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| name = Lisa Su <br/> {{nobold|{{lang|zh-TW|蘇姿丰}} <br/> Su Zifeng}}

| image = AMD CEO SXSW-2024-alih-OB7A0861-Lisa Su 20130415 cropped.jpg

| caption = Lisa Su in 20132024

| birth_name = Lisa Tzwu-Fang Su<ref name=tahs>{{cite web |url=https://www.tahistory.org/台美人第二代-dr-lisa-t-su-蘇姿豐丰博士-榮膺超微公司amd提升/ |title=Dr. Lisa T. Su |date=14 July 2014 |publisher=Taiwanese American Historical Society |website=TAHistory.org |language=zh |access-date=5 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109010547/http://www.tahistory.org/台美人第二代-dr-lisa-t-su-蘇姿豐丰博士-榮膺超微公司amd提升/ |archive-date=9 January 2015}}</ref>

| birth_place = [[Tainan]], [[Republic of China (Taiwan)]]

| education = [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]], [[Master of Science|MS]], [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]] in Electrical Engineering)

| relatives = [[Jensen Huang]] (first cousin once removed, or {{lang|zh-TW|[[Chinese kinship|表舅]]}})

| awards = {{Collapsible[[IEEE listFellow]] (2009)

| t = 蘇姿丰

| s = 苏姿丰

| p = Sū Zīfēng

| w = Su Tzu-fêng

| gr = Su Tzyfeng

| bpmf = ㄙㄨ ㄗ ㄈㄥ

| poj = So͘ Chu-hong<ref>[twblg.dict.edu.tw/holodict_new/default.jsp Holodict], Ministry of Education, R.O.C. (Taiwan)</ref>

| tl = Soo Tsu-hong

'''Lisa Tzwu-Fang Su''' ({{zh|t=蘇姿丰|s=苏姿丰|p=Su Zifeng|poj=So͘ Chu-hong}}; born 7 November 1969) is aan American [[Taiwanese American|Taiwanese-born Americanbillionaire]] business executive and [[electrical engineer]], who is the president, chief executive officer and chair of [[AMD]].

Early in her career, Su worked at [[Texas Instruments]], [[IBM]], and [[Freescale Semiconductor]] in engineering and management positions.<ref name="SFGate_Wendy" /><ref name="BWeek_2014">King, Ian. [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-10-17/amd-s-first-female-ceo-seeks-speedy-break-with-past-woes "AMD’s First Female CEO Seeks Speedy Break With Past Woes"]. ''[[Bloomberg Businessweek]]''. 17 October 2014.</ref><ref name="EETimes_2011">{{cite web

}}</ref> She is known for her work developing [[silicon-on-insulator]] semiconductor manufacturing technologies<ref name="MIT_2006" /> and more efficient [[semiconductor]] chips<ref name="TechReview" /> during her time as vice president of IBM's Semiconductor Research and Development Center.<ref name="ComputingCOUK_2014" />

Su was appointed president and [[CEO]] of AMD in October 2014,<ref name="YahooAMD_2014">[http://biz.yahoo.com/e/141014/amd8-k_a.html Form 8-K/A for ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC, 14-Oct-2014] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017010028/http://biz.yahoo.com/e/141014/amd8-k_a.html |date=17 October 2014 }}, filed with [[Securities and Exchange Commission|SEC]], visible at yahoo.com.</ref><ref name=pcworld>Mark Hachman. 8 October 2014. [http://www.pcworld.com/article/2824133/amd-names-lisa-su-to-replace-rory-read-as-ceo-continue-diversification-strategy.html AMD names Lisa Su to replace Rory Read as CEO, continue diversification strategy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010205810/http://www.pcworld.com/article/2824133/amd-names-lisa-su-to-replace-rory-read-as-ceo-continue-diversification-strategy.html |date=10 October 2014 }}. PC World.com.</ref> after joining the company in 2012 and holding roles such as [[senior vice president]] of AMD's global business units and [[chief operating officer]].<ref name=AMDExecBio>{{cite web |url=https://www.amd.com/en/corporate/leadership/lisa-su.html |title=Executive Biographies – Lisa Su |publisher=Amd.com |access-date=10 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103221544/https://www.amd.com/en-us/who-we-are/corporate-information/leadership/lisa-su |archive-date=3 January 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> She currentlyused to servesbe on the boardsboard of [[Cisco Systems]],<ref name=linkedin>{{cite web |title=AMD’s Lisa Su OfficialLeaves Cisco Board of ProfileDirectors |url=https://www.linkedintomshardware.com/pubnews/amds-lisa-su/4/336/3ba-leaves-cisco-board-of-directors |website=LinkedInTom's Hardware |access-date=NovemberJune 198, 20162024}}</ref> Globalis Semiconductorcurrently Allianceon andthe board of the U.S. Semiconductor Industry Association,<ref name=AMDExecBio/> andin isaddition to being a fellow of the [[Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers]] (IEEE). Recognized with a number of awards and accolades,<ref name="SFGate_Wendy"/><ref name=AMDExecBio/> she was named Executive of the Year by ''[[EE Times]]'' in 2014<ref name=AMDExecBio/> and one of the World's Greatest Leaders in 2017 by ''[[Fortune Magazine|Fortune]]''.<ref name="Fortune_World’sGreatest_2017"/> She became the first woman to receive the [[IEEE Robert N. Noyce Medal|IEEE Robert Noyce Medal]] in 2021.

