DECEMBER 8
SANTA CLARA CONVENTION CENTER
5001 GREAT AMERICA PKWY.
SANTA CLARA, CA 95054
GSA recognizes semiconductor companies that have demonstrated excellence through their success, vision, strategy and future opportunities in the industry at its annual Awards Dinner Celebration. It is an honor to be selected as a nominee and an even more distinguished achievement to win a GSA Award.
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AWARDS
Individual Awards
Dr. Morris Chang Exemplary Leadership Award
The Dr. Morris Chang Exemplary Leadership Award recognizes individuals, such as its namesake, Dr. Morris Chang, for their exceptional contributions to drive the development, innovation, growth, and long-term opportunities for the semiconductor industry.
2022 DR. MORRIS CHANG EXEMPLARY LEADERSHIP AWARD RECIPIENT
Steve Sanghi
Executive Chair, Microchip Technology
Steve Sanghi led Microchip Technology from 1990 till February 2021 and was one of the longest serving CEO of a semiconductor company. Mr. Sanghi led the IPO of Microchip (Nasdaq: MCHP) in March 1993 with annual sales of $89M. Under Mr. Sanghi’s leadership, Microchip’s revenue grew to a $5.4 Billion run rate and a market value of approximately $40 Billion. Microchip returned a cumulative stock-price gain of over 263X excluding dividends since the IPO in March 1993. Under Mr. Sanghi’s leadership, Microchip completed its 121st consecutive profitable quarter on December 31, 2020, an achievement unmatched in the semiconductor industry.
Mr. Sanghi recently relinquished his CEO role to his long- time groomed successor within Microchip and became Executive Chair starting March 1, 2021. He also recently joined the board of Impinj, a leading RFID provider and Internet of Things pioneer.
Microchip has also been an industry consolidator, having purchased over 20 companies in the last 12 years. All of them were successfully integrated into Microchip’s business—creating enormous value for the shareholders of Microchip—through business process improvements that brought them to Microchip’s level of financial performance. He is co-author of the book “Driving Excellence: How the Aggregate System Turned Microchip Technology from a Failing Company to a Market Leader (Wiley; April 2006).”
Before joining the Company, Mr. Sanghi was Vice President of Operations at Waferscale Integration, Inc., a semiconductor company, from 1988 to 1990. Mr. Sanghi was employed by Intel Corporation from 1978 to 1988, where he held various positions in management and engineering, the most recent serving as General Manager of Programmable Memory Operations.
In June 1995, Mr. Sanghi received an Arizona Entrepreneur of the Year award. Mr. Sanghi is the only CEO to win Executive of the Year award twice by Electronic Engineering Times. And Microchip is the only company to win Company of the Year award twice by the Arizona Business Leadership Association (ABL). Additionally, Mr. Sanghi has been named to the Phoenix Business Journal’s annual list of the Most Admired CEOs, and the Arizona Technology Council selected Mr. Sanghi as the winner of their 2010 Lifetime Achievement Award. Finally, the Wall Street Journal ranked Mr. Sanghi second among the top 28 long-serving CEOs of the S&P 500.
Mr. Sanghi has served on numerous public and private boards. He was a member of the board of directors of Mellanox Inc (Nasdaq: MLNX), a high- performance Ethernet Interconnect company headquartered in Israel. Mellanox was recently acquired by Nvidia. Mr. Sanghi’s past board of directors service includes Hittite Microwave (Nasdaq: HITT) sold to ADI in 2014, Xyratex, Ltd. (Nasdaq: XRTX) from 2004 to 2014 (sold to Seagate in March 2014), Chairman of the Board of FlipChip International (sold to TSHT of China in 2015), Adflex Solutions (Nasdaq: AFLX) from 1994 to 1999 (sold to Innovex Inc), Artisoft Inc (Nasdaq: ASFT) for two years in the 90s, Vivid Semiconductor (private company funded by Kleiner Perkins, sold to National Semiconductor) and a member of the board of trustees of Kettering University in Flint, Michigan from 2004 to 2012. Mr. Sanghi was also a member of the board of FIRST® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics, a non-profit company formed to inspire young students in the vital areas of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math from April 2007 to April 2016 when he termed out after nine years.
