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Overview
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GSA has made a significant impact on the industry since our inception in 1994,
playing a vital role with the emergence and worldwide adoption of the fabless
business model. Today, we continue our efforts with initiatives and focus to
ensure the growth and profitability of the semiconductor industry.
Mission & Vision
GSA's 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.
To fulfill this mission, GSA will:
- Address the challenges and enable industry-wide solutions within the supply
chain, including intellectual property (IP), electronic design automation
(EDA)/design, wafer manufacturing, test and packaging.
- Provide a platform for meaningful global collaboration
- Identify and articulate market opportunities
- Encourage and support entrepreneurship
- Provide members with comprehensive and unique market intelligence
Members include companies throughout the supply chain representing 25 countries
across the globe.
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Key Facts
Established in 1994, GSA began with 40 founding member companies and has grown to almost 500. GSA membership accurately depicts the global reach of the semiconductor industry, with members representing more than 25 countries spanning North America, Asia-Pacific, Europe and the Middle East. Members include:
- Fabless
- Wafer Foundry
- Burn-In, Test and Failure Analysis
- Integrated Device Manufacturers (IDM)
- Equipment and Materials
- IP Provider
- Electronic Design Automation (EDA)
- Assembly and Packaging
- System Houses
- Venture Capital Firms
- Investment Banks
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- Executive Search Firms
- Consulting and Research Firms
- Insurance Providers
- Law Firms
- OEMs
- Public Relations Firms
- Organizations/Associations
- Service Providers
- Photomask
- Publications
- Distributors
- Independent Consultants
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Milestones
GSA and the National Microelectronics Institute (NMI), the trade association representing the semiconductor industry in the UK and Ireland, signed a collaborative memorandum of understanding (MOU) to officially form an organizational alliance between the two organizations.
GSA and China Semiconductor Industry Association (CSIA) form an organizational alliance.
GSA hosts the first IP Conference. The two-day event focused on strategizing for a healthy IP ecosystem and featured 50 speakers.
GSA releases the Analog Mixed-Signal/RF Process Checklist, a document that identifies the different elements of a foundry’s AMS/RF process and its ability to fulfill a semiconductor company’s needs.
GSA hosts the first Israel Executive Forum centered on views, challenges and solutions to the most pressing business and technical issues facing semiconductor companies.
GSA and ITAC host the 2nd annual GSA & ITAC Conference, featuring tours of the IBM Advanced Packaging Facility and the DALSA MEMS Foundry.
GSA and India Semiconductor Association (ISA) form an organizational alliance. |
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GSA announces the renaming and expansion of its European Leadership Council to the EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) Leadership Council.
FSA, the voice of the global fabless business model, announced it will transition to become the Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA).
Worldwide fabless revenue totals $53.3 billion in 2007, an 8% YoY growth. Worldwide semiconductor sales total $267.5 billion.
132 fabless companies received $1.8 billion in private equity in 2007.
FSA publishes Understanding Fabless IC Technology, a book on the history and fundamentals of the fabless business model.
FSA hosts System-in-Package Conference to focus on navigating SiP in a complex environment.
FSA and Industry Directions Release Study on Building A Better Supply Chain.
FSA collaborates with ITAC for first ITAC and FSA Conference in Canada.
FSA introduces IPecosystem Tool Suite, Version 2.0.
FSA and EDAC host Productivity Impact Luncheon at DAC focused on Changing the Dialogue Between Engineers and Management. |
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Worldwide fabless revenue totals $49.6 billion, a 27% YoY growth.
FSA announces inaugural IC Design Suppliers Pavilion at SEMICON China.
Inaugural Global Leadership Summit hosted in Shanghai.
Expansion of IET/FSA collaboration with announcement of three-year agreement for 2007-2009.
CBSIA, FSA, HKSTP and CASPA sign Memo of Understanding for development of Greater China SIP Trading Center.
FSA introduces Mixed-Signal/RF PDK Checklist version 2.0.
FSA rings closing bell at NASDAQ.
