IEEE Robert N. Noyce Medal
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The IEEE Robert N. Noyce Medal is a science award presented by the IEEE for outstanding contributions to the microelectronics industry. It is given to individuals who have demonstrated contributions in multiple areas including technology development, business development, industry leadership, development of technology policy, and standards development. The medal is named in honour of Robert N. Noyce, the founder of Intel Corporation
. He was also renowned for his 1959 invention of the integrated circuit. The medal is funded by Intel Corporation and was first awarded in 2000.
Intel Corporation
Intel Corporation is an American multinational semiconductor chip maker corporation headquartered in Santa Clara, California, United States and the world's largest semiconductor chip maker, based on revenue. It is the inventor of the x86 series of microprocessors, the processors found in most...
. He was also renowned for his 1959 invention of the integrated circuit. The medal is funded by Intel Corporation and was first awarded in 2000.
Recipients
- 2000: Morris ChangMorris ChangMorris Chang , is the founding Chairman of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. in 1987. TSMC pioneered the "dedicated silicon foundry" industry and is the largest silicon foundry in the world. Morris is known as the father of Taiwan's chip industry.Chang was born in Ningbo, Zhejiang...
(Taiwan Semiconductor ManufacturingTSMCTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Limited or TSMC is the world's largest dedicated independent semiconductor foundry, with its headquarters and main operations located in the Hsinchu Science Park in Hsinchu, Taiwan.-Overview:...
, Taiwan) For his vision and leadership in pioneering the silicon integrated circuit foundry industry.
- 2001: Hajime Sasaki (NEC Corporation, Japan) For contributions to, and leadership in, the technology and business development of semiconductor devices and the harmonization of the global semiconductor industrySemiconductor industryThe semiconductor industry is the aggregate collection of companies engaged in the design and fabrication of semiconductor devices. It formed around 1960, once the fabrication of semiconductors became a viable business...
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- 2002: Yoshio Nishi (Texas Instruments Inc., United States) For strategic leadership in global semiconductor research and development.
- 2003: Donald R. Scrifres (JDS UniphaseJDS UniphaseJDS Uniphase is a company that designs and manufactures products for optical communications networks, communications test and measurement equipment, lasers, optical solutions for authentication and decorative applications, and other custom optics. It is headquartered in Milpitas, California in the...
, United States) For pioneering contributions to the technology and business development of semiconductor lasersLaser diodeThe laser diode is a laser where the active medium is a semiconductor similar to that found in a light-emitting diode. The most common type of laser diode is formed from a p-n junction and powered by injected electric current...
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- 2004: Craig R. Barrett ( Intel Corporation, United States) For contributions to semiconductor manufacturing technology, and leadership in business and in industry initiatives.
- 2005: Wilfred J. CorriganWilfred CorriganWilfred J. Corrigan is a British engineer and entrepreneur, known for founding and running LSI Logic Corp. He was the chairman and chief executive of LSI for over two decades until 2005, during the earlier part of which he made made vital contributions to the company. He was the founder and served...
(LSI Logic, United States) For pioneering the modern day gate-array, standard-cellStandard cellIn semiconductor design, standard cell methodology is a method of designing application-specific integrated circuits with mostly digital-logic features. Standard cell methodology is an example of design abstraction, whereby a low-level very-large-scale integration layout is encapsulated into an...
ASICApplication-specific integrated circuitAn application-specific integrated circuit is an integrated circuit customized for a particular use, rather than intended for general-purpose use. For example, a chip designed solely to run a cell phone is an ASIC...
, system-on-chipSystem-on-a-chipA system on a chip or system on chip is an integrated circuit that integrates all components of a computer or other electronic system into a single chip. It may contain digital, analog, mixed-signal, and often radio-frequency functions—all on a single chip substrate...
and platform ASIC markets and for leadership in semiconductor business, technology, and industry cooperation.
- 2006: Shoichiro Yoshida (Nikon Corporation, United States) For contributions to, and leadership in, the technology and business development of IC lithographyPhotolithographyPhotolithography is a process used in microfabrication to selectively remove parts of a thin film or the bulk of a substrate. It uses light to transfer a geometric pattern from a photomask to a light-sensitive chemical "photoresist", or simply "resist," on the substrate...
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- 2007: Aart de GeusAart de GeusAart J. de Geus is the founder, chairman and CEO of Synopsys Inc. He is a fellow of IEEE and Phil Kaufman Award award winner. Aart graduated with a masters degree in Electrical Engineering from the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne , EPFL, Switzerland followed by a Ph.D...
(Synopsys Inc., United States) For contributions to, and leadership in, the technology and business development of the Electronic Design AutomationElectronic design automationElectronic design automation is a category of software tools for designing electronic systems such as printed circuit boards and integrated circuits...
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- 2008: Paul R. Gray (University of California, BerkeleyUniversity of California, BerkeleyThe University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
, United States) For pioneering the development of analog integrated circuitsAnalog chipAn analog chip is a set of miniature electronic analog circuits formed on a single piece of semiconductor material.-Description:The voltage and current at specified points in the circuits of an analog chips vary continuously in time. In contrast, digital chips only use and create voltages or...
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- 2009: Eliyahou Harari (Sandisk Corporation, United States) For leadership in development and commercialization of flash electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (Flash EEPROMFlash memoryFlash memory is a non-volatile computer storage chip that can be electrically erased and reprogrammed. It was developed from EEPROM and must be erased in fairly large blocks before these can be rewritten with new data...
])-based Data Storage products.
- 2010: James C Morgan (Applied MaterialsApplied MaterialsApplied Materials, Inc. is a capital equipment producer serving the semiconductor, TFT LCD display, Glass, WEB and solar manufacturing industries....
, United States) For vision and leadership that transformed Applied Materials into an innovation leader and global partner for advancing microelectronics manufacturing technology.
- 2011: Pasquale PistorioPasquale PistorioPasquale Pistorio is an Italian company director, ex president of STMicroelectronics and board member of Confindustria. From 17 April 2007 until 3 December 2007 he was president of Telecom Italia. He graduated in Electrical Engineering, his early career was at Motorola where he became the European...
(STMicroelectronicsSTMicroelectronicsSTMicroelectronics is an Italian-French electronics and semiconductor manufacturer headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.While STMicroelectronics corporate headquarters and the headquarters for EMEA region are based in Geneva, the holding company, STMicroelectronics N.V. is registered in Amsterdam,...
, Europe) For contributions to, and leadership in, the technology, business and environmental development of the global semiconductor and electronics industry.
External links
- IEEE Robert N. Noyce Medal, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
- Recipients of the Robert N. Noyce Medal, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers