GitHub - aolofsson/awesome-semiconductor-startups: List of awesome semiconductor startups

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Abacus Semiconductor HPC 2020 US HPC silicon systems Accelercom RF 2016 UK 5G physical layer for high-performance networks Agile Analog EDA 2017 UK Automating design of analog circuitry Agita Labs SECURITY 2018 US Processing security technology/IP Agnit Semiconductor MFG 2019 IN GaN based wafers and devices Ahead Computing RISC-V 2024 US High performance RISC-V core IP Aistorm AI 2011 US Charge domain based AI processing Akeana RISC-V 2021 US RISC-V CPU and System IP Akhetonics PHOTONICS 2021 DE Optical computing devices Alif Semiconductor AI 2019 US Integrated SoC for AI at the edge Allspice.io EDA 2018 US PCB Design platform Alpha Design AI EDA 2024 US AI agent based chip design platform Ambient Scientific ANALOG 2018 US Analog in-memory AI processor Amsimcel EDA 2018 RO GPU powered physical verification Anabrid ANALOG 2023 DE Analog computer on a chip Analog Photonics PHOTONICS 2012 US LIDAR and other optical technologies Andapt ANALOG 2014 IE Programmable power management ICs Anello PHOTONICS 2018 US Photonic based gyroscopes for navigation Aniah EDA 2019 FR Circuit analysis software Applied Brain Research AI 2013 CA AI solutions for edge devices Arago PHOTONICS 2024 FR Photonic computing platform Argus Space RF 2024 CH Satcomm telecommunications and radar Ascenium HPC 2019 NO General purpose accelerator Aspinity AI 2015 US Analog in-memory AI inference accelerators Astrus EDA 2022 CA AI platform designed to automate microchip design Athos Silicon CHIPLETS 2025 US Chiplet platform for automotive/safety critical applications Atlant 3D MFG 2018 DK Atomic scale 3d material printing Atlantic Quantum QUANTUM 2022 US Scalable quantum computers Atmosic RF 2016 US Battery free wireless devices Atoms AI EDA 2024 US AI driven verification Avicena PHOTONICS 2019 US Optical uLed interconnect technology Axelera AI 2021 NL Low power AI edge processors Ayar Labs PHOTONICS 2015 US Electronic-photonic communication chip sets Azimuth AI ASIC 2023 US Edge AI ASICs Baya Systems CHIPLETS 2023 US Chiplet Based Semiconductor Design Beacon Photonics PHOTONICS 2023 US Integrated photonics platform Beam RF 2015 IL Phased array antennas Belfort SECURITY 2025 BE Hardware for encrypted compute (FHE) Black Semiconductor MFG 2021 DE Graphene electronics/photonics translators Blueshift Memory MEMORY 2016 UK High performance memory centric architecture Bluespec RISC-V 2003 US RISC-V IP and System Development Tools Blumind AI 2020 CA Analog AI computing Bolt Semiconductor MFG 2024 US Vertical GaN technology BoolSi EDA 2023 US Generate RTL from any code base, in any language bos semiconductors ASIC 2022 KR Automotive ASICs Bronco AI EDA 2022 US AI tools for chip development cadlab.io EDA 2015 US Collaboration tools for PCB design Cadstrom EDA 2023 CA AI based PCB design Celera EDA 2018 US Automated analog/mixed-signal IC development tool Celestial AI PHOTONICS 2020 US Photonic fabric optical interconnect technology Cellium RF 2016 IL Wireless infrastructure for indoor connectivity Celtro HEALTH 2019 DE Energy harvesting implantable medical devices Celus EDA 2016 DE PCB design tools Cerebras HPC 2016 US Wafer scale processors Ceremorphic HPC 2020 US Analog computing architecture Cerfe Labs MFG 2020 US Electronics materials and device research Chipmind EDA 2024 