The Global Semiconductor Alliance ( GSA) is pleased to announce its 2022 award nominees. The prestigious awards will be presented at GSA’s Awards Celebration on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022. This year’s program will celebrate the achievements of the semiconductor industry and the excitement of being back together in person.

The Awards Celebration will recognize individuals and companies that have demonstrated excellence through their vision, innovation, execution, and future opportunity. 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 2022 Dr. Morris Chang Exemplary Leadership Award recipient is Steve Sanghi, Executive Chair of Microchip Technology.

The award categories and nominees (in alphabetical order) are as follows:

Rising Women of Influence Award

• Isabelle Ferain, Senior Director Technology Development, GlobalFoundries
• Lalitha Immaneni, Vice President, Technology Development & Senior Director, Advanced Design & Technology Solutions, Intel Corporation
• Caixia Jiang, Corporate Vice President, Software Development, AMD
• Yan Li, Vice President, Engineering, Memory Technology, Western Digital

Start-Up to Watch Award

• Ayar Labs
• Rivos Inc.
• Syntiant Corp.

Most Respected Private Semiconductor Company Award

• Astera Labs
• SambaNova Systems
• SiFive

Most Respected Emerging Public Semiconductor Company Award (Achieving $100 to $500 Million in Annual Sales)

• Ambarella
• MagnaChip Semiconductor
• SiTime Corporation

Most Respected Public Semiconductor Company Award (Achieving $500 Million to $1 Billion in Annual Sales)

• Lattice Semiconductor
• Nordic Semiconductor
• Silicon Labs

Most Respected Public Semiconductor Company Award (Achieving $1 Billion to $5 Billion in Annual Sales)

• MaxLinear
• Qorvo
• Synaptics

Most Respected Public Semiconductor Company Award (Achieving Greater than $5 Billion in Annual Sales)

• AMD
• Analog Devices
• NVIDIA

Best Financially Managed Semiconductor Company Award (Achieving Up to $1 Billion in Annual Sales)

• Lattice Semiconductor
• Power Integrations
• SiTime Corporation

Best Financially Managed Semiconductor Company Award (Achieving Greater than $1 Billion in Annual Sales)

• Broadcom
• Macronix International Co., Ltd.
• MaxLinear
  
  

Analyst Favorite Semiconductor Company Award (Chosen by managing director Quinn Bolton of Needham & Company, LLC)

• Credo Technology Group
• MaxLinear
• Monolithic Power Systems

Analyst Favorite Semiconductor Company Award (Chosen by managing director Mark Lipacis of Jefferies, LLC)

• Analog Devices
• Marvell
• NVIDIA

Outstanding Asia Pacific Semiconductor Company Award

• Montage Technology
• Renesas Electronics Corporation
• Winbond Electronics Corporation

Outstanding EMEA Semiconductor Company Award

• Kandou
• Nordic Semiconductor
• NXP Semiconductors
• STMicroelectronics

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 opportunity. 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. To register for this year’s celebration, please visit the  Awards registration page.

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 on six continents, including more than 120 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 70 percent of the $500B+ semiconductor industry and continue to grow. For more information, visit www.gsaglobal.org. Follow GSA on LinkedIn,  Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube and WeChat.