FSA add three new directors to the association's Board of Directors. |
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Worldwide fabless revenue totals $39.0 billion, a 17% YoY growth.
FSA names new Chairman, Sanjay Jha, Executive Vice President QUALCOMM and President, QUALCOMM CDMA Technologies.
Expansion of second annual IEE/FSA International Semiconductor Executive Forum with launch of inaugural FSA Suppliers Expo EUROPE.
FSA's Mixed-Signal/RF SPICE Model Checklist released.
Formation of the European Leadership Council.
Expansion of the Asia-Pacific Leadership Council. |
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Worldwide fabless revenue totals $33.4 billion, a 49% YoY growth.
FSA has more than 450 members.
FSA celebrates its 10th anniversary.
The Global Fabless Financials Report is introduced by FSA, tracking revenue, net income and other financial information for all public fabless companies worldwide.
In response to IP quality issues viewed as a challenge in the industry, FSA begins to develop the Hard IP Quality Risk Assessment Tool. The FSA IP Subcommittee drives this initiative.
FSA's MS/RF Subcommittee's PDK Working Group released its MS/RF PDK Checklist, which provides guidelines to showcase PDK quality. The Checklist describes simulation models, technology files, design rule files and parameterized cell generators used to design today's complex mixed-signal and RF ICs.
FSA holds its first International Collaboration Series in Hsin-Chu, Taiwan.
FSA holds its first Suppliers Expo in Taiwan.
FSA introduces its Foundry, EDA, Test and IP Suppliers Forums to offer fabless companies an opportunity to view presentations and offerings from top industry vendors in a one-day session.
FSA forms an Asia-Pacific Technology Committee to help address pressing issues facing the Asia-Pacific semiconductor community.
FSA forms the SiP Subcommittee through its Asia-Pacific office to identify SiP technology issues, challenges and main applications. It also seeks to identify vertical partners and projects to work together on and to extend this effort to global members’ awareness and participation.
The Standard I/O Subcommittee is formed through the FSA Asia-Pacific office as a joint project of fabless members who are contributing their experienced engineers and their own internal general-purpose I/O cells. By forming a working task force with IP, FSA's mission is that this effort will create useful "general-purpose" or "standard" I/O cells, which can be made available to all fabless members with good portability at various foundries.
FSA adds assembly and test pricing to its quarterly Wafer Pricing Survey. The Assembly & Test Pricing Survey is designed to gauge the average prices paid per back-end service for fabless companies and IDMs.
FSA/IEE International Semiconductor Executive Forum serving the EU semiconductor region |
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Worldwide fabless revenue totals $22.3 billion, a 53% YoY growth.
FSA surpasses 400 members.
FSA expands globally, appointing Dr. Jeremy Wang as its Asia-Pacific Executive Director, forming an Asia-Pacific Leadership Council, and opening its first international offices in Hsinchu and Taipei, Taiwan.
FSA hosts its first Asia-Pacific event, The Fabless Business Globalization Forum in Hsin-Chu, Taiwan.
FSA holds its first IP Workshop in conjunction with its annual Suppliers Expo.
FSA releases its Supply Chain Study. This study was commissioned by FSA and conducted by Lions Peak LLC and Santa Clara University's Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. The study conducted research into the dynamics of the electronics industry supply chain.
FSA awards Dr. Irwin Mark Jacobs, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of QUALCOMM Incorporated the Dr. Morris Chang Award for Exemplary Leadership at its annual Awards Dinner.
Worldwide fabless company revenue surpasses $26.2 billion, growing more than 23% year-over-year. |
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Worldwide fabless revenue totals $14.6 billion, a 10% YoY growth.
FSA surpasses 300 members.
FSA holds its first East Coast keynote and panel discussion in Boston.
FSA and JEDEC announce the release of a Foundry Process Qualification Guideline. The FSA Foundry Process Qualification Subcommittee and the JEDEC JC-14.2 Wafer Level Reliability Committee's Foundry Process Qualification Guideline describes a minimum set of requirements to qualify a new semiconductor wafer process.
