The Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) is pleased to announce the 2019 award nominees for the GSA Awards Dinner Celebration. The event features a Master of Ceremonies format hosted by Katie Linendoll, an Emmy Award-winning TV personality, writer, technology expert, global technology consultant, and one of the leading women in the field of technology. The celebration takes place on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, Calif. The program will recognize individuals and companies that have demonstrated excellence through their vision, innovation, execution and future opportunity. These nominees will be honored for their achievements in several categories ranging from outstanding leadership to financial accomplishments, as well as overall respect within the industry.
The 2019 Dr. Morris Chang Exemplary Leadership Award recipient is James C. Morgan, Chairman Emeritus of Applied Materials, Inc.
The evening’s program will recognize leading semiconductor companies that have exhibited market growth through technological innovation and exceptional business management strategies. The award categories and nominees (in alphabetical order) are as follows:
Rising Women of Influence Award
- Amber Huffman, Fellow & Chief Technologist for Data Center IP in the Silicon Engineering Group, Intel Corporation
- Dr. Marta Karczewicz, Vice President of Technology, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
- Suzanne Plummer, Corporate Vice President of Design Engineering, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
- Dr. Linda Somerville, Corporate Vice President, Technology Development, Mask and Materials Characterization, Micron Technology, Inc.
Start-Up to Watch Award
- Atmosic Technologies
- Habana Labs
- SambaNova Systems
Most Respected Private Semiconductor Company Award
- Montage Technology Co., Ltd.
- Redpine Signals, Inc.
- SiFive, Inc.
Most Respected Emerging Public Semiconductor Company Award
(Achieving $100 to $500 Million in Annual Sales)
- MagnaChip Semiconductor
- Nordic Semiconductor
- Parade Technologies, Ltd.
Most Respected Public Semiconductor Company Award
(Achieving $500 Million to $1 Billion in Annual Sales)
- Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. (MPS)
- Shenzhen Goodix Technology Co., Ltd.
- Silicon Labs
Most Respected Public Semiconductor Company Award
(Achieving $1 Billion to $5 Billion in Annual Sales)
- ams AG
- Dialog Semiconductor
- Xilinx, Inc.
Most Respected Public Semiconductor Company Award
(Achieving Greater than $5 Billion in Annual Sales)
- Analog Devices, Inc.
- Broadcom Inc.
- Infineon Technologies AG
Best Financially Managed Semiconductor Company Award
(Achieving Up to $1 Billion in Annual Sales)
- Parade Technologies, Ltd.
- Shenzhen Goodix Technology Co., Ltd.
- Silergy Corp.
Best Financially Managed Semiconductor Company Award
(Achieving Greater than $1 Billion in Annual Sales)
- Dialog Semiconductor
- Mellanox Technologies
- Xilinx, Inc.
Analyst Favorite Semiconductor Company Award
(chosen by managing director Rajvindra Gill of Needham & Company, LLC)
- Microchip Technology Inc.
- NXP Semiconductors
- ON Semiconductor
Analyst Favorite Semiconductor Company Award
(chosen by managing director Mark Lipacis of Jefferies, LLC)
- Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
- Inphi Corporation
- Lattice Semiconductor Corporation
Outstanding Asia Pacific Semiconductor Company Award
- MediaTek, Inc.
- Montage Technology Co., Ltd.
- T-Head Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
Outstanding EMEA Semiconductor Company Award
- ams AG
- Graphcore
- Infineon Technologies AG
- Nordic Semiconductor