Awards to be Presented at the GSA Awards Dinner Celebration on December 11
SAN JOSE, Calif. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — November 4, 2014 — The Global Semiconductor Alliance ( GSA) is pleased to announce the 2014 award nominees for the GSA Awards Dinner Celebration taking place on Thursday, December 11, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, Calif. GSA is celebrating 20 years of industry collaboration this year and over the past 20 years the awards program has recognized companies that have demonstrated excellence through their vision, strategy, execution and future opportunity. The commemorative celebration will honor the achievements of semiconductor companies in several categories ranging from outstanding leadership to financial accomplishments, as well as overall respect within the industry.
This year, in recognition of GSA’s 20 years of global collaboration, there will be a special presentation honoring past Dr. Morris Chang Exemplary Leadership Award recipients, GSA’s most prestigious award. The evening will culminate with a keynote by Jay Leno.
The evening’s program will recognize leading semiconductor companies that have exhibited market growth through technological innovation and exceptional business management strategies. The award categories and nominees (in alphabetical order) are as follows:
Start-Up to Watch Award
- Ineda Systems Pvt. Ltd.
- Movidius
- XMOS Ltd.
Most Respected Private Semiconductor Company Award
- Aquantia Corporation
- Quantenna Communications, Inc.
- Spreadtrum Communications, Inc.
Most Respected Emerging Public Semiconductor Company Award (Achieving $100 to $250 Million in Annual Sales):
- Ambarella, Inc.
- Nordic Semiconductor
- Silicon Motion Technology Corporation (Silicon Motion, Inc.)
Most Respected Public Semiconductor Company Award (Achieving $251 Million to $1 Billion in Annual Sales)
- InvenSense, Inc.
- Silicon Labs
- Synaptics, Inc.
Most Respected Public Semiconductor Company Award (Achieving Greater than $1 Billion in Annual Sales)
- Avago Technologies
- MediaTek Inc.
- QUALCOMM Incorporated
Best Financially Managed Semiconductor Company Award (Achieving Up to $500 Million in Annual Sales):
- Ambarella, Inc.
- Monolithic Power Systems
- Montage Technology
Best Financially Managed Semiconductor Company Award (Achieving Greater than $500 Million in Annual Sales)
- MediaTek Inc.
- QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
Analyst Favorite Semiconductor Company Award Nominees (chosen by analyst Rajvindra Gill of Needham & Company, LLC)
- Micron Technology, Inc.
- Spansion, Inc.
- Synaptics, Inc.
Outstanding Asia Pacific Semiconductor Company Award
- MediaTek Inc.
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Spreadtrum Communications, Inc.
Outstanding EMEA Semiconductor Company Award
- ams AG
- Infineon Technologies AG
- Sensirion AG
