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Lisa Su
Tô tư phong
Su in 2024
Born
Lisa Tzwu-Fang Su[1]

(1969-11-07)7 November 1969(age 54)
Tainan,Taiwan
EducationMassachusetts Institute of Technology(BS,MS,PhD)
Known forSemiconductordesign,silicon-on-insulatordesign
TitlePresident and CEO ofAMD(2014–present)
Chair of AMD (since 2022)
SpouseDaniel Lin[1][2]
RelativesJensen Huang(cousin)
AwardsIEEE Fellow(2009)
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Lisa Su
Traditional ChineseTô tư phong
Simplified ChineseTô tư phong

Lisa Tzwu-Fang Su(Chinese:Tô tư phong;born 7 November 1969) is an Americanbillionairebusiness executive andelectrical engineerwho is president, chief executive officer (CEO), and the chair of thesemiconductorcompanyAdvanced Micro Devices(AMD).

Early in her career, Su worked atTexas Instruments,IBM,andFreescale Semiconductorin engineering and management positions.[2][4][5]She is known for her work developingsilicon-on-insulatorsemiconductor manufacturing technologies[6]and more efficientsemiconductorchips[7]during her time as vice president of IBM's Semiconductor Research and Development Center.[8]

Su was appointed president andCEOof AMD in October 2014,[9][10]after joining the company in 2012 and holding roles such assenior vice presidentof AMD's global business units andchief operating officer.[11]She used to be on the board ofCisco Systems,[12]is currently on the board of the U.S. Semiconductor Industry Association,[11]in addition to being a fellow of theInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers(IEEE). Recognized with a number of awards and accolades,[2][11]she was named Executive of the Year byEE Timesin 2014[11]and one of the World's Greatest Leaders in 2017 byFortune.[13]She became the first woman to receive theIEEE Robert Noyce Medalin 2021.

Early life and education[edit]

Lisa Tzwu-Fang Su was born in November[1][14]of 1969[7][2]inTainan,Taiwan.She was born in aTaiwanese Hokkienspeaking family.[15]She immigrated to theUnited States[2]at the age of 3 with her parents Su Chun-hwai (Tô xuân hòe) and Sandy Lo (La thục nhã).[14][1]Both she and her brother were encouraged to study math and science as children.[16]When she was seven, her father, a retiredstatistician,began quizzing her onmultiplication tables.Her mother, anaccountantwho later became an entrepreneur, introduced her to business concepts.[2]

Su sought to become an engineer at a young age. She recalled, "I just had a great curiosity about how things worked".[2]When she was 10, she began taking apart and then fixing her brother's remote control cars,[17]and she owned her first computer in junior high school, anApple II.[18]She attended theBronx High School of ScienceinNew York City,graduating in 1986.[6]

Su began attending theMassachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT) in the fall of 1986, intending to major in eitherelectrical engineeringorcomputer science.She settled on electrical engineering,[6]recollecting that it seemed like the most difficult major.[2][16]During her freshman year she worked as an undergraduateresearch assistant"manufacturing testsilicon wafersfor graduate students "[17]through theUndergraduate Research Opportunities Program(UROP). The project, as well as her summer jobs atAnalog Devices,fueled her interest insemiconductors.[6]She remained focused on the topic for the remainder of her education,[17]spending much of her time in labs designing and adjusting products.[2]

After earning herbachelor's degreein electrical engineering, Su obtained hermaster's degreefrom MIT in 1991. From 1990 to 1994[19]she studied for herPhD[2]under MIT advisor Dimitri Antoniadis.[6]MIT Technology Reviewreports that as a doctoral candidate, Su was "one of the first researchers to look intosilicon-on-insulator(SOI) technology, a then unproven technique for increasingtransistors' efficiency by building them atop layers of an insulating material ".[6]She graduated with her PhD in electrical engineering[6][11]from MIT in 1994.[6]Her PhD thesis was titledExtreme-submicrometer silicon-on-insulator (SOI) MOSFETs.[20]

Career[edit]

Su has been on the boards ofAnalog Devices,[19]Cisco Systems, Inc.,[21]the Global Semiconductor Alliance, and the U.S. Semiconductor Industry Association.[11]As of 2016 she has published over forty technical articles[11]and coauthored a book chapter discussing next-generation consumer electronics.[16]

1994–1999: Texas Instruments and IBM R&D[edit]

