2009 GSA Award Nominees Announced.Awards to be Presented at GSA (1) (Global mobile Suppliers Association, Sawbridgeworth, U.K., www.gsacom.com) A membership organization of suppliers of GSM products and services. Its goal is to promote GSM as the worldwide mobile communications standard. See GSM Association and GSM. Awards Dinner Celebration on December 10(th) SAN JOSE, Calif. -- The Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) announces the nominees for awards to be presented at the GSA Awards Dinner Celebration on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009, 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: We are pleased to honor Dr. Aart de Geus, chairman and chief executive officer of Synopsys, as the 2009 Dr. Morris Chang Exemplary Leadership Award recipient. Along with this prestigious award, the evening's program will recognize the achievements of semiconductor companies that have demonstrated excellence in vision, strategy, execution and future opportunity. Most Respected Private Semiconductor Company award nominees are: * Fulcrum Microsystems * Open-Silicon, Inc. * SiPort Most Respected Emerging Public Semiconductor Company award nominees include: * Atheros Communications, Inc. * Cavium Networks * NetLogic Microsystems, Inc. Most Respected Public Semiconductor Company award nominees achieving $500 million to $10 billion in annual sales include: * Broadcom Corporation * NVIDIA 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 Nominees for the Best Financially Managed Semiconductor Company award are: * Hittite Microwave * Linear Technology Corporation * MediaTek, Inc. Winners of the 2009 Outstanding Financial Performance by a Private Semiconductor Company award include: * ApexOne Microelectronics Inc. * Telegent Systems * Xelerated AB Nominees for the Analyst Favorite Semiconductor Company award chosen by Needham & Company analyst Quinn Bolton are: * Atheros Communications, Inc. * Cavium Networks * NetLogic Microsystems, Inc. The Analyst Favorite Semiconductor Company award nominees from analyst Ross Seymore of Deutsche Bank Securities are: * Avago Technologies * Broadcom Corporation * Power Integrations Start-Up to Watch award nominees include: * Ambarella am·ba·rel·la n. In both senses also called Otaheite apple. 1. A tree (Spondias cytherea) native to the Pacific islands and grown in tropical and subtropical regions for its edible fruits. 2. * AMIMON Ltd. * Audience, Inc. * Parade Technologies, Inc. * Silicon Mitus, Inc. New in 2009, GSA has created regional awards for companies headquartered in the APAC APAC Australian Partnership for Advanced Computing APAC Agricultural Policy Analysis Center APAC Asia and Pacific APAC Asian Pacific American Coalition APAC Adapted Physical Activity Council (American Alliance for Health) and EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) Refers to that region of the world. For example, one might see products packaged differently for the UK, EMEA and Asia Pacific markets. regions. GSA's APAC and EMEA Leadership Councils voted to determine which companies in their respective regions demonstrate the most strength in market leadership/competition, product lines, innovation, corporate management (including culture, vision, talents and leadership), and overall likelihood of long-term success. GSA APAC Leadership Council Award nominees are: * Global Unichip Corporation * HiSilicon Technologies Co., Ltd. * MediaTek, Inc. GSA EMEA Leadership Council Award nominees include: * CSR (1) (Customer Service Representative) A person who handles a customer's request regarding a bill, account changes or service or merchandise ordered. Agents in call centers are known as CSRs. See call center. , Plc. * Dialog Semiconductor * Icera Inc. The GSA Awards Dinner Celebration is made possible through the support of this year's title sponsor, TSMC TSMC Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd TSMC Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation TSMC Traffic Systems Management Center TSMC Toll Station Management Controller TSMC Transportation Supply Maintenance Command TSMC Technical Services Manager Code and VIP Reception sponsor NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on OMX OMX Office Max (stock symbol) , as well as general sponsors including ARM, Advantest, Amkor Technology, ASE (Adaptive Server Enterprise) A relational DBMS from Sybase that runs on Windows NT/2000, Linux and a variety of Unix platforms. ASE is a comprehensive and robust data management product with a long history dating back to the late 1980s. Group, Atheros Communications, Broadcom Corporation, Cadence Design Systems (company) Cadence Design Systems - A company that sells electronic design automation software and services. http://cadence.com/. See also Verilog. , Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing SGX: C27 NASDAQ: CHRT (abbreviated CSM) is the world's fourth largest dedicated independent semiconductor foundry, with its headquarters and main operations located in the Woodlands Industrial Park, Kranji Singapore. , Inc., GlobalFoundries, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Inphi Corporation, J.P. Morgan, MagnaChip Semiconductor, Needham & Company, NVIDIA Corporation, QUALCOMM CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) A method for transmitting simultaneous signals over a shared portion of the spectrum. The foremost application of CDMA is the digital cellular phone technology from QUALCOMM that operates in the 800 MHz band and 1.9 GHz PCS band. Technologies, Samsung Semiconductor, PricewaterhouseCoopers, SAP, Synopsys and UMC. For more detailed award descriptions and to make reservations, visit: http://www.gsaglobal.org/awardsdinner/2009/home.asp 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 |
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