Awards to be Presented at the GSA Awards Celebration on Dec. 4
SAN JOSE, Calif. (Nov. 6, 2025) – The Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) is pleased to announce its 2025 award nominees. The prestigious awards will be presented at GSA’s Awards Celebration on Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025. This year’s program will celebrate the achievements of the semiconductor industry.
The Awards Celebration will recognize individuals and companies that have demonstrated excellence through their vision, innovation, execution, and future opportunities. 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 2025 Dr. Morris Chang Exemplary Leadership Award recipient is Dr. Tsu-Jae King Liu, President, National Academy of Engineering.
The award categories and nominees (in alphabetical order) are as follows:
Women of Influence Award
- Karin Inbar, Distinguished Engineer, Senior System & Firmware Architect, Sandisk
- Rong Pan, Corporate Vice President, AMD
- Viji Ranganna, Director at Google Silicon, Google
- Sherry Xu, Partner, Chief SoC Architect, Microsoft
Start-Up to Watch Award
- Axiado
- Enfabrica
- Lumotive
- nEye.ai
Most Respected Private Semiconductor Company Award
- Auradine Inc.
- d-Matrix
- SiFive
Most Respected Emerging Public Semiconductor Company Award
(Achieving $100 to $500 Million in Annual Sales)
- Ambarella
- ASPEED Technology
- Lattice Semiconductor
Most Respected Public Semiconductor Company Award
(Achieving $500 Million to $1 Billion in Annual Sales)
- Astera Labs
- Credo
- Rambus Inc.
Most Respected Public Semiconductor Company Award
(Achieving $1 Billion to $5 Billion in Annual Sales)
- Diodes Incorporated
- Microchip Technology Inc.
- Qorvo
Most Respected Public Semiconductor Company Award
(Achieving Greater than $5 Billion in Annual Sales)
- AMD
- Marvell Technology
- NVIDIA
Best Financially Managed Semiconductor Company Award
(Achieving Greater than $1 Billion in Annual Sales)
- Broadcom
- Qualcomm
- SK hynix
Best Financially Managed Semiconductor Company Award
(Achieving Up to $1 Billion in Annual Sales)
- Astera Labs
- ASPEED Technology
- Credo
Analyst Favorite Semiconductor Company Award
(Chosen by managing director Blayne Curtis of Jefferies, LLC)
- Astera Labs
- Broadcom
- NVIDIA
Outstanding Asia Pacific Semiconductor Company Award
- MediaTek
- Samsung Semiconductor
- SK hynix
Outstanding EMEA Semiconductor Company Award
- Infineon Technologies
- Kandou AI
- Nordic Semiconductor
- NXP Semiconductors
About the GSA Awards Celebration:
The GSA Awards Celebration is the industry’s premier annual event attracting more than 1500 leaders to celebrate the accomplishments of this industry and honor the best performing companies and top leaders. Each year, the GSA recognizes companies that have demonstrated excellence through their vision, strategy, execution, and future opportunities. 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. Learn more here.
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 300 corporate members, including 122 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 84% of the $662 billion semiconductor industry and continue to grow.
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GSA Contact: Jessica Mueller jmueller@gsaglobal.org