In June 1994, Su became a member of the technical staff atTexas Instruments,[19]working in the company's Semiconductor Process and Device Center (SPDC)[11]until February 1995.[19]That month,[8]IBM hired Su as a research staff member specializing in device physics,[22]and she was appointedvice presidentof IBM's semiconductor research and development center.[8]

During her time at IBM,[6]Su played a "critical role"[7]in developing the "recipe"[2]to make copper connections work with semiconductor chips instead of aluminum, "solving the problem of preventing copper impurities from contaminating the devices during production".[7]Working with various IBM design teams on the details of the device, Su explained, "my specialty was not in copper, but I migrated to where the problems were".[6]The copper technology was launched in 1998,[7]resulting in new industry standards[22]and chips that were up to 20% faster than the conventional versions.[6][7]

2000–2007: IBM Emerging Products division[edit]

In 2000, Su was given a year-long assignment as the technical assistant forLou Gerstner,IBM's CEO. She subsequently took on the role of director of emerging projects, stating that "I was basically director of myself – there was no one else in the group".[6]As head and founder of IBM's Emerging Products division, Su ran aninternal startupand hired ten employees to focus onbiochipsand "low-power and broadband semiconductors". Their first product was a microprocessor that improved battery life in phones and other handheld devices.[7]MIT Technology Reviewnamed her a "Top Innovator Under 35" in 2001, in part due to her work with Emerging Products.[22]

Through her division, Su represented IBM in a collaboration to create next-generation chips withSonyandToshiba.Ken Kutaragicharged the collaboration with "improving the performance of game machine processors by a factor of 1,000", and Su's team eventually came up with the idea for a nine-processor chip, which later became theCell microprocessorused to power devices such as theSony PlayStation 3.She continued as vice president of the semiconductor research and development center at IBM,[6]holding the role until May 2007.[19]

2007–2011: Freescale Semiconductor[edit]

Su joinedFreescale Semiconductorin June 2007[19][23]aschief technology officer(CTO), heading the company's research and development[5][11]until August 2009.[19]From September 2008 until December 2011,[19]she wassenior vice presidentand general manager of Freescale's networking and multimedia group, and was responsible for global strategy, marketing, and engineering for the company's embedded communications and applications processor business.[11][19]As head of the company's networking-chip business,[22]EE Timescredited her with helping Freescale get "its house in order", with the company filing for anIPOin 2011.[5]

2012–2014: AMD appointments[edit]

Su becamesenior vice presidentand general manager atAMDin January 2012,[11]overseeing the company's global business units[5][23]and the "end-to-end business execution" of AMD's products.[11]Over the next two years she "played a prominent role"[23]in pushing the company to diversify beyond the PC market, including working withMicrosoftandSonyto place AMD chips inXbox OneandPS4game consoles.[22]

On 8 October 2014, AMD announced Su's appointment to president and CEO, replacingRory Read.[8][24]Su stated that her plan for the company involved focusing on making the "right technology investments", streamlining the product line, and continuing to diversify, also asserting that she wanted to "simplify" the company and accelerate the development of new technology.[10]A number of analysts praised the appointment due to Su's credentials, noting AMD was seeking growth in product areas where Su had "extensive experience".[25]

2015–2016: AMD diversification[edit]

Su in June 2015

When Su joined AMD in 2012, about 10 percent of sales came from non-PC products.[2]By February 2015, roughly 40 percent of AMD's sales came from non-PC markets, such asvideo game consolesandembedded devices.In May 2015, Su and other AMD executives presented a long-term strategy for the company to focus on developing high-performance computing and graphics technologies for three growth areas: gaming, datacenter, and "immersive platforms" markets.[26]

In January 2016, Su announced that AMD was working on newFinFET-based chips to create a new line of microprocessors, products, accelerated processing units (APUs), graphics chips,[27]and semi-custom chip designs for unreleasedvideo game consoles.[27][28]AMD's share value spiked in July 2016, when AMD reported strong revenue growth.Fortuneattributed the "impressive" statistic to Su, stating she "continues to execute on her comeback plan... key gains in graphics and video gaming console chips have boosted results as well as a savvy deal to license server chip designs inChina".[28]

2017–present: Ryzen[edit]