FSA released the findings of a corporate governance study, Establishing an Effective Board of Directors, commissioned by FSA and conducted by Heidrick and Struggles International, one of the world's largest executive search firms. This research explores the characteristics of successful boards of directors in fabless semiconductor companies (80%) and IDMs (20%).
FSA introduces its first quarterly Fabless Fundings Report, which tracks venture capital investments in fabless companies.
FSA forms a MS/RF Subcommittee to accelerate the formation of an advanced mixed-signal/RF supply chain and ecosystem for fabless and fab-lite companies.
FSA forms an IP Subcommittee to address the many challenges in the quality, portability, reuse, verification, integration and standardization of IP in the semiconductor industry.
FSA forms an Education Subcommittee to address education needs in the semiconductor industry.
FSA re-launches its Web site with enhanced features and sections including Careers in Semiconductors, Venture Capital Section, Online Member Orientation and enhanced sorting options for its online directories.
FSA adds IDMs to its Fabless Directory, and renames the annual publication the Outsourcing Directory.
FSA awards Bernie Vonderschmidt, Co-Founder and Chairman of Xilinx, the Dr. Morris Chang Award for Exemplary Leadership at its annual Awards Dinner.
FSA adds one seat for IDMs to its Board of Directors. |
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Worldwide fabless revenue totals $13.3 billion, a -22% YoY decline.
FSA surpasses 200 members.
FSA and Merrill Lynch announce a partnership that provides the reintroduction of the FSA/Merrill Lynch Fabless Stock Index [FABLS].
FSA introduces the industry's first quarterly Wafer Pricing Survey and Report, designed to gauge the average prices paid per wafer for fabless semiconductor companies, as well as IDMs.
FSA forms a CEO Leadership Council to provide FSA with strategic leadership and direction to move the FSA to its next level of success.
FSA establishes a VC Advisory Board to bring together industry expertise from the VC arena in an advisory capacity to help educate and provide data on unique attributes in funding successful fabless companies.
FSA expands its quarterly luncheon series from San Jose, California; and holds its first events in Southern California and Austin, Texas.
The FSA Store is added to the FSA Web site, allowing industry to view and purchase the list of resources FSA has available online.
NVIDIA is the fastest fabless company to achieve $1 billion in revenues – in 32 quarters.
FSA awards Mike Hackworth, Co-Founder of Cirrus Logic, the Dr. Morris Chang Award for Exemplary Leadership at its annual Awards Dinner. |
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Worldwide fabless revenue totals $17.0 billion, a 67% YoY growth.
FSA awards Dr. Bob Pepper, former CEO of Level One (acquired by Intel in 1999), the Dr. Morris Chang Award for Exemplary Leadership at its annual Awards Dinner.
FSA introduces its first annual MIS Survey and Report, compiled from the responses of fabless semiconductor companies highlighting the MIS systems used.
The fabless industry outperforms the worldwide semiconductor industry, growing 68%, compared to 39% for the worldwide industry.
FSA adds three manufacturing seats to its Board of Directors.
Broadcom is the fastest company to achieve $1 billion in revenue – in 36 quarters. |
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FSA establishes a new award at its annual Awards Dinner. The Exemplary Leadership award was designed to recognize an individual's outstanding contributions to the fabless semiconductor sector. The first Exemplary Leadership award was presented to Dr. Morris Chang, Chairman and Founder, TSMC. As a tribute to Dr. Chang and his success, FSA renamed the award and now presents it as the "Dr. Morris Chang Award for Exemplary Leadership."
FSA forms a Technology Committee to oversee at the Board of Director level the various subcommittees in place |
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FSA and NationsBanc
Montgomery Securities (NMS) jointly launch the NMS/FSA
Fabless Stock Index (FABLS Stock Index).
FSA holds its first series of BMS Software Forums,
enabling fabless companies to get filtered information
on various products on the market so that their needs
are specifically addressed. |
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FSA surpasses 100 members.
FSA introduces its first annual Foundry Resource Guide to provide the latest
compilation of information on foundry service providers.
