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Awards

Robert N. Noyce Award

The Robert N. Noyce Award is the industry’s highest honor, and it is presented annually at the SIA Award Dinner to recognize individuals for outstanding achievement and leadership in support of the semiconductor industry.

In 1990, the SIA Board of Directors created this award to honor the memory of Robert Noyce, co-founder of Intel and the Semiconductor Industry Association. Noyce was a scientist, engineer, statesman, and entrepreneur of world stature whose life, work, and inventions contributed immensely to the way we live, work, and play.

Eligible candidates for the award must have made a significant contribution to the semiconductor industry in technology and/or public policy. It is critical that a nominee’s efforts benefit more than an individual company or affiliation, and that it serves to strengthen the industry as a whole.

Robert N. Noyce Award Recipients

2024: Dr. Aart de Geus, Synopsys

2023: Sanjay Mehrotra, Micron Technology

2022: Lip-Bu Tan, Cadence Design Systems,  Walden International, Walden Catalyst Ventures

2021: Jensen Huang, NVIDIA

2020: Dr. Lisa Su, AMD Inc.

2019: Robert H. Dennard, DRAM Inventor, Scaling Pioneer, and IBM Fellow Emeritus

2018: John Hennessy, Alphabet Chairman and Former Stanford President

2017: Mark Durcan, Micron Technology

2016: Martin van den Brink, ASML Holding

2015: William M. Holt, Intel Corporation

2014: John P. Daane, Altera Corporation

2013: Mike Splinter, Applied Materials

2012: Rich Templeton, Texas Instruments

2011: Steve Appleton, Micron Technology

2010: George Scalise, Semiconductor Industry Association

2009: John E. Kelly III, IBM Corporation

2008: Morris Chang, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company

2007: Irwin Jacobs and Andrew Viterbi, Qualcomm

2006: James Morgan, Applied Materials

2005: Pat Weber, Texas Instruments

2004: Craig R. Barrett, Intel Corporation

2003: Gov. George Pataki, State of New York

2002: Gordon Moore, Intel Corporation, “Lifetime Achievement Award”

2001: Ray Stata, Analog Devices

2000: Federico Faggin, Stanley Mazor, Ted Hoff, Intel Corporation, “Inventors of the Microprocessor”

1999: Erich Bloch, IBM Corporation

1998: W.J. “Jerry” Sanders, AMD and SIA Founder; Wilfred Corrigan, LSI, and SIA Founder

1997: Amb. Charlene Barshefsky, USTR

1996: Charles Sporck, National Semiconductor and SIA Founder

1995: Jack Kilby, Texas Instruments

1994: Gordon Moore, Intel Corporation

1993: Robert Galvin, Motorola

1992: Ian Ross, Bell Labs

1991: Joseph Canion, Compaq

SIA Congressional Leadership Award

The SIA Congressional Leadership Award honors and recognizes public officials who support SIA’s vision and mission, which is to maintain U.S. leadership in semiconductor design and manufacturing.

Recipients will have demonstrated a significant contribution through leadership in the public sector.

These awards underscore our belief that there isn’t just one leader in Congress, one company, or even one innovator that takes ownership for the success of our industry, but rather it is the collective efforts of an entire community that have come to be inspired by our vision and have taken up our call to action.

Congressional Leadership Award Recipients

2017

Representative Peter Roskam (R-IL) – Congressional Leadership Award

Senator Mike Crapo (R-ID) – Congressional Leadership Award

2015

Senator Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) – Congressional Leadership Award

Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) – Congressional Leadership Award

Representative Pete Sessions (R-TX) – Congressional Leadership Award

Representative Scott Peters (D-CA) – Congressional Leadership Award

2013

Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) – Congressional Leadership Award

Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) – Congressional Leadership Award

Representative Doc Hastings (R-WA) – Congressional Leadership Award

2012

Senator Carl Levin (D-MI) – Congressional Leadership Award (June 2012)

