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EE Times Names National Instruments Small/Medium Company of the Year
AUSTIN, Texas-(Business Wire)-May 1, 2008 - EE Times recently awarded National Instruments (Nasdaq: NATI) its 2008 Annual Creativity in Electronics (ACE) Award for Small/Medium Company of the Year at a gala event held during TechInsight's Embedded Systems Conference Silicon Valley, the largest electronic systems design event in North America. The EE Times ACE Awards celebrate the creators of technology who demonstrate leadership and innovation in the global industry.
"This year's ACE Awards winners mark a shift in the industry, as the electronics industry becomes more focused on creating technologies attractive to consumers - from educational toys, to microphones, cell phones and light sensors," said Junko Yoshida, editor in chief of EE Times. "The 2008 winners represent the execution of forward-thinking technologies and creativity that captures the imagination of consumers, illustrating the influence that electronics and embedded design professionals have on today's culture."
EE Times ACE Awards are presented in 20 categories and are judged by a blue-ribbon panel of academic and industry experts. The judges chose winners in seven categories, including Company of the Year Small/Medium (under $750 million USD in revenue). Winners in the additional 13 categories are either peer-to-peer or editorially selected. Finalists for Small/Medium Company of the Year included Green Hills Software, Moschip Semiconductor, Silicon Laboratories Inc. and Wind River Systems.
"The ACE Awards are among the electronics industry's highest honors and we are excited that EE Times chose National Instruments for Company of the Year," said Dr. James Truchard, president, CEO and cofounder of National Instruments. "With a focus on innovation and continuous improvement, NI has brought the capabilities of embedded design to a broad audience of domain experts."
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About National Instruments
National Instruments (www.ni.com) is transforming the way engineers and scientists design, prototype and deploy systems for measurement, automation and embedded applications. NI empowers customers with off-the-shelf software such as NI LabVIEW and modular cost-effective hardware, and sells to a broad base of more than 25,000 different companies worldwide, with no one customer representing more than 3 percent of revenue and no one industry representing more than 10 percent of revenue. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, NI has more than 4,800 employees and direct operations in nearly 40 countries. For the past nine years, FORTUNE magazine has named NI one of the 100 best companies to work for in America. Readers can obtain investment information from the company's investor relations department by calling 512-683-5090, e-mailing nati@ni.com or visiting www.ni.com/nati.
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