FSA introduces its first annual Supplier and Fabless
Directories containing comprehensive profiles of supplier
and fabless semiconductor companies.
FSA forms a Standard Foundry Process Qualification
(SFPQ) Subcommittee to drive the wide dissemination and
acceptance of a uniform methodology for CMOS process qualification.
FSA forms the Business Management Systems (BMS)
Subcommittee to raise awareness of how management systems
can increase the effectiveness of fabless companies. |
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FSA forms a Forecasting Subcommittee to communicate
the wafer needs of the fabless community to key suppliers,
including foundry partners.
FSA holds its first quarterly luncheon series in
conjunction with its Wafer and Packaging Demand Forecast
in San Jose, California. The topic is “Exploding
Growth Opportunities.” |
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FSA announces its first Wafer and Packaging Demand Survey and Forecast to help the
semiconductor industry effectively gauge the wafer and packaging technology requirements
of the fabless semiconductor sector.
FSA holds its first Suppliers Expo, dedicated to bringing suppliers, fabless, IDMs and
other supply chain companies together to facilitate better business integration.
FSA holds its first annual Awards Dinner celebration to recognize fabless companies for
their outstanding achievements in the industry.
FSA forms a Modeling Subcommittee to improve the quality of circuit models used by FSA
member companies.
FSA launches a Web site to offer more enhanced member services.
Cirrus Logic is the fastest fabless company to achieve $1 billion in revenues – in 45 quarters. |
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GSA Board of Directors
GSA is governed by its Board of Directors, which sets the organization's
general direction, decides matters of overall policy and reviews GSA activities.
The Board of Directors is committed to the goals and principles of GSA and
contributes to the well being of the organization.
Dr. Nicky Lu
Chairman & CEO
Etron Technology, Inc.
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Joep van Beurden
Chief Executive Officer
CSR Plc
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Jodi Shelton
President
GSA
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Dr. Robert Pepper
GSA Director Emeritus
GSA
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Dr. Craig H. Barratt
President & Chief Executive Officer
Atheros Communications, Inc.
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Danny Biran
Sr. Vice President, Marketing
Altera Corporation
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Rick B. Cassidy, II
President, North America
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (TSMC)
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Roawen Chen, Ph.D.
Vice President of Manufacturing Operation
Marvell Semiconductor, Inc.
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Guillaume D'Eyssautier
CEO
ADD Semiconductor
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Dr. Aart J. de Geus
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Synopsys, Inc.
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Dr. Douglas A. Grose
Chief Executive Officer
GLOBALFOUNDRIES
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Jack Harding
Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer
eSilicon Corporation
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Colin Harris
COO
PMC-Sierra, Inc.
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Ana Molnar Hunter
Vice President of Technology, System LSI
Samsung Semiconductor, Inc.
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Mark Ireland
Vice President, Semiconductor Platforms
IBM
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Kenneth T. Joyce
President & Chief Executive Officer
Amkor Technology, Inc.
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Neil Kim
Executive VP, Operations and Central Engineering
Broadcom Corporation
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Loic Lietar
Executive VP, Chief Strategy Officer
STMicroelectronics
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Steve Mollenkopf
Executive Vice President & President, QUALCOMM CDMA Technologies (QCT)
QUALCOMM
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Dr. Naveed Sherwani
Founder, President & Chief Executive Officer
Open-Silicon, Inc.
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Debora C. Shoquist
Executive Vice President of Operations
NVIDIA Corporation
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Lip-Bu Tan
President & CEO
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
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Vincent Tong
Sr. Vice President, Worldwide Quality & New Product Introductions
Xilinx, Inc.
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Jason Wang
President, UMC USA
United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC USA)
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Dr. Tien Wu
Director & COO, ASE Inc. & CEO, ISE Labs
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc. (ASE Group)
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GSA Leadership Groups
Asia-Pacific Leadership Council
The Asia-Pacific Leadership Council is comprised of executives from leading fabless companies throughout the Asia-Pacific region that will serve as advisors to the GSA Board of Directors on global and regional issues. This Council will help to define industry issues, challenges and opportunities that GSA will address in the region. The Council will establish business and technical Committees, and will provide direction to Asia-Pacific staff for event content, services and surveys.
