, Bosch etc). Could the news have been delayed to coincide with more upcoming newsflow ?
DISCOVER THE 14 WINNERS OF THE 2015 GOLDEN ELECTRONS!
WRITTEN BY PASCAL COUTANCE THURSDAY, 25 JUNE 2015 11:28
Discover the 14 winners of the electron d'or 2,015 gold!
The 18th edition of the Golden Electrons, which are given annually by the magazine Electronics, held yesterday, Wednesday, June 24, in the Salons of the Express, in Paris, in the presence of over a hundred people . The awards ceremony was preceded by a conference on the Internet of Things.
The 18th edition of the Golden Electrons, which are given annually by the magazine Electronics, held yesterday, Wednesday, June 24, in the Salons of the Express, in Paris, in the presence of over a hundred people . The awards ceremony was preceded by a conference on the Internet of Things. This conference will be a report that will be online in the day.
14 Electron Or were awarded during the evening, highlighting the 7 best products of the year, 4 innovations in application areas of electronics (automotive / transportation, health / wellness, aerospace / defense , smart building / energy) and three outstanding companies of electronics (better start-up, best distributor, best supplier / company).
These winners were chosen by an independent jury from a list of 70 products, innovations and companies prequalified by writing Electronics. The jury of engineers and experts from R & D and industry, met on 3 June. The evening was moderated by Pascal Coutance, editor of the journal Electronics, who presented the 14 trophies to the winning companies in the company of Aude Portet, head of division of Electro events (company that owns electronic) and official partner of the ceremony (Emmanuel Villand Linear Technology has awarded the "Passive Components / connection", Sylvie Cohen the BIRP presented the award "Products / Technology / Innovation of the Year", Julian Shepherd Eurocomposant presented the award "Smart building / energy," Julien Laval Intel presented the award "Start-up of the year, "Angel Moran Lemo presented the award" equipment supplier / company of the year "). The winners of the 2015 Gold Electrons are: Digital Circuits: Winner: ambiq Micro for its microcontrollers "subthreshold" low consumption Apollo series Analog Circuits / mixed: Winners: DelfMEMS for its RF Switch Technology Mems of SP12T series Passive Components / connection: Winner: CAP-XX for its ultracapacitors "ultra thin" for implementation "wearable" Thinline Series Sensors: Winner: Bosch Sensortec for its weather station on a chip the BME680 series Embedded: Winner: OriginGPS modules for GPS Spider miniatures of the Nano series Instrumentation: Winner: Tektronix digital oscilloscopes for its high-end series of DPO70000SX Products / Technology / Innovation of the Year: Winner: Intel for its technology FinFET 14 nm Automotive / Transportation: Winner: Valeo / Safran for his smart car key on smartphone InBlue and joint R & D partnership providing motor Health / Wellness: Winner: Cityzen Sciences for its connected tee-shirt D Aerospace / Defence: Winner: Microsemi for its FPGA 65nm hardened dedicated to aeronautics Smart Building / Energy: Winner: Semtech for the creation of the Alliance LoRa dedicated to Internet Objects Start-up of the Year: Winner: EnerBee for its micro-generator based on movement, enabling to empower connected objects into energy