The NEC C&C Foundation

C&C Prize

The Foundation presents the C&C Prizes to distinguished persons in recognition of outstanding contributions to research and development and/or pioneering work in the fields of semiconductors, computers, and/or telecommunications and in their integrated technologies (C&C). 

The C&C Prizes was established in 1985 and are awarded to no more than two groups annually. Each recipient is given a certificate, a plaque, and a cash award (10,000,000 yen for each group).　 

2022 Prize Ceremony

Request for 2023 C&C Prize Nomination(s) → Closed

The NEC C&C Foundation requests nominations for 2023 C&C Prize by Wednesday, May 31.

Selection Schedule of C&C Prize

Major awards that C&C Prize recipients received recently

• Dr. Vinton G. Cerf (1996 recipient) was awarded the 2023 IEEE Medal of Honor.
• Dr. Robert M. Metcalfe (2011 recipient) was awarded the 2022 Turing Award.
• Dr. Masataka Nakazawa (2013 recipient) was awarded the 2023 Japan Prize.
• Dr. Hiroyuki Sakaki (2010 recipient) was awarded the 2022 Order of Culture, Japan’s highest cultural award.
• Prof. Alfred V. Aho (2017 recipient) and Prof. Jeffrey D. Ullman (2017 recipient) were awarded the 2020 Turing Award
• Dr. Shun-ichi Amari (2003 recipient) and Dr. Akira Yoshino (2011 recipient) were awarded the 2019 Order of Culture, Japan’s highest cultural award.
• Dr. Akira Yoshino (2011 recipient) was awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
• Prof. Ching W. Tang (2018 recipient) was awarded the 2019 Kyoto Prize for the category of Advanced Technology.
• Prof. Geoffrey E. Hinton (2016 recipient) was awarded the 2018 Turing Award.
• Dr. Makoto Nagao (1999 recipient) was awarded the 2018 Order of Culture, Japan’s highest cultural award.
• Dr. Akira Yoshino (2011 recipient) was awarded the 2018 Japan Prize.
• Dr. John L. Hennessy (2004 recipient) and Prof. David A. Patterson (2004 recipient) were awarded the 2017 Turing Award
• Dr. Adi Shamir (2009 recipient) was awarded the 2017 Japan Prize.
• Mr. Tim Berners-Lee (1996 recipient) was awarded the 2016 Turing Award.
• Dr. Takeo Kanade (2000 recipient) was awarded the 2016 Kyoto Prize for the category of Advanced Technology.
• Dr. Yasuharu Suematsu (1994 recipient) was awarded the 2014 Japan Prize and the 2015 Order of Culture, Japan’s highest cultural award.
• Dr. Isamu Akasaki (1998 recipient) and Dr. Shuji Nakamura (1998 recipient) were awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics.
• Dr. Shuji Nakamura (1998 recipient) was awarded the 2014 Order of Culture, Japan’s highest cultural award.
• Dr. Shun’ichi Iwasaki (1993 recipient) was awarded the 2010 Japan Prize and the 2013 Order of Culture, Japan’s highest cultural award.
• Dr. Robert H.Dennard (2006 recipient) was awarded the 2009 IEEE Medal of Honor and the 2013 Kyoto Prize for category of Advanced Technology.
• Dr. John L. Hennessy (2004 recipient) was awarded the 2012 IEEE Medal of Honor.
• Dr. Dennis M. Ritchie (1989 recipient) and Dr. Kenneth L. Thompson (1989 recipient) were awarded the 2011 Japan Prize.
• Dr. Andrew J. Viterbi (1992 recipient) was awarded the 2010 IEEE Medal of Honor.
• Dr. Isamu Akasaki (1998 recipient) was awarded the 2009 Kyoto Prize for the category of Advanced Technology and the 2011 Order of Culture, Japan’s highest cultural award.
• Dr. Charles K. Kao (1987 recipient), Dr. Willard S. Boyle (1999 recipient) and
  Dr. George E. Smith (1999 recipient) were awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics.