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List of awesome semiconductor startups

Adding a company:

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  2. Add entry to './startups.csv'
  3. Run '$ python ./update.py'
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Submission Guidelines:

  • Startup requirements
    • startup (ie not steady state)
    • semi company (ie not application software)
    • product company (ie. not services)
  • Alphabetical listing
  • Short single sentence description
  • All entries must be confirmed with public link
  • Max 80 char display width
  • Categorize the startup based on technology table below
  • Use standard two letter country codes
  • Do NOT edit the README directly, it's auto-generated

Startups

Technology Description
ASIC Custom silicon platform
AI General AI (edge or hpc)
ANALOG All things analog (IP & chips)
CHIPLETS Chiplet centric startups
COM Communication (interface, solutions)
EDA Design automation tools
HEALTH Health centric devices
HPC High Performance Computing (data center)
MEMS MEMS based technology
MFG Manufacturing related (materials, processes)
RF Wireless communication (20KHz to THz)
PHOTONICS Light centric chip startups
QUANTUM Quantum chip startups
RISC-V RISC-V based startups (IP + chips)
SECURITY Security techhnology
SENSORS Sensing devices
SPACE Space technology

Startups

Company Technology Founded Country Description
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
Aistorm AI 2011 US Charge domain based AI processing
Alif Semiconductor AI 2019 US Integrated SoC for AI at the edge
Alpha ICs AI 2016 US AI co-processors for edge devices
Ampere Computing HPC 2017 US Cloud native manycore CPUs
Analog Inference AI 2018 US Analog in-memory AI inference accelerators
Andapt ANALOG 2014 IE Programmable power management ICs
Applied Brain Research AI 2013 CA AI solutions for edge devices
Aspinity AI 2015 US Analog in-memory AI inference accelerators
Astera Labs HPC 2017 US High performance connectivity semiconductor solutions
Astrus EDA 2022 CA AI platform designed to automate microchip design
Atmosic RF 2016 US Battery free wireless devices
Axelera AI 2021 NL Low power AI edge processors
Ayar Labs PHOTONICS 2015 US Electronic-photonic communication chipsets
Baya Systems CHIPLETS 2023 US Chiplet Based Semiconductor Design
Beam RF 2015 IL Phased array antennas
Blaize AI 2010 US Graph streaming processor for AI applications
Blue Cheetah COM 2018 US Rapidly customizable die-to-die interconnect solutions
Bluespec RISC-V 2003 US RISC-V IP and System Development Tools
Celera ASIC 2018 US Fully-automated analog/mixed-signal IC development tool.
Celestial AI PHOTONICS 2020 US Photonic fabric optical interconnect technoology
Cellium RF 2016 IL Wireless infrastructurefor indoor connectivity
Celtro HEALTH 2019 DE Energy harvesting self powering implantable medical devices
Cerebras HPC 2016 US Wafer scale processors
Ceremorphic HPC 2020 US Analog computing architecture
Cerfe Labs MFG 2020 US Electronics materials and device research
Chipflow ASIC 2021 UK ASIC design platform
Chipletz CHIPLETS 2021 US Smart substrate enabling multiple ICs in a single package
Codasip RISC-V 2014 DE Supplier of RISC-V IP cores
Condor Computing RISC-V 2023 US High performance RISC-V processors
Cornami HPC 2011 US Configurable acceleration for full homomorphic enctryption
d-Matrix AI 2019 US Computing platform for datacenter AI infererence
DeGirum AI 2017 US AI hardware and software to accelerate AI edge adoption
Dover SECURITY 2017 US SoC security IP
EdgeCortix AI 2019 US AI accelerators for edge devices
EdgeQ RF 2018 US Base station-on-a-chip
Efabless ASIC 2011 US Community powered ASIC platform
Efinix FPGA 2012 US Programmable FPGA products
Eliyan CHIPLETS 2021 US Interconnect technology
EnCharge AI AI 2021 US AI processing platform
Eridan RF 2013 US RF Front End Module for wireless telecommunications
Esperanto HPC 2014 US Manycore RISC-V compute platform
Ethernovia COM 2018 US In vehicle networking
eTopus COM 2013 US High speed interconnect solutions
Exo Imaging HEALTH 2015 US Handheld ultrasound device
Fabric Cryptography SECURITY 2021 US Cryptography hardware accelerators
Falcomm RF 2021 US Solid state power amplifiers
Ferric ANALOG 2010 US Single-chip power converters
Flex Logix FPGA 2014 US Embedded FPGA IP
FMC MFG 2015 DE Ferroelectric non-volatile random access memory technology
Forefrontrf RF 2020 UK Wireless communication devices
Furiosa AI 2017 KR AI coprocessors
Gemesys AI 2021 DE Analog AI processors
Gowin FPGA 2014 CN FPGA chip products
GrAI Matter Labs AI 2016 FR Programmable neuromorphic computing chips
Graphcore AI 2016 UK Intelligence processing unit for AI applications
