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Lisa Su
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Su in 2024
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Lisa Tzwu-Fang Su
November 1969 (age 55) Tainan, Taiwan
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| Education | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BS, MS, PhD) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Known for | Semiconductor design, silicon-on-insulator design | ||||||||||||||||||
| Title | President and CEO of AMD (2014–present) Chair of AMD (2022–present) |
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| Spouse(s) | Daniel Lin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Awards | IEEE Fellow (2009) IEEE Robert N. Noyce Medal (2021) |
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| Fields | Electrical engineering Computer science |
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| Thesis | Extreme-submicrometer silicon-on-insulator (SOI) MOSFETs (1994) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 蘇姿丰 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 苏姿丰 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Lisa Tzwu-Fang Su (Chinese: 蘇姿丰; born in 1969) is an American business leader and engineer. She is the president, chief executive officer (CEO), and chair of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). AMD is a big company that makes computer chips called semiconductors.
Lisa Su was born in Taiwan and moved to the United States when she was a child. She earned three degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). After college, she worked at companies like Texas Instruments, IBM, and Freescale Semiconductor. She is famous for her work on making computer chips more efficient.
In 2014, Lisa Su became the CEO of AMD. She had joined the company in 2012. Under her leadership, AMD has grown a lot. She has also received many awards for her achievements. In 2021, she was the first woman to receive the IEEE Robert N. Noyce Medal.
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Early life and education
Lisa Tzwu-Fang Su was born in November 1969 in Tainan, Taiwan. She moved to the United States with her parents when she was three years old. Her parents encouraged her and her brother to study math and science.
When she was seven, her father, a retired statistician, taught her multiplication tables. Her mother, an accountant, taught her about business. Lisa Su wanted to be an engineer from a young age. She said she was "curious about how things worked."
When she was 10, she started taking apart and fixing her brother's remote control cars. She got her first computer, an Apple II, in junior high school. She went to the Bronx High School of Science in New York City.
Lisa Su started at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1986. She decided to study electrical engineering. She thought it seemed like the most challenging major. During her first year, she worked on making test silicon wafers for graduate students. This work made her even more interested in semiconductors.
She earned her bachelor's degree in electrical engineering. Then she got her master's degree in electrical engineering from MIT in 1991. From 1990 to 1994, she worked on her PhD in electrical engineering. Her PhD research focused on a new way to make transistors more efficient. This technology is called "silicon-on-insulator" (SOI). She earned her PhD in 1994.
Career
Lisa Su has served on the boards of several important technology groups. She has also written many technical articles about her work.
Working at IBM
In 1994, Lisa Su joined IBM as a research scientist. She became a vice president of IBM's semiconductor research and development center.
At IBM, she helped solve a big problem in making computer chips. She found a way to use copper instead of aluminum for connections. Copper made chips up to 20% faster. This new technology became a standard for the industry in 1998.
In 2000, Lisa Su became the head of IBM's Emerging Products division. She started a small internal company within IBM. Her team focused on new technologies like biochips and low-power computer chips. Their first product helped make phone batteries last longer.
Her team also worked with Sony and Toshiba to create powerful new chips. They designed a special nine-processor chip. This chip later became the Cell microprocessor used in devices like the Sony PlayStation 3.
Working at Freescale Semiconductor
In 2007, Lisa Su joined Freescale Semiconductor as the chief technology officer (CTO). She led the company's research and development. Later, she became a senior vice president. She was in charge of the company's networking and multimedia business. She helped Freescale improve its business.
Leading AMD
Lisa Su joined AMD in 2012. She became a senior vice president. She helped AMD expand beyond just making parts for personal computers (PCs). She worked with companies like Microsoft and Sony. This led to AMD chips being used in Xbox One and PS4 game consoles.
In October 2014, Lisa Su became the president and CEO of AMD. She wanted to focus on smart technology investments. She also aimed to simplify the company and speed up new technology development. Many experts thought she was a great choice for the job.
AMD's Growth and New Chips
When Lisa Su joined AMD in 2012, only about 10% of sales came from non-PC products. By 2015, about 40% of AMD's sales were from things like video game consoles. In 2015, she shared a plan for AMD to focus on high-performance computing and graphics. This included gaming, data centers, and other new platforms.
In 2016, Lisa Su announced that AMD was working on new chips. These chips would create new microprocessors and graphics chips. AMD's value grew a lot in 2016. This was because of her leadership and strong sales in graphics and gaming console chips.
Ryzen Processors
After AMD launched its Zen chips, called Ryzen, in 2017, AMD's share of the computer chip market grew. Ryzen CPUs received very good reviews. People liked that they offered high performance at lower prices than some competitors. This was especially true for powerful processors like AMD's Ryzen Threadripper.
In 2022, Lisa Su became the Chair of AMD. This happened after AMD bought another company called Xilinx. Under her leadership, AMD's market value has grown from about $3 billion to over $200 billion.
Awards and honors
Lisa Su has received many awards throughout her career.
- In 2002, MIT Technology Review named her one of the "Top 100 Young Innovators."
- In 2009, she became a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
- She was named "2014 Executive of the Year" by EE Times.
- In 2017, Fortune named her one of the "World's Greatest Leaders."
- In 2018, she was elected to the National Academy of Engineering.
- Barron's named her one of “The World’s Best CEO of 2019.”
- In 2020, she received the Semiconductor Industry Association's Robert N. Noyce Award.
- In 2021, she received the IEEE Robert N. Noyce Medal. She was the first woman to ever win this award.
- In 2022, MIT named a new building for nanotechnology research after her.
- In 2023, Forbes listed her among the "World's 100 most powerful women."
- In 2024, Time magazine included her on its list of the "100 Most Influential People in AI." She was also named "CEO of the Year" by Time in 2024.
Personal life
Lisa Su and her husband, Daniel Lin, live in Austin, Texas. Lisa Su is related to Nvidia co-founder and CEO Jensen Huang. Her maternal grandfather is the older brother of Jensen Huang's mother.
As of 2024, Lisa Su's estimated net worth is more than $1 billion.
See also
- List of chief executive officers
- List of Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni
- List of women CEOs of Fortune 500 companies
Images for kids
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Su in June 2015
