Saturday, November 20, 2010

2010 GSA Award Nominees Announced

Awards to be Presented at the GSA Awards Dinner Celebration on December 9th
 
SAN JOSE, Calif., Tuesday, November 16th 2010 [ME NewsWire]:
GSA Awards Dinner 2010

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) today announces the 2010 award nominees for the GSA Awards Dinner Celebration taking place on Thursday, Dec. 9, 2010, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, Calif. The awards program recognizes semiconductor companies that have demonstrated excellence through their vision, strategy, execution and future opportunity in the industry. The award categories and nominees are as follows:

The 2010 Dr. Morris Chang Exemplary Leadership Award recipient is being presented to Dr. John Hennessy, President of Stanford University. Along with this prestigious award, the evening’s program will consist of acknowledging leading semiconductor companies that have exhibited market growth through technological innovation and exceptional business management strategies.

Most Respected Private Semiconductor Company award nominees are:
  • Ambarella, Inc.
  • Inphi Corporation
  • SiGe Semiconductor, Inc.

Most Respected Emerging Public Semiconductor Company award nominees include:
  • Cavium Networks
  • NetLogic Microsystems, Inc.
  • Silicon Laboratories

Most Respected Public Semiconductor Company award nominees achieving $500 million to $10 billion in annual sales include:
  • Altera Corporation
  • Broadcom Corporation
  • Xilinx, Inc.

Most Respected Public Semiconductor Company award nominees achieving greater than $10 billion in annual sales are:
  • Intel Corporation
  • Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Semiconductor Division
  • Texas Instruments, Inc.

Nominees for the Best Financially Managed Semiconductor Company award are:
  • Altera Corporation
  • Hittite Microwave Corporation
  • QUALCOMM CDMA Technologies

Winners of the 2010 Outstanding Revenue Growth by a Private Semiconductor Company award include:
  • Apexone Microelectronics
  • Fulcrum Microsystems

The Analyst Favorite Semiconductor Company award nominees chosen by analyst Tim Luke of Barclays Capital are:
  • Broadcom Corporation
  • QUALCOMM CDMA Technologies
  • Skyworks Solutions, Inc.

The Analyst Favorite Semiconductor Company award nominees chosen by analyst Ross Seymore of Deutsche Bank Securities are:
  • Avago Technologies
  • Marvell Semiconductor, Inc.
  • SanDisk Corporation

Nominees for the Analyst Favorite Semiconductor Company award chosen by Needham & Company analyst Quinn Bolton are:
  • Atheros Communications, Inc.
  • Cavium Networks
  • Hittite Microwave Corporation

Start-Up to Watch award nominees include:
  • CHil Semiconductor, Inc.
  • Netronome
  • Parade Technologies, Ltd.
  • SandForce, Inc.
  • SiliconBlue Technologies Corporation

Outstanding APAC Semiconductor Company award nominees are:
  • MStar Semiconductor, Inc.
  • Richtek Technology Corporation
  • Spreadtrum Communications Inc.

Outstanding EMEA Semiconductor Company award nominees include:
  • CSR plc
  • Dialog Semiconductor
  • Nordic Semiconductor

The GSA Awards Dinner Celebration is made possible through the support of this year’s title sponsor, TSMC; VIP sponsor NASDAQ OMX; networking reception sponsor GLOBALFOUNDRIES; as well as general sponsors including Advantest, Amkor Technology, ARM, ASE Group, Atheros Communications, Barclays Capital, Broadcom Corporation, Cadence Design Systems, CSR plc, Deutsche Bank, eSilicon Corporation, GlobalFoundries, IBM, J.P. Morgan, KPMG, MagnaChip Semiconductor, Marvell Semiconductor, MIPS Technologies, Mohawk Valley Edge, Morgan Stanley, Needham & Company, NetLogic Microsystems, NVIDIA Corporation, PricewaterhouseCoopers, QUALCOMM CDMA Technologies, Samsung Semiconductor, SAP and UMC.

To make reservations to attend the Awards Dinner, please visit: www.gsaglobal.org/awardsdinner/2010/.

About GSA:
The Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) mission is to accelerate the growth and increase the return on invested capital of the global semiconductor industry by fostering a more effective fabless ecosystem through collaboration, integration and innovation. It addresses the challenges within the supply chain including IP, EDA/design, wafer manufacturing, test and packaging to enable industry-wide solutions. Providing a platform for meaningful global collaboration, the Alliance identifies and articulates market opportunities, encourages and supports entrepreneurship, and provides members with comprehensive and unique market intelligence. Members include companies throughout the supply chain representing 25 countries across the globe. www.gsaglobal.org
For media enquiries, please contact:
GSA
Nicole Bowman, 972-866-7579 ext. 129
Senior Marketing Manager
nbowman@gsaglobal.org

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