Global Standards for the Microelectronics Industry
JEDEC Awards: 2025 Honorees
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 2025 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 Cristiano Amon, President and CEO of Qualcomm, on receiving the 2025 JEDEC Distinguished Executive Leadership Award for his outstanding leadership and contributions to the global microelectronids, mobile, automotive and compute industries.
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.
Michael Litt, AMD, is recognized for his exceptional leadership and contributions to the development of the GDDR6 and GDDR7 standards.
Thomas Won Ha Choi, SK Hynix, is recognized for his exceptional leadership and contributions to the development of the DDR5 standard, the DDR6 work in progress, and the development of JEDEC standards supporting CXL memory technology.
Outstanding Leadership Award
This award acknowledges an individual’s outstanding service to JEDEC. The 2025 recipients are being recognized for many significant contributions as follows:
- Scott Cyr, Micron - numerous DRAM Module standards
- Tom Schnell, Dell - leadership of the CAMM TG and DDR5 CAMM2 / LPDDR5 CAMM2
- Michael Suh, Qualcomm - numerous presentations and ballots for the LPDDR series (LPDDR3 - LPDDR6)
Technical Recognition Award
JEDEC’s award for technical achievement acknowledges outstanding contributions to technology standardization. The 2025 recipients are being recognized for their work on the following standards:
- Brad Evans, Renesas - PMIC5120
- Sunghak Lee, Samsung - HBM3 and 4
- Sam Patel, Rambus - DDR5 memory modules
- Scott Schaefer, Micron - LPDDR6
Chairman of the Board Discretionary Awards
Recipients will be announced in the spring of 2025.
Past Award Recipients by Year
Member Information
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