Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) Announces Final Winners of 2020 Awards

The Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) has announced the winners of the 2020 GSA Awards. For 25 years, the GSA Awards have recognized the best semiconductor companies in the field. The GSA Awards are designed to continuously recognize semiconductor companies that excel in a variety of areas, from outstanding leadership to financial achievements and overall respect within the industry.

Individual Awards:

Dr. Morris Chang Exemplary Leadership Award

GSA's most respected award, as its name suggests, is intended to recognize industry leaders who have made outstanding contributions to the global semiconductor industry through their outstanding personal vision and leadership, leading industry change, boosting industry development, innovation, growth and long-term opportunities. This year, the committee gave up nominating the winner, mainly because it wanted to personally present this lifetime achievement award.

Women's Influence Rising Star Award

This award recognizes and profiles the next generation of female leaders in the semiconductor industry who, through their recognized abilities, will rise to senior management positions in their organizations. This year the award was presented to Jaya Jagadish, Corporate Vice President of Chip Design Engineering at AMD.

Company Awards:

Most Respected Semiconductor Company Award

GSA members determine the winners in this category by voting for the most respected companies in the industry based on their vision, technology and market leadership. Here are this year's winners:

Most Respected Listed Semiconductor Company Award (Annual Sales Exceeding USD 5 Billion)

●NVIDIA

Most Respected Publicly Listed Semiconductor Company Award (Annual Sales between US$1 billion and US$5 billion)

●Marvell

Most Respected Publicly Listed Semiconductor Company Award (Annual Sales between US$500 million and US$1 billion)

● Inphi

Most Respected Emerging Public Semiconductor Company Award (Annual Sales between US$100 million and US$500 million)

● Lattice

Most Respected Private Semiconductor Company Award

● SiFive

Best Financial Management Semiconductor Company Award

The awards are based on a broad assessment of the financial health and performance of publicly traded semiconductor companies. This year’s winners are:

Best Financial Management Semiconductor Company Award (Annual Sales Below 1 Billion USD)

● Power Intergration

Best Financial Management Semiconductor Company Award (Annual Sales Exceeding USD 1 Billion)

● NVIDIA

Award for New Startup Company with Highlights

GSA's Private Company Awards Committee, comprised of successful executives, entrepreneurs and venture capitalists, selects the winners by identifying a promising startup that has demonstrated the potential to positively transform its market or industry through innovation and market application. This year's winner is Cerebras Systems

As a global organization, GSA recognizes outstanding companies headquartered in the EMEA and APAC regions that have a global presence and demonstrate strong vision, product portfolio and market leadership. There are two awards in this category, which are:

Asia Pacific Outstanding Semiconductor Company Award

● MediaTek 

EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) Outstanding Semiconductor Company Award

● STMicroelectronics

Analysts' Favorite Semiconductor Company Award

Two Analyst Choice Awards were given based on technical and financial performance and future forecasts:

● Vicor was selected by Mr. Quinn Bolton, Managing Director of Needham Investment Bank

● NVIDIA was selected by Mr. Mark Lipacis, General Manager of Jefferies

This year's awards ceremony was attended by nearly 1,500 global executives from the semiconductor and technology industries.

Attached is the list of candidates for this year's GSA awards

Women's Influence Rising Star Award

● Nahomi Aoto, Senior Director of Technology Development, Micron Technology, Inc.

● Karin Eibschitz-Segal, Vice President and General Manager, Intel Israel Development Center and Intel Verification Engineering, Intel Corporation Design Engineering Group

● Jaya Jagadish, Vice President of Chip Design Engineering, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)

● Lisa Chang, Senior Director of Design and Technology Platform, TSMC

Award for New Startup Company with Highlights

● Atmosic Technologies 

● Cerebras Systems 

● BRIDE, Inc.

Most Respected Publicly Listed Semiconductor Company Award (Annual Sales between US$1 billion and US$5 billion) 

● Marvell 

● Qorvo 

● Xilinx, Inc.

Most Respected Emerging Public Semiconductor Company Award (Annual Sales between US$100 million and US$500 million) 

● Ambarella Semiconductor Technology 

● Lattice Semiconductor

● Nordic Semiconductor

Most Respected Publicly Listed Semiconductor Company Award (Annual Sales between US$500 million and US$1 billion) 

● Inphi Corporation 

● Monolithic Power Systems

● Silicon Labs

Most Respected Publicly Listed Semiconductor Company Award (Annual Sales between US$1 billion and US$5 billion)

● Marvell 

● Qorvo 

● Xilinx, Inc.

Most Respected Listed Semiconductor Company Award (Annual Sales Exceeding USD 5 Billion) 

● Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) 

● MediaTek Inc. 

● NVIDIA

Best Financial Management Semiconductor Company Award (Annual Sales Below 1 Billion USD) 

● ASMedia Technology Inc. 

● Parade Technologies, Ltd. 

● PI (Power Integrations)

Best Financial Management Semiconductor Company Award (Annual Sales Exceeding USD 1 Billion)

● ams

● Intel Corporation 

● NVIDIA

Analyst's Favorite Semiconductor Company Award (selected by Mr. Quinn Bolton, Managing Director of Needham Investment Bank) 

● Inphi Corporation 

● SiTime Corporation 

● Vicor Corporation

Analyst's Favorite Semiconductor Company Award (selected by Jefferies Managing Director Mr. Mark Lipacis) 

● Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)

● Inphi Corporation

● NVIDIA

Asia Pacific Outstanding Semiconductor Company Award

● MediaTek, Inc.

● Shenzhen Goodix Technology Co., Ltd.

● UNISOC Technologies Co., Ltd.

EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) Outstanding Semiconductor Company Award

● Graphcore 

● Nordic Semiconductor 

● STMicroelectronics 

● Vaiyar