Lisa T. Su Wins 2021 IEEE Robert N. Noyce Medal: She is the first woman to receive the honor [WIE From Around the World

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Congratulations are in order for Lisa T. Su, who was named recipient of the 2021 IEEE Robert N. Noyce Medal, sponsored by Intel Corporation, at the start of this year. The president and CEO of AMD Technologies, Su is the first woman to receive this award, underscoring her innovation as an engineer and skills as a leader. Upon being bestowed with the honor, Su donated her cash prize of US$20,000 from the Noyce Medal to the IEEE Women in Engineering Fund through the IEEE Foundation. The medal was granted for Su’s “leadership in ground-breaking semiconductor products and successful business strategies that contributed to the strength of the microelectronics industry.” Largely credited with AMD’s emergence as a leader in high-performance computing since she took the helm in 2014, Su is the first woman to become CEO of a major chip company. According to a Bloomberg article by Emily Chang and Ian King in May 2021, “the executive has restored AMD’s reputation and performance at a critical juncture for the industry [because] the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated demand for remote computing via the Internet and for devices needed to support study and work at home.”