'''Lisa Tzwu-Fang Su''' was born in November<ref name=tahs /><ref name=":0">[http://taiwaneseamericanhistory.org/blog/43-lisa-su/ Lisa Su 蘇姿豐丰] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180822154027/http://taiwaneseamericanhistory.org/blog/43-lisa-su/|date=22 August 2018}}. History of Taiwanese Americans. Retrieved 14 October 2018.</ref> of 1969<ref name="TechReview" /><ref name="SFGate_Wendy"/> in [[Tainan]], Republic of China ([[Taiwan)]]. She was born in a [[Taiwanese Hokkien]] speaking family.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwPfc4jsA3Y 「台南女兒」不得了！全球科技女強人蘇姿豐丰是南市卓越市民]; his uncle speaks Taiwanese Hokkien in this Youtube video.</ref> She immigrated to the [[United States]]<ref name="SFGate_Wendy" /> at the age of 3 with her parents Su Chun-hwai ({{lang|zh-TW|蘇春槐}}) and Sandy Lo ({{lang|zh-TW|羅淑雅}}).<ref name=":0" /><ref name=tahs /> Both she and her brother were encouraged to study math and science as children.<ref name="SevenThings_2014">{{cite web |last1=Baumann |first1=Greg |date=October 9, 2014 |title=Meet AMD's new CEO, Lisa Su: 7 things to know |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2014/10/09/meet-amds-new-ceo-lisa-su-7-things-to-know.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161121103248/http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2014/10/09/meet-amds-new-ceo-lisa-su-7-things-to-know.html |archive-date=November 21, 2016 |access-date=November 19, 2016 |website=Silicon Valley Business Journal}}</ref> When she was seven, her father – a retired [[statistician]] – began quizzing her on [[multiplication tables]]. Her mother, an [[accountant]] who later became an entrepreneur, introduced her to business concepts.<ref name="SFGate_Wendy" />

After earning her [[bachelor's degree]] in electrical engineering, Su obtained her [[master's degree]] from MIT in 1991. From 1990 to 1994<ref name="linkedin">{{cite web |title=Lisa Su Official Profile |url=https://www.linkedin.com/pub/lisa-su/4/336/3ba |website=LinkedIn |access-date=November 19, 2016}}</ref> she studied for her [[PhD]]<ref name="SFGate_Wendy" /> under MIT advisor Dimitri Antoniadis.<ref name="MIT_2006" /> ''[[MIT Technology Review]]'' reports that as a doctoral candidate, Su was "one of the first researchers to look into [[silicon-on-insulator]] (SOI) technology, a then unproven technique for increasing [[transistor]]s' efficiency by building them atop layers of an insulating material".<ref name="MIT_2006" /> She graduated with her PhD in electrical engineering<ref name="MIT_2006" /><ref name="AMDExecBio" /> from MIT in 1994.<ref name="MIT_2006" /> Her PhD thesis was titled ''Extreme-submicrometer silicon-on-insulator (SOI) MOSFETs.''<ref>{{Cite thesis |last=Su |first=Lisa T. |year=1994 |title=Extreme-submicrometer silicon-on-insulator (SOI) MOSFETs |url=https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/11618 |location=Cambridge, MA |publisher=Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science |hdl=1721.1/11618 |type=Thesis}}</ref>

