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 The post Global Semiconductor Alliance Announces 2026 Award Nominees appeared first on Semiconductor Digest .