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Diosdado P. Banatao (May 23, 1946 – December 25, 2025) was a Filipino businessman and engineer working in the high-tech industry, credited with having developed the first 10-Mbit Ethernet CMOS chip, the first system logic chipset compatible with IBM's PC/XT and the PC/AT, and one of the first GUI accelerators for personal computers. A three-time start-up veteran, he co-founded Mostron, Chips and Technologies, and S3 Graphics.
| Awards received by Diosdado Banatao | |||||
| Year | Awarded by | Award | Category | Result | Source |
| 1993 | Asian Business League of San Francisco | Asian Leadership Award | Won | ||
| 1997 | Philippine President Fidel V. Ramos | Pamana ng Filipino Award | Won | ||
| Ernst & Young, Inc. Magazine, and Merrill Lynch Business Financial Services | Master Entrepreneur of the Year Award | Won | |||
| 2011 | Search to Involve Pilipino Americans (SIPA) | Kalampusan Award | Corporate Achievement | Won | |
| 2018 | JCI Manila and PHINMA Corporation with DLSU RVR College of Business and Asian Institute of Management | Ramon V. Del Rosario Award | Nation Building | Won | |
| Recognitions received by Diosdado Banatao | |||||
| Year | Organization | Recognition | Source | ||
| 1993 | National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations, Inc. (NECO) | Ellis Island Medal of Honor | |||
| 1994 | |||||
| 2002 | The Forbes Midas List | Rank 49 out of 100 | |||
| 2003 | Rank 68 out of 100 | ||||
| 2004 | Rank 58 out of 100 | ||||
| 2005 | Rank 42 out of 100 | ||||
| 2006 | Rank 91 out of 100 | ||||
| 2009 | Mindanao State University - Iligan Institute of Technology | Doctor of Technology (honoris causa) | |||