Greenwaves AI 2014 FR Low power edge AI SoCs
Groq AI 2016 US AI processors
Gyrfalcon AI 2017 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
InCore Semi RISC-V 2018 IN RISC-V IP cores
Ingonyma SECURITY 2021 IL Hardware accelerators for cryptographic computation
Innatera AI 2018 NL Neuromorphic processors
Jeeva Wireless RF 2015 US Battery-free wireless sensing technology
Kandou COM 2011 CH Chip-to-chip connectivity solutions
Kepler Computing HPC 2018 US Stealth
Kneron AI 2015 US Edge AI devices
Lightelligence PHOTONICS 2017 US Optical computing platform
Lighton PHOTONICS 2015 FR Optical computing platform
Ligthmatter PHOTONICS 2017 US Optical computing platform
Luminous Computing PHOTONICS 2018 US Optical computing platform
Morse Micro RF 2016 AU Low-power Wi-Fi chips
Movellus ANALOG 2014 US Clock distribution IP
Mythic AI 2012 US Analog ML accelerators
NcodiN PHOTONICS 2023 FR Optical interposers
Neureality AI 2019 IL Purpose-built AI-centric architecture
NeuroBlade AI 2018 IL Accelerators for high throughput data analytics
Neurxcore AI 2023 FR AI accelerator IP based NVDLA
NextSilicon HPC 2017 IL High performance computing architecture
Niobium Microsystems SECURITY 2021 US Secure collection, processing, and distribution of critical data
Novelda RF 2004 NO Wireless ultra wideband for high resolution impulse radar
Novumind AI 2015 US Domain specific acceleration for AI applications
One Silicon Chip Photonics PHOTONICS 2016 CA Optical chips for precision motion sensing
Optalysys PHOTONICS 2013 UK Optical computing next-gen cryptography
Owl SENSORS 2018 US Monocular 3D thermal ranging solutions
Ozark ICs ANALOG 2011 US High temperature ruggedized electronics
Perceive AI 2015 US AI processing for edge devices
Picocom RF 2019 UK Semiconductor products designed for 5G small cell infrastructure.
Pliops HPC 2017 IL Scalable data handling/acceleration
Polyn Technology AI 2019 IL Neuromorphic Analog Signal Processor chips
PQShield QUANTUM 2018 UK Hardware co-processors Post-quantum Cryptography
PragmatiC MFG 2010 UK Manufacturer of low-cost flexible integrated circuits
proteanTecs ANALOG 2017 IL Analytics platform for increasing performance and reliability of electronic systems
PseudolithIC MFG 2019 US Heterogeneous integration process for RF applications
Qadric.io AI 2016 US Edge processing for edge devices
Rain Neuromorphics AI 2017 US Brain-inspired hardware for AI applications
Ramon Space SPACE 2004 IL Computer system designed for computing in space
RapidSilicon FPGA 2021 US FPGA devices
Recogni AI 2017 US Visual perception platform for autonomous vehicles
Rivos RISC-V 2021 US Stealth
RoboSense SENSORS 2014 CN Advanced LiDAR environment perception technologies
Salience Labs PHOTONICS 2020 UK Photonic computing platform
SambaNova AI 2017 US AI processing
Saras Micro Devices HPC 2021 US Packaing solutions for effective power delivery
Scintil PHOTONICS 2018 FR Photonic computing platform
Semidynamics RISC-V 2016 ES High performance RISC-V IP cores
Semifive ASIC 2019 KR ASIC platform
SiFive RISC-V 2015 US RISC-V based IP provider
Silimate EDA 2023 US Co-pilot for chip designers
SiMa.ai AI 2018 US AI processing for edge devices
SiPearl HPC 2019 FR Manycore processors for EU exascale supercomputing project
Skycore Semiconductors ANALOG 2021 DK Switched capacitor based integrated power converters
Spark Micro RF 2016 CA Transceiver technology for ultra-low power wireless communication
Speedata AI 2019 IL Analytics Processing Unit to accelerate big data and analytics workloads
StarFive RISC-V 2018 CN RISC-V processor core IP and devices
Swave PHOTONICS 2022 BE Holographic chips based on diffractive photonics technology
SWIR Vision Systems SENSORS 2018 US Image sensor technology designed for short-wave infrared cameras
Synthara AI 2020 CH In memory computation chips for AI
Syntiant AI 2017 US Neuromorphic processing for edge devices
Tachyum HPC 2016 US High performance processor architecture
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
Trameto ANALOG 2016 UK Energy harvesting PMICs
TriEye SENSORS 2017 IL Short-wave infrared imaging systems
Unifabrix HPC 2020 IL CXL based secure connectivity solution
Untether AI AI 2018 CA AI processing devices
Upmem AI 2015 FR In memory processsing devices for big data and AI
Usound MEMS 2012 AU Sound solutions based on MEMS technology
Vayyar SENSORS 2011 IL High resolution image sensors
Ventana Micro RISC-V 2018 US RISC-V CPU cores and compute subsystems
Xsight Labs HPC 2017 IL Chipsets for accelerating data-intensive workloads
Yorchip CHIPLETS 2023 US Chiplet technology
Zendar SENSORS 2017 US High resolution software defined radar
Zero ASIC ASIC 2020 US ASIC platform

