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GSI Technology (GSIT): executive pay, fiscal 2026
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CEO pay, last three years
- $873,636FY2024
- $569,167FY2025
- $1,989,770FY2026
CEO total pay was $1,989,770 in fiscal 2026, up from $569,167 in fiscal 2025.
FY2026: salary $302,339 · bonus $0 · stock awards $0 · option awards $1,639,500
Executives and directors
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Summary compensation table
| Named executive officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension / NQDC | All other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee-Lean Shu | $302,339 | $0 | $0 | $1,639,500 | $47,931 | $0 | $0 | $1,989,770 |
| President and Chief Executive Officer | ||||||||
| Patrick Chuang | 323,361 | 0 | 0 | 301,000 | 23,966 | 0 | 0 | 648,327 |
| Senior Vice President, Memory Design | ||||||||
| Didier Lasserre | 290,441 | 0 | 0 | 301,000 | 23,966 | 0 | 5,400 | 620,807 |
| Vice President, Sales | ||||||||
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column; 0 means it reported zero. Figures are as printed in the filing, without adjustment.
Three-year trend — total compensation per named executive
| Named executive officer | FY2026 total | FY2025 total | FY2024 total | Δ FY2025→2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee-Lean Shu | $1,989,770 | $569,167 | $873,636 | ↑ +1,420,603 |
| Patrick Chuang | 648,327 | 435,575 | 507,626 | ↑ +212,752 |
| Didier Lasserre | 620,807 | 408,055 | 480,106 | ↑ +212,752 |
Prior-year totals as disclosed in the corresponding proxy; deltas are computed values with the derivation shown in the register.
Incentive-plan design — the Compensation Discussion & Analysis
Our fundamental compensation philosophy is to align the compensation of our senior management with our annual and long-term business objectives, performance against those objectives and creation of stockholder value, as well as to offer compensation that will enable us to attract, retain, and appropriately reward executive officers whose contributions are necessary for our long-term success.
| CEO STI target (% of salary) | 64% |
|---|---|
| CEO LTI target (% of salary) | — |
| Independent consultant | Compensia, Inc. |
| Clawback policy | true |
| Anti-hedging | True |
| Anti-pledging | True |
Equity grants and outstanding awards
Grants of plan-based awards — fiscal year 2026
| Executive | Award | Grant date | Threshold | Target | Granted | Maximum | Grant-date fair value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Didier Lasserre | OPTION | 2026-02-02 | — | — | 20,000 | — | $119,800 |
| Didier Lasserre | OPTION | 2025-05-05 | — | — | 20,000 | — | 57,600 |
| Didier Lasserre | OPTION | 2025-08-04 | — | — | 40,000 | — | 123,600 |
| Patrick Chuang | OPTION | 2026-02-02 | — | — | 20,000 | — | 119,800 |
| Lee-Lean Shu | OPTION | 2025-08-04 | — | — | 100,000 | — | 309,000 |
| Lee-Lean Shu | OPTION | 2026-02-02 | — | — | 150,000 | — | 898,500 |
| Lee-Lean Shu | OPTION | 2025-05-05 | — | — | 150,000 | — | 432,000 |
| Patrick Chuang | OPTION | 2025-08-04 | — | — | 40,000 | — | 123,600 |
| Patrick Chuang | OPTION | 2025-05-05 | — | — | 20,000 | — | 57,600 |
Vehicle mix — grant-date fair value by award type
| Named executive officer | Time-vested (RSU) | Performance-vested (PSU) | Options / SARs | % performance-vested |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Didier Lasserre | $0 | $0 | $301,000 | 0.0% |
| Patrick Chuang | 0 | 0 | 301,000 | 0.0% |
| Lee-Lean Shu | 0 | 0 | 1,639,500 | 0.0% |
% performance-vested = PSU grant-date fair value ÷ (RSU + PSU + Options), a computed value with the derivation shown in the register.
Outstanding equity awards at fiscal year-end 2026
| Executive | Award | Shares unvested | Exercise price | Market value unvested |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Chuang | Option | 20,000 | 7.23 | — |
| Didier Lasserre | Option | 20,000 | 7.23 | — |
| Patrick Chuang | Option | 40,000 | 2.94 | — |
| Didier Lasserre | Option | 40,000 | 2.94 | — |
| Patrick Chuang | Option | 40,000 | 3.96 | — |
| Didier Lasserre | Option | 40,000 | 3.96 | — |
| Patrick Chuang | Option | 40,000 | 4.08 | — |
| Didier Lasserre | Option | 40,000 | 4.08 | — |
| Patrick Chuang | Option | 40,000 | 4.39 | — |
| Didier Lasserre | Option | 40,000 | 4.39 | — |
| Lee-Lean Shu | Option | 100,000 | 2.94 | — |
| Lee-Lean Shu | Option | 100,000 | 3.96 | — |
| Lee-Lean Shu | Option | 100,000 | 4.08 | — |
| Lee-Lean Shu | Option | 100,000 | 4.39 | — |
| Lee-Lean Shu | Option | 150,000 | 7.23 | — |
Director compensation
| Director | Cash fees | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | All other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth CholawskyIndependent · Lead Independent Director · Audit · Compensation (Chair) · Nominating and Governance | $72,674 | $0 | $66,052 | — | $0 | $138,726 |
| Haydn HsiehIndependent · Audit · Compensation | 52,500 | 0 | 43,080 | — | 0 | 95,580 |
| Ruey L. LuIndependent · Audit · Nominating and Governance (Chair) | 50,739 | 0 | 43,080 | — | 0 | 93,819 |
| Ronald R. StegerIndependent · Audit (Chair) · Nominating and Governance · Newly elected | 38,348 | 0 | 51,692 | — | 0 | 90,040 |
| Jack A. BradleyIndependent · Nominating and Governance (Chair) · Not standing for re-election · Departed during FY | 34,239 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 34,239 |
| Lee-Lean ShuEmployee director · Board Chair | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
Board fee structure and ownership guideline
| Annual cash retainer | $40,000 |
|---|---|
| Annual equity retainer | — |
| Per board meeting fee | — |
| Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov) | 20,000 / 10,000 / 7,500 |
| Stock ownership guideline | 3x annual cash retainer for Board service |
Total cost of the board
| Component | FY2026 |
|---|---|
| Cash retainers and fees | $248,500 |
| Equity awards (grant-date value) | $0 |
| All other compensation | $0 |
| Total cost of the board | $248,500 |
Computed as the sum of the director compensation table rows above; inputs and formula shown in the register.
Peer group, and who names GSI Technology as a peer
Companies that benchmark against GSIT
6 companies name GSIT as a compensation peer
The list of companies that name GSIT as a peer is temporarily unavailable — recheck shortly.
Disclosed peer group — fiscal year 2026
The compensation peer group as the company disclosed it in its own proxy — the reference set behind the percentile above.
Peer reciprocity
The companies GSI Technology Inc names as compensation peers that name it back in their own disclosed peer groups.
Chief executive pay against the peer group
Most recent fiscal-year chief executive compensation at each disclosed peer, taken from that company’s own proxy statement.
| Rank | Company | FY | Chief executive | Salary | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Immersion Corporation | 2026 | Eric Singer | $1,137,880 | $1,923,000 | $0 | $395,000 | $5,066,691 |
| 2 | Aehr Test Systems | 2026 | Gayn Erickson | 474,000 | 2,655,012 | 0 | 40,000 | 3,226,098 |
| 3 | Everspin Technologies | 2025 | Sanjeev Aggarwal | 450,000 | 1,584,000 | 0 | 551,454 | 2,586,384 |
| 4 | Kopin Corporation | 2025 | Michael Murray | 506,191 | 600,692 | 575,990 | 463,374 | 2,257,423 |
| 5 | Lantronix | 2026 | Saleel Awsare | 500,000 | 1,208,488 | 0 | 400,000 | 2,115,193 |
| 6 | GSI Technology Inc | 2026 | Lee-Lean Shu | 302,339 | 0 | 1,639,500 | 47,931 | 1,989,770 |
| 7 | AXT, Inc. | 2025 | Morris Young | 479,000 | 983,482 | 0 | 172,900 | 1,673,404 |
| 8 | QuickLogic Corporation | 2025 | Brian Faith | 468,000 | 377,495 | 0 | 0 | 1,196,495 |
| 9 | inTEST Corporation | 2025 | Richard Grant | 428,915 | 400,003 | 210,655 | 54,687 | 1,099,010 |
| 10 | Pixelworks, Inc | 2025 | Todd DeBonis | 473,025 | 436,562 | 0 | 0 | 909,587 |
| 11 | Amtech Systems, Inc. | 2025 | Robert C. Daigle | 450,000 | 0 | 259,410 | 0 | 723,580 |
| 12 | NVE Corporation | 2026 | Daniel Baker | 449,918 | 0 | 41,026 | 80,353 | 585,775 |
Each peer’s compensation is from its most recently filed proxy; fiscal years differ by company. Each peer’s figures come from its own filings; the subject company is highlighted. Peers whose chief executive compensation is outside our coverage universe are stated as such, never left blank.
