The Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) is pleased to announce the 2020 award nominees for the GSA Awards Virtual Ceremony. This year’s event will be hosted virtually on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020 and will feature virtual networking before the program begins. Although it has been a challenging year for all, GSA looks forward to celebrating the resilience and achievements of the semiconductor industry. The program will recognize individuals and companies that have demonstrated excellence through their vision, innovation, execution, and future opportunity. The 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 award 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
- Nahomi Aoto, Senior Director, Technology Development, Micron Technology, Inc.
- Karin Eibschitz-Segal, VP & GM of Intel Israel Development Center and Intel Validation Engineering in the Design Engineering Group, Intel Corporation
- Jaya Jagadish, Corporate VP, Silicon Design Engineering, AMD
- Lie-Szu Juang, Senior Director of Design Technology and Platform, TSMC
Start-Up to Watch Award
- Atmosic Technologies
- Cerebras Systems
- NUVIA, Inc.
Most Respected Private Semiconductor Company Award
- Graphcore
- Innovium
- SiFive
Most Respected Emerging Public Semiconductor Company Award
(Achieving $100 to $500 Million in Annual Sales)
- Ambarella
- Lattice Semiconductor
- Nordic Semiconductor
Most Respected Public Semiconductor Company Award
(Achieving $500 Million to $1 Billion in Annual Sales)
- Inphi Corporation
- Monolithic Power Systems (MPS)
- Silicon Labs
Most Respected Public Semiconductor Company Award
(Achieving $1 Billion to $5 Billion in Annual Sales)
- Marvell
- Qorvo
- Xilinx, Inc.
Most Respected Public Semiconductor Company Award
(Achieving Greater than $5 Billion in Annual Sales)
- AMD
- MediaTek Inc.
- NVIDIA
Best Financially Managed Semiconductor Company Award
(Achieving Up to $1 Billion in Annual Sales)
- ASMedia Technology Inc.
- Parade Technologies, Ltd.
- Power Integrations
Best Financially Managed Semiconductor Company Award
(Achieving Greater than $1 Billion in Annual Sales)
- ams
- Intel Corporation
- NVIDIA
Analyst Favorite Semiconductor Company Award
(chosen by managing director Quinn Bolton of Needham & Company, LLC)
- Inphi Corporation
- SiTime Corporation
- Vicor Corporation
Analyst Favorite Semiconductor Company Award
(chosen by managing director Mark Lipacis of Jefferies, LLC)
- AMD
- Inphi Corporation
- NVIDIA
Outstanding Asia Pacific Semiconductor Company Award
- MediaTek Inc.
- Shenzhen Goodix Technology Co., Ltd.
- UNISOC Technologies Co., Ltd.
Outstanding EMEA Semiconductor Company Award
- Graphcore
- Nordic Semiconductor
- STMicroelectronics
- Vayyar