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Product Awards and Recognitions

Actel has garnered several industry accolades for our market leading products in FPGAs. Our list of awards and recognitions is a testament to our innovation and commitment to the FPGA design community. We are honored to receive these awards for our achievements.

2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006

Military Embedded Systems Editors Choice

European Elektra 2010 - Embedded System Product of the Year Award

2010 VDC Research's Embeddy Award for Best in Show Hardware

2009 EDN China Innovation Award - WINNER

2011 Awards

Elettronica News "Innovation Award 2011" — WINNER
SmartFusion cSoCs named a winner in Electtronica News Innovation Awards in the Programmable Logic and SoC category.

2010 Awards

	2011 EDN "Innovation Award" — WINNER SmartFusion intelligent mixed signal FPGAsnamed a winner in EDN's annual Innovation Awards in the Digital ICs category.
	2010 Military Embedded Systems "Editor's Choice" — WINNER SmartFusion intelligent mixed signal FPGAs received the Editor's Choice by Military Embedded Systems Magazine.
	2010 Electronics Products China "Product of the Year" — WINNER SmartFusion intelligent mixed signal FPGAs was selected as 2010 Electronic Products Product of the Year. SmartFusion combines FPGA, Cortex-M3 and programmable analog
	2010 Electronic Products "Product of the Year" — WINNER SmartFusion intelligent mixed signal FPGAs was selected as 2010 Electronic Products Product of the Year. SmartFusion combines FPGA, Cortex-M3 and programmable analog.
	Electronic Designs'2010 "Best Electronic Design" Award — WINNER SmartFusion intelligent mixed signal FPGAs won the Electronic Designs' Best Electronic Design award for 2010. SmartFusion FPGAs were awarded top honors in the Digital—FPGA category.
	Elektra 2010 "Embedded System Product of the Year" Award — WINNER SmartFusion intelligent mixed signal FPGAs won the Elektra 2010 European Electronics Industry Awards in the Embedded System Product of the Year category.
	*2010 EDN* "China Leading Product Award" — WINNER** SmartFusion intelligent mixed signal FPGAs received the 2010 Electronics Design News (EDN) China Leading Product Award in the Programmable Logic category.
	*2010 VDC Research's* "Embeddy Award for Best in Show, Hardware" — WINNER** SmartFusion intelligent mixed signal FPGAs received the Embeddy Award for Best in Show, Hardware, at Embedded Systems Conference (ESC) Boston 2010.

2009 Awards

	*2009 EDN* "Hot 100 Electronics Products" — WINNER** Actel ProASIC3 FPGA family was selected as one of 2009's Hot 100 Electronics Products in the Programmable ICs products category.
	*2009 EDN China* Innovation Award — WINNER** Actel's IGLOO nano FPGAs were voted the 2009 Leading Product in the Programmable Logic category by EDN China.

2008 Awards

	*2008 Electronic Products China* Product of the Year — WINNER** Actel's IGLOO nano was selected as 2008 Product of the Year in the FPGA category by Electronic Products China.
	*2008 EDN* "Hot 100 Electronics Products" — WINNER** Actel RTAX-DSP was selected as one of 2008's Hot 100 Electronics Products in the Digital, Memory and Programmable IC products category.
	*2008 BEST Electronic Design* Technology Award — WINNER** The Actel IGLOO and ProASIC3 FPGA families were awarded Best All-Around FPGAs in Penton Media's Best Electronic Design Competition for 2008.
	*2008 EDN China* Innovation Award — WINNER** Actel's Libero Integrated Design Environment (IDE) won the 2008 EDN China Leading Product Award in the Development Tool and Software Category.
	*2008 EDN China* Innovation Award — WINNER** Actel IGLOO PLUS won the 2008 EDN China Leading Product Award for Digital ICs and Programmable Logic.
	*2008 Electronic Product Design* E-Legacy Awards — FINALIST** Actel's IGLOO PLUS FPGA family was shortlisted as one of the finalists in the "Environmental Design" category.
	*2008 Portable Design China* Power Management Survey Awards — WINNER** The Actel IGLOO FPGA family was recognized by Portable Design China as one of the industry's Top 5 Overall Best Products and received a Best Product Award in the software-compatibility category.
	*2008 Portable Design* Editor's Choice Awards — WINNER** Actel's ProASIC3L FPGAs were awarded the 2008 Editor's Choice award for programmable logic by Portable Design magazine.

2007 Awards

	*2007 EDN China* Innovation Award — WINNER** Actel IGLOO takes home the 2007 EDN China Leading Product Award for Digital ICs and Programmable Logic.
	*2007 Portable Design China* Reader Survey Awards — WINNER** Actel's IGLOO was recognized in the "Power Consumption" category by Portable Design China readers.
	*2007 EE Times* ACE Awards — WINNER** Actel's low-power IGLOO family has been named the Ultimate Product of the Year for Logic, Interface & Programmable Logic.
	*2007 EE Times* China ACE Awards – FINALIST** Actel's Fusion mixed-signal FPGA was shortlisted as one of the finalists in the Logic & Programmable Logic category.

2006 Awards

	*2006 EDN* "Hot 100 Products of the Year" — WINNER** Actel IGLOO was selected by EDN magazine as one of the top 100 hot products in 2006 in the Digital and Programmable ICs category.
	EE Times' Ultimate Products for Q3 2006 — RUNNER UP Actel IGLOO was selected by EE Times editors as an ultimate product in Q3 in the Logic and Programmable Logic category.
	ECN 2006 Technology Awards — WINNER Actel Fusion has been chosen as a winner of ECN's 2006 Technology Awards in the Integrated Circuits category.
	2006 IEC DesignVision Award — WINNER Actel Fusion was awarded the DesignVision Award in the Semiconductor & ICs category. This award recognizes technologies, applications, products, and services judged to be the most unique and beneficial to the industry.
	2006 Electron d'Or Award — WINNER Actel Fusion was awarded the Electron d'Or award for Best Innovative Programmable Logic Product of the Year.
	*2006 EEPW* Editor's Choice Award — WINNER** Actel Fusion was awarded the 2006 Editor's Choice Award for "Best Embedded System Product" by China's Electronics Engineering & Product World magazine.
	*2006 EDN China* Leading Product Award — WINNER** Actel Fusion takes home the 2006 EDN China Leading Product Award.
	*2006 Electronics Weekly* Elektra Awards — FINALIST** Actel Fusion was shortlisted by Electronics Weekly for the Elektra 06 European Electronics Industry Award in the Semiconductor Product of the Year category.
	*2006 EE Times* ACE Awards — FINALIST** Actel Fusion was nominated by EE Times for the Annual Creativity in Electronics (ACE) award in the Design Team of the Year category.