CH Agentic chip design Chipflow ASIC 2021 UK ASIC design platform Chipletz CHIPLETS 2021 US Smart substrate for chiplet integration Chipstack EDA 2023 US AI based chip design methodology Circuit Mind EDA 2018 UK PCB design tools Classiq EDA 2020 IL Quantum computing software Codasip RISC-V 2014 DE Supplier of RISC-V IP cores Cognichip EDA 2024 US AI platform for chip design Condor Computing RISC-V 2023 US High performance RISC-V processors Cornami HPC 2011 US Acceleration for full homomorphic encryption Cycuity EDA 2014 US Security EDA design and verification solutions Cyrillic AI 2024 IT Perception system for physical AI d-Matrix AI 2019 US Computing platform for data center AI inference DASH Tech IC HPC 2021 US Flexible processors for embedded applications DeepX AI 2018 KR AI processors DeGirum AI 2017 US AI platform for edge applications Denpaflux EDA 2022 DE EMC analysis platform for design engineering teams Diode Computers EDA 2024 US AI based PCB design Dfiant EDA 2022 US Chip design tools Dnotitia AI 2023 KR AI processors Dover SECURITY 2017 US SoC security IP Dust Photonics PHOTONICS 2017 IL Small footprint integrate photonics transceivers DreamBig CHIPLETS 2019 US Chiplet based ASIC platform EdgeCortix AI 2019 US AI accelerators for edge devices EdgeQ RF 2018 US Base station-on-a-chip Efinix FPGA 2012 US Programmable FPGA products Eliyan CHIPLETS 2021 US Interconnect technology EnCharge AI AI 2021 US AI processing platform Enlightra PHOTONICS 2017 US Optical microresonator technology Enosemi PHOTONICS 2023 US Photonics subsystems enzzo EDA 2024 US AI driven hardware development Eridan RF 2013 US RF front end for for wireless telecommunications Eridu AI PHOTONICS 2023 US Photonics based AI acceleration Etched AI 2022 US AI processors Ethernovia NETWORKING 2018 US In vehicle networking eTopus NETWORKING 2013 US High speed interconnect solutions Evacorp AI 2023 US AI processing Everactive SENSORS 2012 US Battery-less IoT sensing technology Exa Laboratories AI 2024 US Reconfigurable chips for AI Exo Imaging HEALTH 2015 US Handheld ultrasound device Extropic AI 2022 US Physics based generative AI Fabric Cryptography SECURITY 2021 US Cryptography hardware accelerators Falcomm RF 2021 US Solid state power amplifiers Fermionic ANALOG 2020 IN Communication IP and chips Ferric ANALOG 2010 US Single-chip power converters Finchetto PHOTONICS 2020 UK Photonic sensors for quantum computing Flow Computing HPC 2024 FI Parallel processing IP Flux EDA 2019 US PCB design tools FMC MFG 2015 DE Ferroelectric non-volatile RAM Forefrontrf RF 2020 UK Wireless communication devices Fractile AI 2022 UK AI accelerator for LLMs Furiosa AI 2017 KR AI coprocessors Gemesys AI 2021 DE Analog AI processors Generation Alpha Transistor EDA 2024 US Circuit & Layout GUI Copilot getinstachip EDA 2024 US Intelligent package manager for Verilog Gowin FPGA 2014 CN FPGA chip products Groq AI 2016 US AI processors HaiLa RF 2017 CA Low power wireless communication for IoT Hailo AI 2017 IL AI acceleration for edge devices HawAI.tech AI 2019 FR AI accelerators Heronic EDA 2024 UK Automated generation of bespoke AI accelerators HyperAccel AI 2023 KR AI processors and server solutions for LLM/Gen AI HyperCIM AI 2023 UK Optimized compute in memory architecture Hyperlume PHOTONICS 2022 CA Optical interconnect InCore Semi RISC-V 2018 IN RISC-V IP cores Ingonyama SECURITY 2021 IL Hardware accelerators for