2020 GSA Awards Virtual Ceremony Video
Congratulations to the 2020 GSA Award Winners!
Individual Awards:
Rising Women of Influence Award
This award recognizes and profiles the next generation of women leaders in the semiconductor industry that are believed to be rising to top executive roles within their organizations. This year’s award was presented to Jaya Jagadish, Corporate Vice President, Silicon Design Engineering at AMD.
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Company Awards:
Most Respected Semiconductor Companies
GSA members identified the winners in this category by casting ballots for the industry’s most respected companies, judged for their vision, technology and market leadership. Below are this year’s recipients:
Most Respected Public Semiconductor Company Achieving Greater than $5 Billion in Annual Sales
Most Respected Public Semiconductor Company Achieving $1 Billion to $5 Billion in Annual Sales
Most Respected Public Semiconductor Company Achieving $500 Million to $1 Billion in Annual Sales
Most Respected Emerging Public Semiconductor Company Achieving $100 Million to $500 Million in Annual Sales
Most Respected Private Company
Best Financially Managed Semiconductor Companies
These awards are derived from a broad evaluation of the financial health and performance of public semiconductor companies. Below are this year’s recipients:
Best Financially Managed Semiconductor Company Achieving up to $1 Billion in Annual Sales
Best Financially Managed Semiconductor Company Achieving Greater than $1 Billion in Annual Sales
Start-Up to Watch
GSA’s Private Awards Committee, comprised of successful executives, entrepreneurs and venture capitalists, chose the winner by identifying a promising startup that has demonstrated the potential to positively change its market or the industry through innovation and market application. This year’s winner is Cerebras Systems.
As a global organization, the GSA recognizes outstanding companies headquartered in the Europe/Middle East/Africa and Asia-Pacific regions having a global impact and demonstrating a strong vision, portfolio and market leadership. Two awards were presented in this category:
Outstanding Asia-Pacific Semiconductor Company
Outstanding EMEA Semiconductor Company
Analyst Favorite Semiconductor Company
Two analyst pick awards were presented based on technology and financial performance as well as future projections:
- Vicor Corporation was chosen by Quinn Bolton, Managing Director at Needham & Company, LLC
- NVIDIAÂ was chosen by Mark Lipacis, Managing Director at Jefferies, LLC