Dr. Nicky Lu
GSA AP Council Chairman
Chairman & CEO
Etron Technology, Inc.
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Dr. Chin-Tay Shih, Ph.D.
GSA Special Advisor
Professor & Dean, College of Technology Management
Tsinghua University
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Xiaolang Yan
GSA Special Advisor
Professor & Dean, College of Information Science & Engineering
Zhejiang University, Institute of VLSI Design
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Wen Chi Chen
President & CEO
VIA Technologies, Inc.
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Dr. Zhonghan John Deng, Ph.D.
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer & President
Vimicro International Corporation
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Gordon Gau
President
Holtek Semiconductor Inc.
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Luke Hsieh
President & Chief Executive Officer
Richtek Technology Corporation
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Chou-Chye Huang
Chairman & CEO
Sunplus Technology Company
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Youm Huh, Ph.D.
CEO & President
Silicon Mitus, Inc.
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Tetsuya Iizuka, Ph.D.
CEO & Founder
THine Electronics, Inc.
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Wayne Liang
Founder & Chairman
MStar Semiconductor, Inc.
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Hsiao-Ping Lin
President
Faraday Technology Corporation
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Sung-Wook Park, PhD
Executive Vice President & Chief Technology Officer
Hynix Semiconductor Inc. (HSI)
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K.C. Shih
Founder, Board Member
Global Unichip Corporation (GUC)
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Ming-Kai Tsai
Chairman
MediaTek Inc.
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Qin-Sheng Wang
General Director, CSIA-ICCAD
China Semiconductor Industry Association (CSIA - ICCAD)
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Dr. Shaojun Wei
Director, Research Center for Mobile Computing
Tsinghua University
Mobile Computing Technology Research Center
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Jordan Wu
President & CEO
Himax Technologies, Inc.
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Dr. Ping Wu
Co-Founder
Spreadtrum Communications Inc.
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Lun Zhao
President
Datang Microelectronics Technology Co., Ltd (DMT)
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GSA Membership
Benefits | Application | Members | Orientation | Member Survey | Membership News | Membership Roster
Members include companies from throughout the supply chain including fabless
companies, IDMs, semiconductor suppliers, venture capital firms, investment
banking firms, and organizations. Membership has continued to grow substantially
each year. Apply Today!
Membership Overview
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Membership Categories
Semiconductor Membership
This membership is open to all semiconductor companies including
fabless,
fab-lite and
IDMs. This
category of membership is based on revenues. GSA provides special leadership opportunities such as
voting privileges and participation on its Board of Directors.
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$0-$5M |
$5-$20M |
$20-$50M |
$50-$100M |
$100M-$500M |
$500M+ |
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$2,500 |
$5,000 |
$10,000 |
$15,000 |
$20,000 |
$25,000 |
Partner Memberships
This membership is open to companies who support GSA’s overall goals and mission
and provide products and services that enable an environment for growth of the
global semiconductor industry.
Supplier Partner Membership
This membership is open to all suppliers to the semiconductor industry
including providers of IP, electronic design automation (EDA), wafer
manufacturing, assembly & packaging, and test services.
| Years in Existence |
Annual Dues |
| Start-Up Supplier (0-3 years) |
$2,500 |
| Supplier (3 years or greater) |
$5,500 |
Service Partner Membership
This membership is open to companies who provide services to
semiconductor companies including venture capital companies, investment banks,
consulting/research, law firms, executive search groups, and insurance
companies. Annual dues are USD $5,500.
Organizations/Associations/Government and
Educational Partner Membership
This membership is open to organizations, associations, government
entities, and educational institutions. Annual dues are USD $3,500.
For more information, please contact Nicole Tidwell at 972.866.7579 x 134 or
ntidwell@gsaglobal.org.