cryptographic computation Innatera AI 2018 NL Neuromorphic processors Inspire Semi HPC 2020 US Manycore CPU on a chip Ipronics PHOTONICS 2019 ES Programmable photonics products Jeeva Wireless RF 2015 US Battery-free wireless sensing technology Jitx EDA 2016 US PCB design tools Kandou NETWORKING 2011 CH Chip-to-chip connectivity solutions Kepler Computing HPC 2018 US Stealth Kittycad EDA 2021 US AI driven CAD Kneron AI 2015 US Edge AI devices Krutrim AI 2023 IN AI hardware Lemurian Labs AI 2018 CA AI computing platform Light Solver PHOTONICS 2019 IL Optical computing platform Light Trace Photonics PHOTONICS 2021 UK Platform for rapid photonic product development Lightelligence PHOTONICS 2017 US Optical computing platform Lightium MFG 2023 CH Photonics foundry Lightmatter PHOTONICS 2017 US Optical computing platform Lighton PHOTONICS 2015 FR Optical computing platform Literal Labs AI 2023 UK Explainable AI using Tsetlin machines Linctrinsic RF 2021 US Fast RF switches Linque PHOTONICS 2023 DE Optical computing Lubis EDA EDA 2021 DE Cloud based formal verification platform Lumai PHOTONICS 2021 UK 3D optical computing Luminous Computing PHOTONICS 2018 US Optical computing platform Lumotive PHOTONICS 2017 US Optical beam forming sensors MangoBoost HPC 2022 US Data processing units for data center Matx AI 2022 US Platform for AGI Memryx AI 2019 US AI computing platform Mesa Quantum QUANTUM 2023 US Quantum sensing for GPS MetisX MEMORY 2022 KR CXL memory solutions Mintneuro HEALTH 2015 UK Neural implants Mobilint AI 2019 KR AI inference accelerators Morphing Machines HPC 2006 IN Reconfigurable processors Morse Micro RF 2016 AU Low-power Wi-Fi chips Mosaic SoC ASIC 2024 CH Specialized chips designed for AR glasses Motivo EDA 2015 US Explainable AI and ML for chip design optimization Movellus ANALOG 2014 US Clock distribution IP Mythic AI 2012 US Analog ML accelerators MZ Technologies EDA 2014 IT EDA solutions for advanced packaging Nanopower ANALOG 2017 NO Smart power management ICs NcodiN PHOTONICS 2023 FR Optical interposers Neologic MFG 2021 IL Quasi-CMOS transistor technology Neureality AI 2019 IL Purpose-built AI-centric architecture NeuroBlade AI 2018 IL Accelerators for high throughput data analytics Neurophos PHOTONICS 2020 US Optical computing platform Neurxcore AI 2023 FR AI accelerator IP based on NVDLA Next Semiconductor SPACE 2023 US Satellite networking ASICs NextSilicon HPC 2017 IL High performance computing architecture Niobium Microsystems SECURITY 2021 US FHE Acceleration for Zero Trust Novelda RF 2004 NO Wireless wideband for high resolution impulse radar Novumind AI 2015 US Domain specific acceleration for AI applications Nubis Communication NETWORKING 2020 US Optical communications technology OmniDesign ANALOG 2015 US Low power analog IP One Silicon Chip Photonics PHOTONICS 2016 CA Optical chips for precision motion sensing OniO RF 2019 NO Wireless micro controller OpenMachine AI 2022 US High-performance AI engines for your chip, chiplet, RISC-V SoC, ASIC, and FPGA Optalysys PHOTONICS 2013 UK Optical computing next-gen cryptography optoML AI 2024 SG Low power AI processors Oso Semiconductor RF 2022 US Low power RF chip set Owl SENSORS 2018 US Monocular 3D thermal ranging solutions Oxford Quantum Circuits QUANTUM 2017 UK Quantum computing platform Ozark ICs ANALOG 2011 US High temperature ruggedized electronics Panmnesia MEMORY 2022 KR CXL IP par.tcl EDA 2024 US