Main article:Ryzen

After the initial launch ofZenchips inquartertwo 2017,AMD's percentage of theCPUmarket sharesurged to nearly 11%.[29]Ryzen CPUs have received favorable reviews from a variety of news outlets, specifically highlighting their highthreadcounts at prices drastically lower than those of Intel's, especially in thehigh-performance computingmarket with AMD'sRyzen Threadripperline of workstation processors.[30][31][32][33][34]Su is the first woman ever to top The Associated Press’ annual survey of CEO compensation: Her 2019 pay package was valued at $58.5 million.[35]

In February 2022, Su became Chair ofAMDafter completing a reported $49 billion acquisition ofFPGAand programmablesystems on chipmakerXilinx.[36][37]

Awards and honors[edit]

Su in November 2014

Su has been recognized with a number of awards throughout her career. In 2002 she was selected as one of the "Top 100 Young Innovators" byMIT Technology Review,[7][38]and the following year theYWCAgave her an award for outstanding achievement in business.[16]In 2009, Su was named a fellow of theInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers(IEEE), having published more than 40 technical articles. Su was named "2014 Executive of the Year" at theEE TimesandEDN2014 ACE Awards.[11]

In 2015,SFGatenominated her for their inaugural Visionary of the Year award, which "salutes leaders who strive to make the world a better place and drive social and economic change by employing new, innovative business models and practices".[2]

In 2016, she was named one of the "50 Most Powerful Women in Technology" by the National Diversity Council[39]and "Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business" with the Pinnacle Award by the Asia American Business Development Center.[40]

In 2017, Su was named "People to Watch" by HPCWire, "Top Ranked Semiconductor CEO", by Institutional Investor Magazine and "World's Greatest Leaders" byFortune.[13]Su was again named one of the "50 Most Powerful Women in Technology" by the National Diversity Council.[41]

In 2018, Su received the UPWARD "Women of the Year Award", "Lifetime Achievement Award" from the Greater Austin Asian Chamber,[42]elected to the National Academy of Engineering,[43]Fortune's #6 "Businessperson of the Year",[44]Global Semiconductor Alliance "Dr. Morris Chang Exemplary Leadership Award",[45]andForbesAmerica's Top 50 Women In Tech.[46]She was also appointed as Board of Directors Chair of the Global Semiconductor Alliance.[47]

In 2019, Su was named one of “The World’s Best CEO of 2019” byBarron's,[48]Fortune's #44 "Most Powerful Women in Business",[49]Harvard Business Review's #26 "The Best-Performing CEOs in the World",[50]and Bloomberg Businessweek "The Bloomberg 50".[51]

Su was the highest-paid CEO for 2019 of any company on theS&P 500index of the 500 largest publicly-traded U.S. companies.[52]The annual review, published by A.P. and Equilar since 2011, reported that Su received $58.5 million in 2019. The figure is mainly due to a one-off stock reward.

She was the 2020 recipient of theSemiconductor Industry Association's Robert N. Noyce Award.[53]Also in 2020, she was elected to theAmerican Academy of Arts and Sciences.[54]She was the 2020 Technical LeadershipAbie AwardWinner.[55]She was the recipient of the Spirit of Silicon Valley Lifetime Achievement Award from the Silicon Valley Leadership Group. She was also ranked as #2 on the Fortune Business Person of The Year.[56]In 2020, Su was named byCarnegie Corporation of New Yorkas an honoree of theGreat Immigrants Award[57]

In 2021 Su was named as a Member of the U.S.President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology,[58]and inducted into the Women in Technology Hall of Fame.[59]Su was subsequently awarded theIEEERobert N. Noyce Medal, becoming the first woman to receive this prize,[60]and named as #49 on theForbes100 Most Powerful Women, credited for the 25-fold increase to AMD's stock since she became CEO in 2014.[61]In 2022 Su was awarded the International Peace Honors Honoree "for her achievements in revolutionizing high performance computing, the donation of supercomputing power for infectious disease research, and inspiring people from all backgrounds to pursue careers in STEM".[62]

In 2022, MIT named its new building 12, dedicated fornanotechnologyresearch, under her name.[63]

In 2023, Su ranked 49th in Forbes list of "World's 100 most powerful women".[64]

Personal life[edit]

Su and her husband Dan[2]are based inAustin, Texas.[19]Su andNvidiaco-founder and CEOJen-Hsun Huangare relatives.[65]Su's maternal grandfather is the eldest brother of Huang's mother.[66][67]

As of 2024, Su had an estimated net worth of more than $1 billion.[68][69]

See also[edit]

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