Silicon 60

EETimes Silicon 60 list of emerging companies is always interesting.
EETimes.com | Electronics Industry News for EEs & Engineering Managers

Companies that caught my attention:
* http://www.emotiv.com/control you computer by thinking
* http://www.frescomicrochip.com/ add broadcast TV to your set-top box with one chip
* http://www.lightblueoptics.com/ laser based picoprojector chips
* http://www.energymicro.com/ another Cortex-M3 licencee claiming energy efficient processors
* http://www.ozmodevices.com/ Wi-Fi PAN for 802.11 WLAN devices
* http://www.nanoradio.com/ low power 802.11
* http://www.siliconhive.com embedded multicore processing system
* http://www.tiempo-ic.com/ Asynchronous uController claiming 4mA for 100 MIPS, but I only see mention of an assembler, not a C compiler.