Physics based eda tools persimmons AI 2023 US Flexible, low-power generative AI inference system Phanofi PHOTONICS 2022 DK Optical transceivers for data centers & HPC Pharrowtech RF 2018 BE RF ICs for high speed wireless links Phoenix Semiconductor ASIC 2023 US Drop in replacements for discontinued devices Picocom RF 2019 UK Semiconductor products for 5G infrastructure Plaid Semiconductor CHIPLETS 2023 US Interposers for chiplet integration Pliops HPC 2017 IL Scalable data handling/acceleration PointCloud SENSORS 2017 US 4D imaging sensors Polaris EO PHOTONICS 2021 US Ferroelectric based electro-optic modulators Polyn Technology AI 2019 IL Neuromorphic Analog Signal Processor chips PQShield QUANTUM 2018 UK Post-quantum Cryptography Co-processor PragmatiC MFG 2010 UK Manufacturer of low-cost flexible integrated circuits Precision Innovations EDA 2019 US Developing and supporting OpenROAD Primemas CHIPLETS 2023 US Platform for rapid SoC system development Primis EDA 2023 US Generative-AI driven hardware design proteanTecs ANALOG 2017 IL Analytics platform for advanced chip design PseudolithIC MFG 2019 US Integration process for RF applications PsiQuantum QUANTUM 2015 US Quantum computers Qant PHOTONICS 2018 DE Photonic computing platform Qromis MFG 2015 US Semiconductor materials for WBG Qruise QUANTUM 2021 DE Design and verification of quantum systems Quadric.io AI 2016 US Edge processing for edge devices Qualinx RF 2015 NL IoT GNSS based tracking and connectivity Quantum Motion QUANTUM 2017 UK Scalable quantum computer architectural technology Quera Computing QUANTUM 2018 US Neutral atom based quantum computers Quilter EDA 2020 US AI driven PCB design Quintessent PHOTONICS 2019 US Optical interconnect Raaam MEMORY 2021 IL High capacity memory technology RaiderChip AI 2024 ES AI hardware Rain Neuromorphics AI 2017 US Brain-inspired hardware for AI applications Ramon Space SPACE 2004 IL Computer system designed for computing in space Ranovus PHOTONICS 2012 CA Photonics interconnect solutions Rapid Photonics MFG 2022 NL Photonic IC production RapidSilicon FPGA 2021 US FPGA devices Rebellions AI 2020 KR AI processors Recogni AI 2017 US Visual perception platform for autonomous vehicles RED Semiconductor HPC 2021 UK Processor technology Redwood EDA EDA 2015 US Transaction level hardware design platform Retym AI 2021 US Stealth RISE EDA 2024 US Design and verification productivity platform Riverlane QUANTUM 2016 UK Quantum error correction Rivos RISC-V 2021 US Stealth RoboSense SENSORS 2014 CN Advanced LiDAR sensing Sagence AI AI 2018 US Analog in-memory AI inference accelerators Salience Labs PHOTONICS 2020 UK Photonic computing platform SambaNova AI 2017 US AI processing Saras Micro Devices MFG 2021 US Packaging solutions for effective power delivery Scalinx RF 2015 FR Wideband RFIC frontends Scintil PHOTONICS 2018 FR Photonic computing platform Secqai QUANTUM 2021 UK Quantum hardware Semidynamics RISC-V 2016 ES High performance RISC-V IP cores Semifive ASIC 2019 KR ASIC platform Semify EDA 2021 DE FPGA based platforms SemiQon QUANTUM 2023 FI Quantum processors Semron AI 2020 DE AI processing SiFive RISC-V 2015 US RISC-V based IP provider SiLC PHOTONICS 2018 US Photonics based imaging sensors Silicon Assurance EDA 2020 US EDA software that enable secure chip design Silicon Box MFG 2021 SG Semiconductor design and device integration services Siliconally NETWORKING 2019 DE