Awards | SIA | Semiconductor Industry Association WSTS Login Contact 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 2025: Dr. C.C. Wei and Dr. Mark Liu, TSMC 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 1101 K Street NW Suite 450, Washington, DC 20005 E-mail Sign up for SIA News © 2026 Semiconductor Industry Association. All Rights Reserved.