Kernel Capital Investee Company ChipSensors
Ltd receives prestigious endorsements
April 25, 2008: The European Frost & Sullivan Technology Innovation Award in the field
of sensors has been awarded to the Irish Company ChipSensors Ltd. The
Company has also been named in the EE Times Silicon 60 Emerging Start-Ups
list.
2007 European Frost & Sullivan Award
April 2008, ChipSensors Ltd. has been selected by Frost & Sullivan as
the winner of its 2007 Award for Technology Innovation. Each year, Frost
& Sullivan presents this Award to a company that has demonstrated excellence
in developing new products and technologies within its high-tech industry.
As per Frost and Sullivan, "This award recognizes the quality and depth
of a company's research and development programme as well as the vision
and risk-taking that enabled it to undertake such an endeavour."
ChipSensors Ltd, a fabless semiconductor start-up company, has unveiled
a breakthrough in semiconductor technology that enables the surface
of the chip itself to sense parameters such as temperature, humidity,
certain gases and pathogens. The technology could be used to add functions
to present day chips such as processors, or to produce new types of
integrated smart sensor and is expected to bring significant contributions
to the industry. ChipSensors Ltd was founded in 2006 with its Headquarters
based in Limerick, Kernel Capital are founding investors in the Company.
Previous award recipients in this category include Swedish-based SenseAir
AB.
About Frost & Sullivan
Founded in 1961, Frost & Sullivan is recognized as a global leader in
growth consulting. Frost & Sullivan Awards are presented to companies
that demonstrate excellence in their industry, commending the diligence,
commitment, and innovative business strategies required to advance in
the global marketplace. For further information, visit www.frost.com.
EE Times Silicon 60 Emerging Start-Ups list
April 2008, EETimes European News Director Peter Clarke named Kernel
Investee Company ChipSensors Ltd in the EE Times 60 Emerging Startups
list in recognition of the company's compelling technology and maturity
amongst other factors. The EE Times 60 Emerging Startups list, first
published in April 2004, has been updated to version 7.0 to reflect
the latest corporate, commercial, technology and market conditions.
ChipSensors is one of fifteen new companies added to the impressive
list.
In making the announcement, EE Times noted that startups on the Silicon
60 list include companies involved in semiconductor chips, memory, MEMS,
EDA software, embedded applications, foundry manufacturing, semiconductor
production equipment, electronics subsystems, packaging and materials
that made an impression on EE Times editors, adding that these are emerging
companies to watch for a wide variety of reasons. Editors noted that
companies were selected based on a mix of criteria including technology,
intended market, maturity, financial position and management and investment
profile.
About EE Times
EE Times is the online source of global news for the creators of technology.
Since 1978, EE Times' has provided engineers and technical managers
with timely, relevant news, analysis and opinion - of both technology
and business - to help them keep their fingers on the pulse of the industry
and to enable them to make the most informed business, technology and
product decisions involving their designs. For further information,
visit www.eetimes.com.
For additional information visit www.chipsensors.com
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