Safe Ethernet IP Silimate EDA 2023 US Co-pilot for chip designers Silogy EDA 2023 US Collaborative platform for integrated circuit design SiMa.ai AI 2018 US AI processing for edge devices Simbricks EDA 2024 DE Heterogeneous hardware design and verification platform Singular Photonics SENSORS 2024 UK High performance camera modules SiPearl HPC 2019 FR Manycore processors Siphox HEALTH 2020 US Biosensing platform for personalized health Skycore Semiconductors ANALOG 2021 DK Switched capacitor based integrated power converters Snowcap Compute HPC 2025 US Superconducting computing platform Spark Micro RF 2016 CA Transceivers for low power wireless communication Speedata AI 2019 IL Analytics Processing Unit to accelerate big data Spherical SPACE 2022 NL Satellite power & control with in-house silicon design Spinncloud AI 2021 DE Dynamic sparsity based inference engine StarFive RISC-V 2018 CN RISC-V processor core IP and devices Swave PHOTONICS 2022 BE Holographic chips based on diffractive photonics SWIR Vision Systems SENSORS 2018 US Image sensors for short-wave infrared cameras Synthara AI 2020 CH In memory computation chips for AI Syntiant AI 2017 US Neuromorphic processing for edge devices Taalas AI 2023 CA Automated generation of AI hardware Tachyum HPC 2016 US High performance processor architecture Tandem PV MFG 2016 US Silicon solar panels Tenstorrent AI 2016 CA AI processing devices Teramount MFG 2013 IL Packaging technology for photonic devices Tetramem AI 2018 US AI accelerator for edge inference Thintronics MFG 2019 US Thin film materials Trameto ANALOG 2016 UK Energy harvesting PMICs TriEye SENSORS 2017 IL Short-wave infrared imaging systems Ubilite RF 2014 US Low power wireless communication for IoT Ubitium AI 2024 DE Universal processor Uhnder SENSORS 2015 US Digital automotive radar SoC Unifabrix NETWORKING 2020 IL CXL based secure connectivity solution Upmem AI 2015 FR In memory processing devices for big data and AI Usound MEMS 2012 AU Sound solutions based on MEMS technology Vaire Computing ANALOG 2021 UK Near zero energy computing Vayyar SENSORS 2011 IL High resolution image sensors Vector Photonics PHOTONICS 2020 UK Semiconductor lasers Ventana Micro RISC-V 2018 US RISC-V CPU cores and compute subsystems VerifAI EDA 2020 US AI assisted hardware design and verification Verifaix EDA 2024 US AI assisted hardware design and verification Viqthor QUANTUM 2023 FR Quantum processing Visblsemi EDA 2024 US AI assisted hardware design and verification Volantis Semiconductor AI 2022 US AI processors VoltAI EDA 2022 US AI models for semiconductor Vsora AI 2015 FR AI inference chips VyperCore RISC-V 2022 UK RISC-V processors Wave Photonics PHOTONICS 2021 UK Photonics design platform Welinq QUANTUM 2022 FR Quantum interconnects Xanadu PHOTONICS 2016 US Photonic based quantum computer Xcelerium HPC 2020 US Domain specific processors for converged workloads Xconntech HPC 2020 US CXL and PCIe switch chips Xscape Photonics PHOTONICS 2022 US Photonic communication chips Xsight Labs HPC 2017 IL Chip sets for accelerating data-intensive workloads Yorchip CHIPLETS 2023 US Chiplet technology Zendar SENSORS 2017 US High resolution software defined radar ZeroASIC CHIPLETS 2008 US Chiplet based ASIC platform ZeroPoint MEMORY 2015 US Memory compression technology Zero Point Motion MEMS 2020 UK Photonics/MEMS motion sensors zeroRISC SECURITY 2023 US Open source Root-of-Trust platform