Senator John McCain (R-AZ) – Congressional Leadership Award (June 2012)

Representative Kevin Brady (R-TX) – Congressional Leadership Award (June 2012)

Representative Wally Herger (R-CA) – Lifetime Congressional Leadership Award (June 2012)

Senators Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) and Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) — Lifetime Congressional Leadership Award on the occasion of their retirement (March 2012)

2011

Representative Mike McCaul (R-TX) – Congressional Leadership Award

Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) – Congressional Leadership Award

Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) – Congressional Leadership Award

2010

Representative Richard Neal (D-Massachusetts) – Congressional Leadership Award

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) – Congressional Leadership Award

The Honorable Arden Bement (NSF Director) – Lifetime Leadership Recognition

2009

Representative Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House (D-CA) – Congressional Leadership Award

The Honorable Rahm Emanuel, WH Chief of Staff (D-IL) – Administration Leadership Award

2008

Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN) – Congressional Leadership Award

Representative Bart Gordon (D-TN) – Congressional Leadership Award

The Hon. David McCormick, Dept of the Treasury – Administration Leadership Award

2007

Representative George Miller (D-CA) – Congressional Leadership Award

Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) – Congressional Leadership Award

Education Secretary Margaret Spellings – Administration Leadership Award

2006

Representative John Sweeney – Congressional Leadership Award

Tony Tether (DARPA)

Dr. T.P. Ma (Yale University) – University Leadership Award

2005

Representative Lamar Smith – Congressional Leadership Award

Office of the USTR (Institutional Award)

Dr. Robert Dutton (Stanford University) – University Leadership Award

2004

Dr. Joseph Bordogna (NSF) – Administration Leadership Award

Representative Sherwood Boehlert – Congressional Leadership Award

Dr. Dimitri Antoniadis (MIT) – University Leadership Award

2003

Senator George Allen – Congressional Leadership Award

Representative Jerry Lewis – Congressional Leadership Award

Representative Ellen Tauscher – Congressional Leadership Award

Professor Oldham (UC Berkeley) – University Leadership Award

2001

Senator Michael Enzi – Congressional Leadership Award

Congressman Cal Dooley – Congressional Leadership Award

Professor James Plummer (Stanford University) – University Leadership Award

2000

Senator Chris Dodd – Congressional Leadership Award

Representative Tom Davis – Congressional Leadership Award

White House Chief of Staff John Podesta – Administration Leadership Award

Assistant USTR Bob Cassidy and Christina Lund – Special Recognition Award

Professor Paul Gray (UC Berkeley) – University Leadership Award

1999

Senator Spencer Abraham – Congressional Leadership Award

Representative David Dreier – Congressional Leadership Award

Under Secretary for Export Administration Wm. Reinsch – Administration Leadership Award

Dr. James Meindl (Georgia Institute of Technology) – University Leadership Award

1998

Senator Joe Lieberman – Congressional Leadership Award

Representative Amo Houghton – Congressional Leadership Award

Representative Zoe Lofgren – Congressional Leadership Award

Assistant USTR Dorothy Dwoskin – Administration Trade Leadership Award

Senior Director to the National Economic Council Tom Kalil – Administration Technology Leadership Award

Professor Chih-Jang Sah (University of Florida) – University Leadership Award

1997

President Clinton – Presidential Leadership Award (Commerce Secretary Daley accepted on Clinton’s behalf.)

Ambassador Charlene Barshefsky – Executive Branch Leadership Award

Ambassador Ira Shapiro, Donald Phillips, Barbara Norton, Joanna McIntosh

Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) – Congressional Leadership Award

Senator Larry Craig (R-ID) – Congressional Leadership Award

Dr. Al Tasch, Jr. (U of TX at Austin) – University Leadership Award

Mayor Susan Hammer (SJ) – Special Award

1996

Vice President Al Gore – Executive Branch Leadership Award, technology (Defense Sec. Perry accepts for Gore)

Ambassador Jeff Lang – Executive Branch Leadership Award

Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) – Congressional Leadership Award