GSA Awards
Past Winners |
Awards Dinner Celebration
GSA recognizes semiconductor companies that have demonstrated excellence through
their success, vision, strategy and future opportunities in the industry at its
annual Awards Dinner Celebration. It is an honor to
be selected as a nominee and an even more distinguished achievement to win an GSA Award!
Private Company Awards
Outstanding Revenue Growth by Private Semiconductor Companies
The top five private semiconductor companies (in terms of growth percentage) that doubled revenue over eight consecutive quarters, may be eligible to receive an award for their outstanding financial performance. Due to confidentiality, private companies submitted their ballots directly to a designated consulting firm to determine which companies doubled revenue. GSA does not receive a copy of financial data within submissions. Up to five companies are eligible to receive this award.
Criteria:
- Company must be a semiconductor company* (Fabless or IDM).
- Company must be private held.
- Company must be generating $2 million revenue in quarter ending Sept. 2008.
Deadline to submit: September 10, 2010
Submit Form
Start-Up to Watch Award
The GSA Start-Up to Watch Awards Committee, which is comprised of members of the Emerging CEO Council, venture capitalists and select serial entrepreneurs in the industry, selects the winner of the Start-Up To Watch award by identifying the semiconductor company that demonstrates the potential to positively change its market or the semiconductor industry in general through the innovative use of semiconductor technology or a new application for semiconductor technology.
Criteria:
- Company must be a semiconductor company (Fabless or IDM).
- Company must have introduced its first product within the last 3.5 years (between January 1, 2007 and June 30, 2010).
- Company must have demonstrated initial market success by achieving a minimum of $5 million of cumulative product revenue (i.e., cumulative product revenue since market introduction).
Deadline to submit: July 23, 2010 --CLOSED
Most Respected Private Semiconductor Company Award
The industry's Most Respected Private Semiconductor Company award is designed to identify the private company garnering the most respect of the industry in terms of its products, vision and future opportunity. GSA's Awards Committee reviews all private semiconductor companies, and the selected nominees and winner are based on the committee's analysis of each company's performance and likelihood of long-term success.
Criteria:
- Company must be a semiconductor company (Fabless or IDM).
- Company must be privately held.
- Company must be shipping product and generating revenue greater than $20 million.
Deadline to submit: July 23, 2010 --CLOSED
Public Company Awards
All public company awards are determined by GSA using public financial
data; therefore, nomination forms are unnecessary.
Best Financially Managed Semiconductor Company Award
The Best Financially Managed Semiconductor Company Award is designed to evaluate the financial health of the public fabless semiconductor companies based on a number of financial metrics, such as return on investment, return on equity, inventory turns, revenue, net income, days sales outstanding, cash per share, cash burn, gross profit margin, operating margin and current ratio. GSA and financial analysts evaluate each company against their peers, and the one with the best overall performance is determined the winner.
Most Respected Public Semiconductor Company Award Achieving $500 Million to $10 Billion in Annual Sales
The industry's Most Respected Public Semiconductor Company ($500 million to $10 billion+ in annual sales) award is designed to identify the public company garnering the most respect of the industry in terms of its products, vision and future opportunities. The criteria for this award include achieving annual sales above $500 million. In addition, profitability and market capitalization, among other financial and product successes, are considered to be listed on the ballot. GSA's Awards Committee reviews the companies meeting the criteria, and select the final list of companies based on the Committee's analysis of each company's performance and likelihood of success in the industry. On-line voting takes place to allow members of the semiconductor industry, including semiconductor companies and partners, to cast a ballot for the public semiconductor company they most respect.
Most Respected Public Semiconductor Company Award Achieving $10 Billion or More in Annual Sales
The industry's Most Respected Public Semiconductor Company ($10 billion+ in annual sales) award is designed to identify the public company garnering the most respect of the industry in terms of its products, vision and future opportunities. The criteria for this award include achieving annual sales above $10 billion. In addition, profitability and market capitalization, among other financial and product successes, are considered to be listed on the ballot. GSA's Awards Committee reviews the companies meeting the criteria, and select the final list of companies based on the Committee's analysis of each company's performance and likelihood of success in the industry. On-line voting takes place to allow members of the semiconductor industry, including semiconductor companies and partners, to cast a ballot for the public semiconductor company they most respect.
