Global Semiconductor Alliance Announces 2026 Award Nominees

The Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) is pleased to announce its 2026 award nominees. The prestigious awards will be presented at the GSA Awards Celebration on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2026. This year’s program will celebrate the achievements of the semiconductor industry.

The Awards Celebration will recognize individuals and companies that have demonstrated excellence through their vision, innovation, execution, and future opportunities. 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 2026 Dr. Morris Chang Exemplary Leadership Award recipient is Sanjay Mehrotra, Chairman and CEO, Micron Technology.

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

Women of Influence Award

Maria Heriz, EVP, Embedded Processing Group, STMicroelectronics
Akila Subramaniam, Senior Fellow, Silicon Design Engineer, Computing and Graphics, AMD
Olivia Wu, Distinguished Engineer, Meta

Start-Up to Watch Award

Cognichip
d-Matrix
Eliyan

Most Respected Private Semiconductor Company Award

Altera
Axelera AI
Lightmatter

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

Ambarella
ASPEED Technology
SiTime Corporation

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

Lattice Semiconductor
Nordic Semiconductor
Rambus

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

Astera Labs
Credo
Lumentum

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

AMD
Broadcom Inc.
NVIDIA

Best Financially Managed Semiconductor Company Award Best Financially Managed Semiconductor

Company Award (Achieving Greater than $5 Billion in Annual Sales)

Micron Technology
Sandisk Corporation
SK hynix

Best Financially Managed Semiconductor Company Award (Achieving Up to $5 Billion in Annual Sales)

ASPEED Technology
Astera Labs
Credo

Analyst Favorite Semiconductor Company Award (Chosen by managing director Blayne Curtis of Jefferies, LLC)

AMD
Marvell
Sandisk Corporation

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

Cerebras
Credo
Semtech Corporation

Outstanding Asia Pacific Semiconductor Company Award

To be announced

Outstanding EMEA Semiconductor Company Award

Axelera AI
Fractile AI
Infineon Technologies
Sivers Semiconductors

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