Incentive design against the same peers
| Company | Annual incentive payout | Long-term vehicle mix | PSU measures include TSR | Compensation consultant |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GSI Technology Inc | 17.4% | Options 100 | not disclosed | Compensia, Inc. |
| Aehr Test Systems | not disclosed | not disclosed | No | not disclosed |
| Amtech Systems, Inc. | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| AXT, Inc. | not disclosed | RSU 100 | not disclosed | Compensia |
| Everspin Technologies | 122.5% | RSU 100 | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| Immersion Corporation | not disclosed | RSU 100 | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| inTEST Corporation | 15% | not disclosed | No | Radford |
| Kopin Corporation | not disclosed | not disclosed | No | Aon plc (Human Capital Solutions practice) |
| Lantronix | 80% | PSU 50 · RSU 50 | Yes — Relative TSR | Compensation Strategies, Inc. |
| NVE Corporation | not disclosed | Option 100 | not disclosed | not disclosed |
| Pixelworks, Inc | not disclosed | not disclosed | Yes — TSR relative to Peer Group | not disclosed |
| QuickLogic Corporation | 75% | RSU 100 | not disclosed | Compensia |
Read from each company’s Compensation Discussion and Analysis: annual incentive payout as a percentage of target, the disclosed long-term vehicle mix, whether performance-share measures include a total shareholder return component, and the retained compensation consultant. “Not disclosed” appears only where the company’s filing does not state the item.
Say-on-pay history and pay ratio
| Meeting year | Meeting date | For | Against | Abstain | Support | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2026-08-20 | 15,296,402 | 868,466 | 38,861 | 94.63% | Passed |
| 2025 | 2025-08-21 | 12,482,730 | 172,188 | 28,104 | 98.64% | Passed |
| 2024 | 2024-08-22 | 11,715,049 | 276,598 | 22,028 | 97.69% | Passed |
| 2024 | 2024-08-22 | 11,715,049 | 276,598 | 22,028 | 97.69% | Passed |
| 2023 | 2023-08-24 | 13,728,970 | 1,076,901 | 75,564 | 92.73% | Passed |
| 2022 | 2022-08-25 | 13,395,504 | 4,135,539 | 219,413 | 75.47% | Passed |
Rows are labeled by annual-meeting year, with the meeting date beside each; the vote held in a given year acts on the prior fiscal year’s compensation.
Say-on-pay — history, company’s computation
| Meeting year | Meeting date | Approval — company’s computation |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2026-08-20 | 94.63%a |
| 2025 | 2025-08-21 | 98.64%b |
| 2024 | 2024-08-22 | 97.69%c |
a. Voting standard not stated in the filing.
b. Voting standard not stated in the filing.
c. Voting standard not stated in the filing.
Approval percentages are the company’s own reported computations under its own stated standard, not recomputed by Velarion. Where a company does not state a standard, none is assumed.