Through her division, Su represented IBM in a collaboration to create next-generation chips with [[Sony]] and [[Toshiba]]. [[Ken Kutaragi]] charged 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 the [[Cell (microprocessor)|Cell microprocessor]] used to power devices such as the [[Sony PlayStation 3]]. She continued to serve as vice president of the semiconductor research and development center at IBM,<ref name="MIT_2006" /> holding the role until May 2007.<ref name="linkedin" />

Su joined [[Freescale Semiconductor]] in June 2007<ref name=linkedin/><ref name="PCMAG_2014">{{cite web |last1=Poeter |first1=Damon |date=June 12, 2014 |title=Is AMD Grooming Lisa Su for CEO? |url=https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2459455,00.asp |website=PC Mag |access-date=November 19, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161122000456/http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2459455,00.asp |archive-date=November 22, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> as [[chief technology officer]] (CTO), heading the company's research and development<ref name="EETimes_2011"/><ref name=AMDExecBio/> until August 2009.<ref name=linkedin/> From September 2008 until December 2011,<ref name=linkedin/> she served aswas [[senior vice president]] and 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.<ref name=AMDExecBio/><ref name=linkedin/> As head of the company's networking-chip business,<ref name="AMDSu_Letter"/> ''[[EE Times]]'' credited her with helping Freescale get "its house in order", with the company filing for an [[IPO]] in 2011.<ref name="EETimes_2011"/>

[[File:AMD CEO Lisa Su 20150603.jpg|thumb|AMD CEO Lisa Su in June 2015]]

She was the 2020 recipient of the [[Semiconductor Industry Association]]'s Robert N. Noyce Award.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chang |first1=Chien-chung |last2=Huang |first2=Frances |date=September 21, 2020 |title=Taiwan-born AMD executive Lisa Su to receive top semiconductor prize |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/sci-tech/202009210022 |website=Focus Taiwan |agency=Central News Agency |access-date=September 25, 2020}}</ref> Also in 2020, she was elected to the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]].<ref>{{cite web |year=2020 |title=New members |url=https://www.amacad.org/new-members-2020 |website=American Academy of Arts and Sciences |access-date=September 27, 2020}}</ref> She was the 2020 Technical Leadership [[AnitaB.org|Abie Award]] Winner.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Global Awards for Women Technologists: Abie Awards |url=https://anitab.org/awards-grants/abie-awards/ |website=AnitaB |language=en-US |access-date=September 30, 2020}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lisa Su {{!}} Businessperson of the Year 2020 |url=https://fortune.com/businessperson-of-the-year/2020/lisa-su/ |website=Fortune |language=en-US |access-date=February 14, 2022}}</ref> In 2020, Su was named by [[Carnegie Corporation of New York]] as an honoree of the [[Great Immigrants Award]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=AI pioneer named to Carnegie Corporation's annual great immigrants list |url=https://newsroom.ucla.edu/dept/faculty/judea-pearl-ai-pioneer-named-to-carnegie-great-immigrants-list |access-date=2024-06-25 |website=UCLA |language=en-us}}</ref>

In 2021 Su was named as a Member of the U.S. [[President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology |url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/pcast/ |website=The White House |language=en-US |access-date=February 14, 2022}}</ref> and inducted into the Women in Technology Hall of Fame.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2021 Hall of Fame Press Release |url=https://witi.com/press/2021-hall-of-fame/ |website=WITI |language=en-US |access-date=February 14, 2022}}</ref> Su was subsequently awarded the [[Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers|IEEE]] Robert N. Noyce Medal, becoming the first woman to receive this prize,<ref>{{Cite web |title=AMD's Lisa Su is the first woman to receive IEEE's highest semiconductor award |url=https://corporate-awards.ieee.org/article/amds-lisa-su-semiconductor-award/ |website=IEEE Awards |language=en-US |access-date=February 14, 2022}}</ref> and named as #49 on the [[Forbes]] 100 Most Powerful Women, credited for the 25-fold increase to AMD's stock since she became CEO in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lisa Su |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/lisa-su/ |website=Forbes |language=en-US |access-date=February 14, 2022}}</ref> 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".<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 19, 2021 |title=AMD's Dr. Lisa Su to Be Recognized During the 2022 International Peace Honors |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20211119005378/en/AMD%E2%80%99s-Dr.-Lisa-Su-to-Be-Recognized-During-the-2022-International-Peace-Honors |website=Business Wire |language=en-US |access-date=February 14, 2022}}</ref>

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