2011年GSA:Global Semiconductor Association年度大奖

Dr. Morris Chang Exemplary Leadership Award

GSA is pleased to announce Dr. Henry Samueli, Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Broadcom Corporation as the 2011 Dr. Morris Chang Exemplary Leadership Award winner.

Private Company Awards

Outstanding Revenue Growth by a Private Semiconductor Company

Winners:

• SandForce, Inc.
• Silicon Mitus, Inc.

Start-Up to Watch Award

Nominees:

• Amalfi Semiconductor – winner
• Netronome
• Newport Media, Inc.
• Quantenna Communications, Inc.

Most Respected Private Semiconductor Company Award

Nominees:

• Ambarella, Inc. – winner
• Aptina Imaging Corporation
• SandForce, Inc.

Public Company Awards

Best Financially Managed Semiconductor Company Award

Nominees:

• Altera Corporation
• Avago Technologies – winner
• Spreadtrum Communications, Inc.

Most Respected Public Semiconductor Company Award (Achieving $10 Billion+ in Annual Sales)

Nominees:

• Intel Corporation – winner
• Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. – Semiconductor Division

Most Respected Public Semiconductor Company Award (Achieving $500 Million to $10 Billion in Annual Sales)

Nominees:

• Broadcom Corporation – winner
• Qualcomm, Inc.
• Xilinx, Inc.

Most Respected Emerging Public Semiconductor Company Award (Achieving $100 to $499 Million in Annual Sales)

Nominees:

• Cavium, Inc.
• NetLogic Microsystems, Inc. – winner
• Silicon Laboratories.

Analyst Favorite Semiconductor Company Award

Nominees chosen by analyst C.J. Muse of Barclays Capital include:

• Altera Corporation
• Qualcomm, Inc. – winner

Nomineeschosen by analyst Sanjay Devgan of Morgan Stanley include:

• Altera Corporation
• Broadcom Corporation
• Cavium, Inc. – winner

Nomineeschosen by analyst Quinn Bolton of Needham & Company include:

• Broadcom Corporation – winner
• RF Micro Devices, Inc.
• Spreadtrum Communications, Inc.

Regional Awards

Outstanding Asia Pacific Semiconductor Company Award

Nominees:

• Global Unichip Corporation – winner
• RDA Microelectronics, Inc.

Outstanding EMEA Semiconductor Company Award

Nominees:

• Dialog Semiconductor – winner
• Sequans Communications

Nine chip companies managed to have initial public offerings this year, and 10 more are in registration. Invensys, which makes gyro chips for the Nintendo Wii’s controller, is still trading 19 percent above its IPO price.

Some chip makers raised sizable amounts of venture capital. Tabula raised $108 million and Bridgelux raised $21 million. Meanwhile, Texas Instruments paid $6.5 billion for National Semiconductor; Broadcom bought NetLogic for $3.7 billion; Qualcomm bought Atheros for $3.1 billion; and CSR bought Zoran for $679 million.