Mr. Sanghi holds a Master of Science degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Massachusetts, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Electronics and Communication from Punjab University, India.
Rising Women of Influence Award
The Rising Women of Influence Award recognizes and profiles the next generation of women leaders in the semiconductor industry. Companies were encouraged to identify women with a technical background and education within their organization that they believe will be one of their key corporate executives over the next three or four years. Nominations were reviewed by an all-female executive committee that selected the top four candidates for recognition at the GSA Annual Awards Celebration.
2022 RISING WOMEN OF INFLUENCE WINNER
Caixia Jiang
Corporate Vice President, Software Development,
AMD
Caixia Jiang is a Corporate Vice President of Software development at AMD, responsible for 3D graphics driver and complier development. She has worked at AMD for 28 years focusing on advancing 3D graphics technology. Prior to…
NOMINEES
Isabelle Ferain
Senior Director Technology Development,
GlobalFoundries
Isabelle is an Electrical Engineer, she started her career in the semiconductor industry in 2001. She has published and co-authored 100+ publications in the field of device engineering. She joined GlobalFoundries 10 years ago. She has successively led …
Lalitha Immaneni
Vice President, Technology Development & Senior Director, Advanced Design & Technology Solutions,
Intel Corporation
Lalitha Immaneni is a Vice President in ATTD (Assembly & Test Technology Development) and the senior director of the Advanced Design and Technology Solutions (ADTS) Department at Intel. She is responsible for delivering technology building blocks for package substrate development, design rules for …
Dr. Yan Li
Vice President, Engineering, Memory Technology,
Western Digital
Dr. Yan Li began working in failure analysis at SanDisk in 1998, before transferring to memory design. She was promoted to vice president in 2018. Whether she is in the lab, probing and running simulations, leading a global project team of ~200 people, or filing…
Private Company Awards
Start-Up to Watch Award
GSA’s Private Awards Committee, comprised of venture capitalists and select serial entrepreneurs in the industry, selects up to two winners for the Start-Up to Watch award by identifying the semiconductor company (or companies) that demonstrates the potential to positively change its market or the semiconductor industry, in general, through the innovative use of semiconductor technology or a new application for semiconductor technology.
Criteria:
- Company must be a semiconductor company.
- Company must be privately held.
- Company must NOT have achieved greater than or equal to $20 million of cumulative product revenue (i.e., cumulative product revenue since market introduction).
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- Ayar Labs
- Rivos Inc.
- Syntiant Corp. – WINNNER
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Most Respected Private Semiconductor Company Award
The industry’s Most Respected Private Semiconductor Company award is designed to identify the private company garnering the most respect from the industry in terms of its products, vision and future opportunity. GSA’s Private Awards Committee reviews all private semiconductor companies, conducts analysis of each company’s performance and likelihood of long-term success, and provides a list of respectable private companies to be voted on by GSA membership. On-line voting takes place to allow GSA members, including semiconductor companies and partners, to cast a ballot for the private semiconductor company they most respect. The selected companies are based on the Committee’s Criteria.
Criteria:
- Company must be a semiconductor company.
- Company must be privately held.
- Company must have achieved a minimum of $20 million of cumulative product revenue (i.e., cumulative product revenue since market introduction).
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- Astera Labs
- SambaNova Systems
- SiFive – WINNER
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Public Company Awards
All public company awards are determined by GSA using public financial data; therefore, nomination forms are unnecessary.
Most Respected Public Semiconductor Company Awards
The industry’s Most Respected Public Semiconductor Company Awards are designed to identify the public companies garnering the most respect from the industry in terms of its products, vision and future opportunities. GSA reviews the criteria below for all publicly traded semiconductor companies for two 12-month periods using preceding quarters Q3, Q4, Q1, and Q2. All companies that meet these criteria are segmented into four separate revenue groups and each GSA member company votes for a single winner of the Most Respected Public Semiconductor Company for each group.
