2023 GSA Awards Dinner – December 7, 2023

4:00PM

EVENT CHECK-IN

5:00PM

NETWORKING RECEPTION

6:30PM

AWARDS CEREMONY

DECEMBER 7
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.

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.

2023 DR. MORRIS CHANG EXEMPLARY LEADERSHIP AWARD RECIPIENT

Rick Tsai
CEO & Vice Chairman , MediaTek

Dr. Rick (Lih Shyng) Tsai is the CEO and Vice Chairman of MediaTek, where he oversees worldwide businesses, product strategies, technology, engineering, research and development, manufacturing operations, and information technology. Dr. Tsai has cemented MediaTek as a leader across a wide variety of market segments and has driven the company to record revenue. Under his leadership MediaTek has increased its mobile market share to become the No. 1 provider for smartphone SoCs. Not only has MediaTek grown its global mobile market share, but the company has significantly expanded its presence in the U.S., Europe, and Japan. MediaTek is also the leader for smart TVs, voice assistants, Arm-based Chromebooks, and Android tablets, in addition to being the No. 1 Wi-Fi supplier across broadband, retail routers, consumer electronics devices, and gaming. In total, MediaTek powers more than two billion devices a year and its technology is in more than one-in-five homes around the world.

Before joining MediaTek in 2017, Dr. Tsai served as chairman of Chunghwa Telecom, Taiwan’s largest telecommunications service provider. Prior to that, Dr. Tsai worked at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) as President and CEO from 2005 to 2009. Before being appointed CEO, he served in other roles at TSMC including COO, Vice President of Worldwide Marketing and Sales, and two terms as Executive Vice President of Operations. Between these two terms, Dr. Tsai was President of Vanguard International Semiconductor, a specialty IC foundry service provider. Dr. Tsai received his bachelor’s degree of science in physics from National Taiwan University in Taipei and holds a Ph.D. in materials science and engineering from Cornell University.

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.

2023 RISING WOMEN OF INFLUENCE WINNER

NOMINEES

Thy Tran - WINNER

Vice President of Global Frontend Procurement

Micron Technology, Inc.

Thy Tran, Vice President of Global Frontend Procurement at Micron Technology, Inc., recently transitioned from her prior role as VP of DRAM Process Integration where she led a global team in the US and Asia to drive DRAM technology development…

Hui Peng Koh

VP & GM Fab Management

GlobalFoundries

Hui Peng Koh is Vice President and General Manager of GF’s New York advanced semiconductor facility, a position she was appointed to in May 2023. Ms. Koh brings more than 23 years of…

Rozi Roufoogaran

Sr. Director of RFIC Engineering

NXP Semiconductors

Rozi Roufoogaran is the Senior Director of RFIC Engineering at NXP, leading the Ultra-Wideband technology radio development. The products she has lead are shipping today in many of the tier 1 m…

Johanna Swan

Intel Fellow, Director of Package Research and Systems Solutions in Components Research within Technology Development

Intel Corporation

Johanna M. Swan is an Intel Fellow and the Director of Package Research and Systems Solutions in Components Research within Technology Development at Intel Corporation. She leads a multidisciplinary team of researchers charged with…

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).

Nominees:

AmberSemi
Celestial AI
Lightelligence
SiMa.ai – WINNER

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).

Nominees:

Astera Labs – WINNER
Cerebras Systems
SiFive

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
NVIDIA – WINNER
STMicroelectronics

Achieving $1 Billion to $5 Billion in Annual Sales

Nominees:

Allegro MicroSystems
Monolithic Power Systems
Silicon Labs – WINNER

Achieving $500 Million to $1 Billion in Annual Sales

Nominees:

Lattice Semiconductor – WINNER
MACOM Technology Solutions, Inc.
Nordic Semiconductor
Wolfspeed

Achieving $100 Million to $500 Million in Annual Sales

Nominees:

Ambarella
Credo Technology Group
Rambus – WINNER

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
NVIDIA – WINNER
STMicroelectronics

Achieving Up to $1 Billion in Annual Sales

Nominees:

Lattice Semiconductor – WINNER
MACOM Technology Solutions, Inc.
Melexis

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.

Nominees:
(Chosen by managing director Quinn Bolton of Needham & Company, LLC)

Credo Technology Group – WINNER
Lattice Semiconductor
Navitas Semiconductor

Nominees:
(Chosen by managing director Mark Lipacis of Jefferies, LLC)

MACOM Technology Solutions, Inc. – WINNER
onsemi
Rambus

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
- Nominees:
  - MediaTek – WINNER
  - Renesas Electronics Corporation
  - Samsung Semiconductor

Outstanding EMEA Semiconductor Company Award
- Nominees:
  - Infineon Technologies
  - NXP Semiconductors
  - Robert Bosch GmbH – WINNER
  - STMicroelectronics

2023 HIGHLIGHTS

REGISTRATION

STANDARD RATE September 15 - November 16

Seat (Member) $300
Seat (Non-Member) $499
Table (Member) $2900
Table (Non-Member) $4000

LATE/ONSITE RATE November 17 - December 6

Seat (Member) $400
Seat (Non-Member) $599
Table* (Member) $3600
Table* (Non-Member) $4700

*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.