Alumni

Company Exit Year Value Link
Acacia IPO 2016 $1B Source
Agnilux Google 2010 N/A Source
Alphawave IPO 2021 $4.3B Source
Altair Semiconductor Sony 2016 $212M Source
Ambric Shutdown 2008 $0 Source
Annapurna Labs Amazon 2015 $375M Source
Anobit Apple 2012 $500M Source
Aquantia Marvell 2019 $452M Source
Arbe IPO 2021 $525M Source
Banias Alphawave 2022 $240M Source
BrainChip IPO 2011 N/A Source
Calxeda Shutdown 2013 $0 Source
Cambricon IPO 2020 $5B Source
Diakopto Ansys 2023 N/A Source
Espressif IPO 2017 $1.8B Source
ETA Compute N/A N/A N/A NA
Fungible Microsoft 2023 $190M Source
GaN Systems Infineon 2023 $830M Source
Genapsys Shutdown 2022 $0 Source
Habana Labs Intel 2019 $2B Source
Indie Semiconductor SPAC 2020 $1.4B Source
Innovium Marvell 2021 $1.1B Source
Innoviz SPAC 2021 371M Source
Kalray IPO 2018 $100M Source
Kameleon Ramon Space 2022 N/A Source
Mathstar Shutdown 2008 $0 Source
Minima Acquired NA NA Source
MixComm Sivers 2021 $155M Source
Mobix Labs SPAC 2023 N/A Source
Movidius Intel 2016 $400M Source
Nervana Intel 2016 $350M Source
Nuvia Qualcomm 2021 $1.4B Source
Occuli Ambarella 2021 $307M Source
PA Semi Apple 2009 $278M Source
Pensando AMD 2022 $1.9B Source
PrimeSense Apple 2013 $350M Source
Provigent Broadcom 2011 $360M Source
SiByte Broadcom 2000 $2B Source
SiCortex Shutdown 2009 $0 Source
Soft Machines Intel 2016 $250M Source
Stream Processors Shutdown 2009 $0 Source
Tabula Shutdown 2015 $0 Source
Tensil.ai N/A N/A N/A NA
Tilera EZchip 2014 $50M Source
Wavious Shutdown 2022 $0 Source
zGlue Sold 2021 N/A Source

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