- All publicly traded semiconductor companies
- Company must report $100M or more in total Revenue for each of the two 12-month periods
- Stock price must be greater than $1 USD on JUN 30 for each of the two 12-month periods (applies to U.S.-listed companies only)
- Company must have a Market Capitalization of $250M or more on JUN 30 for each of the two 12-month periods
- YoY company revenue growth must be greater than YoY industry revenue growth for the last two 12-month periods
Most Respected Public Semiconductor Company Revenue Groups:
- Achieving >$5 Billion in Annual Sales
NOMINEES
- AMD – WINNER
- Analog Devices
- NVIDIA
- Achieving $1 Billion to $5 Billion in Annual Sales
NOMINEES
- MaxLinear
- Qorvo – WINNER
- Synaptics
- Achieving $500 Million to $1 Billion in Annual Sales
NOMINEES
- Lattice Semiconductor -WINNER
- Nordic Semiconductor
- Silicon Labs
- Achieving $100 Million to $500 Million in Annual Sales
NOMINEES
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- Ambarella – WINNER
- Magnachip Semiconductor
- SiTime Corporation
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Best Financially Managed Semiconductor Company Award
The Best Financially Managed Semiconductor Company Award is derived based on a broad evaluation of the financial health and performance of public semiconductor companies. Numerous financial metrics as well as their respective rates of change or year-over-year improvement are analyzed. These financial metrics transverse various categories including but not limited to growth rates, margins, cash flow, profitability ratios, efficiency ratios and return on capital. All companies are ranked on each metric as well as its rate of change, and then the overall performance is compared to the peer universe to determine the winner.
This award has two categories:
- Achieving Greater than $1 Billion in Annual Sales
NOMINEES
- Broadcom – WINNER
- Macronix International Co., Ltd.
- MaxLinear
- Achieving Up to $1 Billion in Annual Sales
NOMINEES
- Lattice Semiconductor
- Power Integrations
- SiTime Corporation – WINNER
Analyst Favorite Semiconductor Company Award
Semiconductor financial analysts from top-tier firms select their favorite semiconductor company for this award. The analysts base their decision on historical, as well as projected data, such as stock price, earnings per share, revenue forecasts and product performance.
(Chosen by managing director Quinn Bolton of Needham & Company, LLC)
NOMINEES
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- Credo Technology Group
- MaxLinear
- Monolithic Power Systems – WINNER
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(Chosen by managing director Mark Lipacis of Jefferies, LLC)
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- Analog Devices
- Marvell
- NVIDIA – WINNER
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Regional Awards
As a global alliance, GSA introduced an award specifically for the Europe/Middle East/Africa (EMEA) and Asia-Pacific (APAC) regions. The awards will recognize a semiconductor company headquartered in each respective region that clearly demonstrates the most strength when measuring products, vision, leadership and success in the marketplace. GSA’s APAC and EMEA Leadership Councils will determine the nominees and the winners of their respective regions.
- Outstanding Asia-Pacific Semiconductor Company Award
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- Montage Technology
- Renesas Electronics Corporation – WINNER
- Winbond Electronics Corporation
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- Outstanding EMEA Semiconductor Company Award
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- Kandou
- Nordic Semiconductor
- NXP Semiconductors
- STMicroelectronics – WINNER
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2019 HIGHLIGHTS
REGISTRATION
EARLY BIRD September 16 - October 21
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Seat (Member) $225
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Seat (Non-Member) $325
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Table (Member) $2000
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Table (Non-Member) $3000
STANDARD RATE October 22 - November 14
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Seat (Member) $275
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Seat (Non-Member) $375
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Table (Member) $2500
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Table (Non-Member) $3500
LATE/ONSITE RATE November 15 - December 8
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Seat (Member) $325
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Seat (Non-Member) $425
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Table* (Member) $3200
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Table* (Non-Member) $4200
*Tables include 10 seats
TRAVEL
To help make your experience as convenient as possible, GSA has arranged a special room rate at the Avatar Hotel for attendees of the 2022 GSA Awards Dinner Celebration. Please contact the Awards Registration Team at any time if you have questions about travel arrangements.
GSA’s preferred hotel for the 2022 Awards Dinner Celebration is the Avatar Hotel.
4200 Great America Parkway
Santa Clara, CA 95054
You can reserve a room online or call (800) 233-1234. Please specify the group code “G-GSA1” under the group name of Global Semiconductor Alliance when requesting a reservation.
For more specific details about room reservations and rates at the Avatar Hotel, please visit our FAQ page.
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