2020 Global Semiconductor Alliance Award Nominees Announced

Awards to be Presented at the GSA Awards Virtual Ceremony on Dec. 3  

SAN JOSE, Calif. (Nov. 5, 2020) – 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

About the GSA Awards Virtual Program:

The annual GSA Awards Celebration is the industry’s premier event. Each year the GSA recognizes companies that have demonstrated excellence through their vision, strategy, execution and future opportunity. The celebration honors the achievements of semiconductor companies in several categories ranging from outstanding leadership to financial accomplishments, as well as overall respect within the industry. This year’s Virtual Celebration will start at 10 am PST with virtual networking, followed by the virtual event at 10:30 am PST. To make reservations for the Awards Virtual Ceremony, please visit the event website.

About GSA

GSA is Where Leaders Meet to establish an efficient, profitable and sustainable high technology global ecosystem encompassing semiconductors, software, solutions, systems and services. A leading industry organization that represents more than 25 countries and 250 corporate members, including 100 public companies, GSA provides a unique, neutral platform for collaboration, where global executives interface and innovate with peers, partners and customers to accelerate industry growth and maximize return on invested and intellectual capital. Members of the GSA represent 70 percent of the $450B+ semiconductor industry and continue to grow. Follow GSA on LinkedIn,  Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube and WeChat.

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GSA Contact:
Traci Brandon
(972) 866-7579 ext. 151
tbrandon@gsaglobal.org

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