Most Respected Emerging Public Semiconductor Company Award
The industry's Most Respected Emerging Public Semiconductor Company award is designed to identify the company garnering the most respect of the industry in terms of its products, vision and future opportunities. The criteria for this award include (but is not limited to) achieving a minimum of $50M to $499 million in annual sales; a minimum market cap of $250 million ending June 30 of the year of the award; and in good standing with a stock exchange. In addition, profitability among other financial and product successes, are considered to be listed on the ballot. GSA's Awards Committee review the companies meeting the criteria, and the selected companies are based on the Committee's analysis of each company's performance and likelihood of success. On-line voting took place to allow members of the semiconductor industry, including semiconductor companies and partners, to cast a ballot for the public fabless company they most respect.
Analyst Favorite Semiconductor Company Award
Semiconductor financial analysts from top-tier firms select their favorite semiconductor company for this award. The analysts base their decision on historical, as well as projected data, such as stock price, earnings per share, revenue forecasts and product performance.
Regional Awards
As a global alliance, GSA introduced an award specifically for the
Europe/Middle East/Africa (EMEA) and Asia-Pacific (APAC) regions. The awards
will recognize a semiconductor company headquartered in each respective region
that clearly demonstrates the most strength when measuring products, vision,
leadership and success in the marketplace. GSA’s APAC and EMEA Leadership
Councils will determine both the nominees and the winner.
- Outstanding APAC Semiconductor Company Award
- Outstanding EMEA Semiconductor Company Award
Individual Award
The Dr. Morris Chang Exemplary Leadership Award recognizes individuals, such as
its namesake, Dr. Morris Chang, for their exceptional contributions to drive the
development, innovation, growth and long-term opportunities for the
semiconductor industry.
For additional information on the awards, contact
Kristen Pillans.
GSA Alliances
GSA welcomes the opportunity to work with different organizations and our member
companies through alliances. GSA has established an Alliance committee to
determine activities that GSA should participate in. A step-by-step process is
provided to assist you with parameters that must be met in order for the GSA to
consider alliance requests.
GSA enters into alliances with the goal of providing GSA members with
educational and informative opportunities that extend beyond those activities
directly hosted by GSA.
For questions regarding alliance opportunities, please contact Monica Dominguez,
888.322.5195 x 161 or
mdominguez@gsagobal.org.
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GSA & IET International
Semiconductor Forum
May 18 - 19, 2010
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ITAC and GSA Conference
The New Normal: Navigating a World of Change, Globalization and Scarcity
Lisa Tafoya, Vice President, GSA presenting
keynote address on Managing Interdependencies in the Semiconductor Ecosystem
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IPecosystem Hard IP Risk Assessment Profile Online Repository
ChipEstimate.com IP Catalog |
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2010 CASPA Job Fair
July 10, 2010
Milpitas, CA
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DesignCon 2010
February 1, 2010
The GSA IP Interest Group hosted a tutorial regarding the common challenges facing IP reuse and best practices, as well as explained the readily-available resources accessible to companies today. Visit the GSA IP Portal to download the presentations. |
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International Test Conference
ITCNovember 1-6, 2009
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- Your messaging will reach C-Level executives from leading companies in the industry.
- Since we are a non-profit organization, our prices are extremely reasonable and
accommodate any budget.
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The Ecosystem Portals focus on the critical areas
of the supply chain, including:
- Intellectual Property
- EDA/Design
- Test
- Packaging
- Wafer Manufacturing
- RF/Analog/Mixed-Signal
- MEMS
- Technology and Applications
Advertising in the GSA Portals provides you with the ability to reach a
topically defined target market and offers a platform to communicate your
company's product messaging to prospective clients. Companies looking to find
resources in their specialty will be driven to the GSA Ecosystem Portals through
various media, including the GSA Forum, GSA Interest Group participation and GSA
event Web sites.