CEO pay ratio
| Ratio (CEO : median employee) | — |
|---|---|
| CEO total compensation | — |
| Median employee compensation | — |
Insider trades since the proxy
Every insider equity transaction reported on Form 4 after the 2026 proxy statement — acquisitions, dispositions, exercises, and withholdings — and therefore not reflected in any table in that document.
| Insider | Role | Transaction date | Code | Shares | Price | Value | Security | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haydn Hsieh | Director | 2026-08-03 | A | 28,074 | $2 | $52,498 | Common | Form 4 ↗ |
| Haydn Hsieh | Director | 2026-08-03 | D | 27,486 | 0 | 0 | Derivative, Class A Common | Form 4 ↗ |
| Haydn Hsieh | Director | 2026-08-03 | D | 28,074 | 0 | 0 | Derivative, Class A Common | Form 4 ↗ |
| Haydn Hsieh | Director | 2026-08-03 | A | 27,486 | 2 | 52,498 | Common | Form 4 ↗ |
| Lee-Lean Shu | Director | 2026-08-05 | D | 100,000 | 0 | 0 | Derivative, Class A Common | Form 4 ↗ |
| Lee-Lean Shu | Director | 2026-08-13 | A | 100,000 | 0 | 0 | Derivative, Class A Common | Form 4 ↗ |
| Lee-Lean Shu | Director | 2026-08-13 | A | 100,000 | 0 | 0 | Derivative, Class A Common | Form 4 ↗ |
| Avidan Akerib | VP, Associative Computing | 2026-08-13 | A | 40,000 | 0 | 0 | Derivative, Class A Common | Form 4 ↗ |
| Didier Lasserre | Director | 2026-08-13 | A | 40,000 | 0 | 0 | Derivative, Class A Common | Form 4 ↗ |
| Patrick Chuang | Senior VP, Memory Design | 2026-08-13 | A | 40,000 | 0 | 0 | Derivative, Class A Common | Form 4 ↗ |
| Douglas M. Schirle | CFO | 2026-08-13 | A | 40,000 | 0 | 0 | Derivative, Class A Common | Form 4 ↗ |
| Ping Tak Wu | VP, U.S. Operations | 2026-08-13 | A | 30,000 | 0 | 0 | Derivative, Class A Common | Form 4 ↗ |
Transaction codes per Form 4: A acquisition · S open-market sale · F tax withholding · M option exercise · G gift. Value = shares × price as reported. Dividend-equivalent and fractional-share accrual rows (derivative Class A, under $10,000 and under 2,000 shares) are aggregated per date; every row appears in full below.
Sources (53 citations)
Each figure is listed with the filing it comes from, where it appears in that filing, and the value as printed. Any figure can be independently confirmed against the source.
- Section 01, Lee-Lean Shu. DEF 14A, filed 2026-07-16. Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 25. As printed: 1,989,770. View filing ↗
- Section 01, Patrick Chuang. DEF 14A, filed 2026-07-16. Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 25. As printed: 648,327. View filing ↗
- Section 01, Didier Lasserre. DEF 14A, filed 2026-07-16. Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 25. As printed: 620,807. View filing ↗
- Section 03, Didier Lasserre OPTION. DEF 14A, filed 2026-07-16. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
- Section 03, Didier Lasserre OPTION. DEF 14A, filed 2026-07-16. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
- Section 03, Didier Lasserre OPTION. DEF 14A, filed 2026-07-16. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
- Section 03, Patrick Chuang OPTION. DEF 14A, filed 2026-07-16. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
- Section 03, Lee-Lean Shu OPTION. DEF 14A, filed 2026-07-16. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
- Section 03, Lee-Lean Shu OPTION. DEF 14A, filed 2026-07-16. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
- Section 03, Lee-Lean Shu OPTION. DEF 14A, filed 2026-07-16. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
- Section 03, Patrick Chuang OPTION. DEF 14A, filed 2026-07-16. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
- Section 03, Patrick Chuang OPTION. DEF 14A, filed 2026-07-16. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
- Section 07, pay ratio. 10-K, filed 2026-06-05. Section “CEO Pay Ratio”. As printed: —. View filing ↗
- Section 08, Elizabeth Cholawsky. DEF 14A, filed 2026-07-16. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 138,726. View filing ↗
- Section 08, Haydn Hsieh. DEF 14A, filed 2026-07-16. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 95,580. View filing ↗
- Section 08, Ruey L. Lu. DEF 14A, filed 2026-07-16. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 93,819. View filing ↗
- Section 08, Ronald R. Steger. DEF 14A, filed 2026-07-16. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 90,040. View filing ↗
- Section 08, Jack A. Bradley. DEF 14A, filed 2026-07-16. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 34,239. View filing ↗
- Section 08, Lee-Lean Shu. DEF 14A, filed 2026-07-16. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. View filing ↗
- Section 02, Haydn Hsieh 2026-08-03. Form 4, filed 2026-08-04. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
- Section 02, Haydn Hsieh 2026-08-03. Form 4, filed 2026-08-04. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
- Section 02, Haydn Hsieh 2026-08-03. Form 4, filed 2026-08-04. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
