MEET THE 2025 ELEKTRA AWARD WINNERS!

Congratulations to all winners, highly commended and finalists!

Automotive / Hi-Rel Semiconductor Product of the Year

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Winner: Spacechips, Spacechips Edge 1

Highly Commended: Nordic Semiconductor, nRF9151 SiP module

Best Electronics Workplace Award

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Winner: Cambridge GaN Devices

Consumer Semiconductor - Energy-efficiency

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Winner: Nanopower Semiconductor, nPZero power supervisor IC

Consumer Semiconductor - Microprocessors & Digital Support ICs

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Winner: Innatera, Spiking Neural Processor Pulsar

Consumer Semiconductor - Sensing and Displays

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Winner: NXP Semiconductors, Trimension SR250

Design Team of the Year

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Winner: Celestia UK – Satellite Gateway design team

Design Tool and Development Software Product of the Year

Winner: Siemens EDA, Tessent in-system test

Educational Support Award

Winner: Academy Achievers

Highly Commended: Red Pitaya

Lifetime Achievement Award

Winner: Professor Cyril Hilsum CBE

Manufacturer of the Year

Winner: Axiom Manufacturing Services

Highly Commended: OMC

Medical Semiconductor Product of the Year

Winner: Innatera, Spiking Neural Processor Pulsar

Highly Commended: Nanopower Semiconductor, nPZero power supervisor IC

Passive/Interconnection/Electromechanical Product of the Year

Winner: Pickering Electronics, Series 125 ultra-high density 5mm² reed relays

Power System Product of the Year

Winner: Dukosi, Dukosi Cell Monitoring System (DKCMS)

Highly Commended: Itech Electronics, IT2700 multi-channel modular power system

Rising Star Award

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Winner: Tom Bowman, Metasphere

Smart Building Product of the Year

Winner: Morse Micro, MM8102 Wi-Fi HaLow SoC

Highly Commended: Sensata Technologies, Resonix RGD gas leak detection sensor

Start-up of the Year

Winner: QPT

The Futurist Award

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Winner: Innatera, Spiking Neural Processor Pulsar

Highly Commended: QPT, qIPM 1MHz sine wave motor drive

University Research Readers’ Choice Award

Winner: Teesside and Edinburgh universities, New carbon capture material

 2025 BrightSparks Winners 

Congratulations to all winners!

Jadesola Adelekan, Renesas Electronics

Nikolas Bruce, University of Glasgow

Aurelia Brzezowska, University of Staffordshire

Blake Davies, Imagination Technologies

Harry Ford, HyImpulse

Harry Hale, Leonardo UK

Harry Hill, Imperial College London

Osian Jones, CSA Catapult

Samuel Kennedy, University of Southampton

Sakshi Madaan, Anders Electronics

Peter Metcalfe, Leonardo UK

David Miall, National Oceanography Centre

Katherine Taberer, Leonardo UK

Oliver Tatlow, Leonardo UK

Jeremy Zolnai-Lucas, Imagination Technologies