Global Standards for the Microelectronics Industry
JEDEC Awards: 2024 Honorees
JEDEC Board members George Vergis (left), Belal Gharaibeh and Chairman Mian Quddus present Pat Gelsinger, Intel CEO, with the association's Distinguished Executive Leadership Award for 2024.
Each year, JEDEC acknowledges the contributions of member company representatives who have demonstrated outstanding effort and dedication in support of the development of open industry standards in JEDEC, beyond the normal scope of committee activities.
JEDEC is honored to congratulate the following 2024 award winners and their companies.
Distinguished Executive Leadership Award
The JEDEC Distinguished Executive Leadership Award honors the most distinguished senior executives in the electronics industry who have promoted and supported the advancement of JEDEC standards. These leaders are truly the pace setters of the industry through the companies they build and the teams they support to make the industry better for everyone through open standards development. Recipients of this award have distinguished themselves by providing long-term support for JEDEC participation at a strategic or managerial level over many years.
JEDEC is delighted to congratulate Pat Gelsinger, CEO of Intel, on receiving the 2024 JEDEC Distinguished Executive Leadership Award. Throughout Mr. Gelsinger’s illustrious career, he has been a strong proponent of open standards as evidenced by Intel’s historic leadership in developing standards, including significant contributions to groundbreaking memory and IO technologies in JEDEC.
Award of Excellence
The Award of Excellence is the most prestigious technical award bestowed by the Association, and recognizes an individual’s sustained service to JEDEC and the standards community.
Youngho Lee, Samsung is recognized for his exceptional leadership and significant contributions to JC-45.1 and JC-45.4, and his instrumental role in defining DDR4 and DDR5 Fully Buffered DIMMs.
Technical Recognition Award
JEDEC’s award for technical achievement acknowledges outstanding contributions to technology standardization. The 2024 recipients are being recognized for their work on the following standards:
- Bart Van Assche, Google - ZUFS
- Sarah Ryu, Samsung - LPDDR7 and HBM4
- Taek Woon (TK) Kim, Samsung - DDR5/X
Outstanding Leadership Award
This award acknowledges an individual’s outstanding service to JEDEC. The 2024 recipients are being recognized for many significant contributions as follows:
- Michael Jiang, Montage Technology - leadership in JC-40.4
- Youngbin Lee, Samsung - LPDDR5/X and LPDDR6
- Rotem Sela, WDC - UFS and leadership in JC-64 and its TGs
Chairman of the Board Discretionary Awards
Committee Recipients
- Terry Grunzke, Microsoft – JC-40.7: Recognized for leading contributions to CXL controller standards
- Christian Gyllenskog, Micron – JC-64: Acknowledged for contributions to JC-64 standards
- Todd Hinck, Intel – JC-42.3: For contributions to development of the DDR6 standard
- Jinhwan Kim, Samsung – JC-42.9: Acknowledged for contributions to automotive standards
- Keith Kim, Nvidia – JC-42.2: Recognized for contributions to the HBM4/LP5/D5 standards
- Raj Mahajan, Apple – JC-42.6: Recognized for contributions to the LPDDR5X/6 standards
- Yong Boon Ong, HPI – JC-11: Honored as a contributor and leader in module carrier outline standards
- Jose Orro, Lenovo – JC-45: Appreciation for contributions to system level feedback to the module committees
- Cory Pate, Dell – JC-45: Recognized for contributions to JC-45 module standards
Board of Directors Recipients
- Paul Fahey, SK Hynix – Recognized for leadership of the Board Governance committee
- Barry Wagner, NVIDIA – Recognized for ongoing Board contributions and insight to resolve committee issues