- Section 02, Haydn Hsieh 2026-08-03. Form 4, filed 2026-08-04. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
- Section 02, Lee-Lean Shu 2026-08-05. Form 4, filed 2026-08-07. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
- Section 02, Lee-Lean Shu 2026-08-13. Form 4, filed 2026-08-14. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
- Section 02, Lee-Lean Shu 2026-08-13. Form 4, filed 2026-08-14. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
- Section 02, Avidan Akerib 2026-08-13. Form 4, filed 2026-08-14. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
- Section 02, Didier Lasserre 2026-08-13. Form 4, filed 2026-08-14. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
- Section 02, Patrick Chuang 2026-08-13. Form 4, filed 2026-08-14. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
- Section 02, Douglas M. Schirle 2026-08-13. Form 4, filed 2026-08-14. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
- Section 02, Ping Tak Wu 2026-08-13. Form 4, filed 2026-08-14. Insider equity transaction reported since the proxy statement. View filing ↗
- Section 06, 2026 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2026-08-21. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 94.63% (votes for as printed: 15,296,402). View filing ↗
- Section 06, 2025 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2025-08-22. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 98.64% (votes for as printed: 12,482,730). View filing ↗
- Section 06, 2024 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2024-08-23. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 97.69%. View filing ↗
- Section 01 trend, Δ column (computed). Computed. Δ = current-FY total − prior-FY total per named officer.
- Section 03b vehicle mix (computed). Computed. RSU / PSU / Options grant-date fair values summed per officer from the grants table; % performance-vested = PSU ÷ (RSU+PSU+Options).
- Section 09b board cost (computed). Computed. Cash 248,500 + equity 0 + all other 0 = 248,500, summed across the director compensation table rows.
- Immersion Corporation, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-08-28. CEO total compensation as printed in Immersion Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 5,066,691. View filing ↗
- Aehr Test Systems, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-09-09. CEO total compensation as printed in Aehr Test Systems's own proxy. As printed: 3,226,098. View filing ↗
- Everspin Technologies, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-07. CEO total compensation as printed in Everspin Technologies's own proxy. As printed: 2,586,384. View filing ↗
- Kopin Corporation, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-22. CEO total compensation as printed in Kopin Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 2,257,423. View filing ↗
- Lantronix, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-09-22. CEO total compensation as printed in Lantronix's own proxy. As printed: 2,115,193. View filing ↗
- GSI Technology Inc (subject), Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-07-16. CEO total compensation as printed in GSI Technology Inc's own proxy. As printed: 1,989,770. View filing ↗
- AXT, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-31. CEO total compensation as printed in AXT, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 1,673,404. View filing ↗
- QuickLogic Corporation, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-27. CEO total compensation as printed in QuickLogic Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 1,196,495. View filing ↗
- inTEST Corporation, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-28. CEO total compensation as printed in inTEST Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 1,099,010. View filing ↗
- Pixelworks, Inc, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-17. CEO total compensation as printed in Pixelworks, Inc's own proxy. As printed: 909,587. View filing ↗
- Amtech Systems, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-01-23. CEO total compensation as printed in Amtech Systems, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 723,580. View filing ↗
- NVE Corporation, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-06-22. CEO total compensation as printed in NVE Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 585,775. View filing ↗
- Section 10a, NVE Corporation reciprocity. DEF 14A. NVE Corporation names GSI Technology Inc in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). View filing ↗
- Section 10a, Pixelworks, Inc reciprocity. DEF 14A. Pixelworks, Inc names GSI Technology Inc in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). View filing ↗
- Section 10a, AXT, Inc. reciprocity. DEF 14A. AXT, Inc. names GSI Technology Inc in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). View filing ↗
- Section 10a, QuickLogic Corporation reciprocity. DEF 14A. QuickLogic Corporation names GSI Technology Inc in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). View filing ↗