In addition, public blogs will be housed within each portal to give insight and
feedback to our GSA Interest Groups on topics of great concern to the industry.
The blogs will be a tool in driving solutions to the industry through our GSA
Interest Groups and Working Groups. By advertising in this forum, you will have
the ability to reach your target market on a platform in line with your
messaging goals.
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The GSA Update features advertising
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benefits, market intelligence and GSA event updates, this monthly e-newsletter
is a way to maximize your brand awareness, product exposure, company news,
events and more.
The GSA Update is deployed once monthly on the first Thursday of each month.
- Reach more than 15,000 contacts, worldwide.
- Distributed to member and non-member contacts.
- New design allows for advertisers with budgets of all sizes by providing more
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Jodi
Shelton
President
jshelton@gsaglobal.org
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Oversees the direction and activities of
GSA. Works with and through the GSA Board of Directors
on key industry issues and serves as a critical spokesperson
for the fabless business model, the association and relevant
data and trends for the semiconductor industry. |
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Dr.
Jeremy Wang
Asia-Pacific Executive Director
jwang@gsaglobal.org
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Establishment and growth of the GSA’s
Asia-Pacific operations. |
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Nicole Tidwell
Membership Relations Manager
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Manages all member relations efforts for GSA. Develops membership marketing and promotional activity, communicating GSA benefits to current and prospective members. |
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Denise Sciortino
Member Services Assistant
dsciortino@gsaglobal.org
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Coordinates member service communications and membership spotlight. |
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Nicole Bowman
Sr. Marketing Manager
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Manages all marketing projects, barters, alliances, public relations and communications for GSA global initiatives and activities including events, reports, tools and publications. Manages web site content, global media relations and creative/design elements including electronic and print campaigns, advertising initiatives and on-site production, . |
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Monica Dominguez
Sr. Sales Manager
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Directs membership, advertising, exhibitor and sponsorship sales, marketing projects for GSA alliance events and membership. Develops alliance partnerships and manages tradeshow participation. |
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Traci Brandon
Project Specialist
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Responsible for a variety of marketing communication and leadership projects. |
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Amber Mo
Sr. Manager, Marketing & Alliances
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Responsible for marketing, PR, events, alliances and membership in the Asia-Pacific region. Manages marketing projects and communications for GSA initiatives including AP events, reports, tools and publications. Manages PR projects including media relationship maintenance, AP member relations and various research projects. |
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Chelsea Boone
Sr. Research Analyst
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Manages the GSA Research Team operations, including, global data collection and reporting, MS and WPS subcommittee activity, GSA Forum and other reports/publications. |
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Kristen Pillans
Research Marketing Liaison
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Manages the GSA Research Team operations, including, global data collection and reporting, subcommittee activity, GSA Forum and other reports/publications. |
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Shannon Phillips
Research Analyst
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Manages profile directories and semiconductor competitive analysis. |
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Editorial Team
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E-mail your company press releases to submit to the GSA Forum editorial team and to help keep your company profile updated in the Profile Directory. |
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Alisa Curry
Event Management Specialist
acurry@gsaglobal.org
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Responsible for logistics for GSA-hosted events. Manages exhibition sales and service. |
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Power Chi
Sr. Manager, Event & IET
pchi@gsaglobal.org
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Responsible for events, IT and membership in the Asia-Pacific region. Role includes event logistics and relationships, managing sponsors and associations, marketing management for events, reports, tools and publications, database management and member relations with suppliers.
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Scott Strittmatter, CPA
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Agent of Record, Regulatory Compliance, Operations |
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Crystal Wang
Executive Assistant to the Asia-Pacific Executive Director
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Assistant to GSA’s Asia-Pacific Executive
Director. Manages member relations in the Taiwan, China, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and others. Manages GSA AP events including symposiums and activities to promote activities to new AP markets. Manages relationship with AP Leadership Council and other regional VIPs. |
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Amy Liao
Sr. Manager, Finance & Administration
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Manages all finance, accounting and office administration for the Asia-Pacific region. |
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