Representative Anna Eshoo (D-CA) – Congressional Leadership Award

Professor James Gibbons, Stanford – SIA University Research Award

Congressman Norm Mineta (retired) – Special Award

George Scalise – Special Award

1995

Ambassador Barshefsky (USTR) – Executive Branch Leadership Award/Trade

Don Phillips

Under Secretary of Defense Deutch – Executive Branch Leadership Award/Technology

Senator Robert Dole (R-KS) – Congressional Leadership Award

Senator Carl Levin (D-MI) – Congressional Leadership Award

Professor Donald Pederson, UC Berkeley – SIA University Research Award

1994

Ambassador Kantor and Wendy Silberman (USTR)

Representative Valentine (D-NC)

Senator Jack Danforth (R-MO)

Arati Prabhakar – NIST

1993

Representative Norm Mineta (D- CA)

Senator Lloyd Bentsen (D-TX)

1992

Representative Tom Campbell (R – CA)

Representative Pickle (D-TX)

1991

Representative Robert Matsui (D-CA)

Senator Max Baucus (D- MT)

1990

Senator Jeff Bingaman (D.-NM)

Representative Nancy Johnson (R-CT)

1989

Representative AuCoin (D-OR)

Senator Pete Domenici (R-NM)

1988

Senator Pete Wilson (R-CA)

University Research Award

This award was established in 1995 by the SIA to recognize lifetime research contributions to the U.S. semiconductor industry by university faculty.

Award winners are selected by SRC members who truly recognize great contributions to the semiconductor industry.

University Research Award Recipients

2024

Suman Datta
Georgia Institute of Technology

Michael Flynn
University of Michigan

2023

Supriyo Datta
Purdue

Kevin Skadron
Univ. of Virginia

2022

Dr. Mark J.W. Rodwell
University of California, Santa Barbara

Dr. Tajana Šimunić Rosing
University of California, San Diego

 

2021

Subhasish Mitra
Stanford University

Boris Murmann
Stanford University

2020

Ali Niknejad
University of California, Berkeley

Ken Goodson
Stanford University

2019

Jesús del Alamo
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Jason Cong
University of California, Los Angeles

2018

Judy Hoyt
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Naresh Shanbhag
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

2017

Sanjay Banerjee
The University of Texas at Austin

Gabor Temes
Oregon State University

2016

Paul Nealey
University of Chicago

David Blaauw
University of Michigan

2015

Larry Pileggi
Carnegie Mellon University

Grant Willson
The University of Texas at Austin

2014

Kenneth O
University of Texas, Dallas

Tsi-Jae King Liu
University of California/Berkeley

2013

Mark Law
University of Florida

Sachin Sepatnekar
University of Minnesota

2012

Bruce Wooley
Stanford University

Krishna Saraswat
Stanford University

2011

Mark Horowitz
Stanford University

Chenming Hu
University of California/Berkeley

2010

Jan Rabaey
University of California/Berkeley

Reinhold Dauskardt
Stanford University

2009

Anantha Chandrakasan
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Kang Wang
University of California/Los Angeles

2008

David Allstot
University of Washington

Mark Kushner
Iowa State University

2007

Paul Ho
The University of Texas at Austin

Andy Neureuther
University of California/Berkeley

2006

T. P. Ma
Yale University

2005

Robert Dutton
Stanford University

Mark Lundstrum
Purdue University

2004

Dimitri Antoniadis
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2003

William Oldham
University of California/Berkeley

2002

John Hauser
North Carolina State University

Timothy Trick
University of Illinois/Urbana-Champaign

2001

Jim Plummer
Stanford University

2000

Paul Gray
University of California/Berkeley

1999

James Meindl
Georgia Institute of Technology

1998

C.T. Sah
University of Florida

1997

Al Tasch
The University of Texas at Austin

1996

James Gibbons
Stanford University

1995

Don Pederson
University of California/Berkeley

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