Semiconductors Startups

XMOS designs XCORE-based flexible microcontrollers that combine control, IO, DSP and edge AI on a single chip for real-time, low-latency processing. Its chips serve professional and consumer audio, voice interfaces, robotics, industrial automation, and automotive applications.

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Crystal Sonic develops patented Sonic Lift-off technology that uses sound waves to separate thin devices from their semiconductor wafer base, allowing the base to be reused. It serves manufacturers of next-generation semiconductors built on materials such as SiC, GaN, GaAs, AlN and LiNbO3, helping reduce manufacturing waste and cost.

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A South Korean chemical manufacturer producing specialty and precision chemicals including photolithography and wet chemicals, LCD and LED materials, solar cell materials, and PU systems. Its products serve the semiconductor and display industries, and it operates a certified corporate research institute developing new materials.

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The Yellow SiC Company produces high-purity (<1ppm impurities) yellow cubic silicon carbide (3C-SiC) at industrial scale using a patented process. The material is used in applications such as power semiconductors.

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ZEISS develops optical and optoelectronic products spanning eyeglass lenses and vision testing, medical technology for ophthalmology and microsurgery, semiconductor manufacturing equipment, industrial measurement and microscopy, and camera and consumer optics. It serves patients, industrial manufacturers, semiconductor makers, scientists, and consumers across ophthalmic, medical, industrial, and optics markets.

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Zeno Semiconductor develops and licenses memory and logic technologies, including a 1-transistor Bi-SRAM cell and a Boosted Transistor, designed to be manufacturable on standard CMOS and FinFET processes without new materials. It serves semiconductor manufacturers seeking to scale devices, and holds more than 200 patents.

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Zero-Error Systems (ZES) designs radiation-hardened and radiation-tolerant semiconductors, including power management ICs, system-on-modules, and voter/EDAC components, to protect commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) electronics in space and radiation-affected environments. It also provides IP licensing, radiation-hardened-by-design services, and irradiation, laser, and heavy-ion diagnostic testing for space electronics applications.

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Zinite develops thin-film transistor technology that can be built along the z-axis to enable 3D chips for the semiconductor industry. Its node- and substrate-agnostic transistors aim to deliver more performance per area and integrate with existing fabrication factories.

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ASICLAND is a design and consulting partner for system semiconductor companies, offering technical expertise and creative solutions to add value to semiconductor products and services.

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Chips&Media develops multimedia IP for video codec processing, neural processing units (NPU), and frame buffer compression solutions. The company licenses hardware intellectual property to technology firms for real-time video processing applications.

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Haechi Tech develops sensors for orientation detection, magnetic field measurement, and environmental monitoring, used in applications such as home automation, mobile devices, and industrial environments.

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Shinden is a Japanese company that supplies electronic components and systems including semiconductors, displays, batteries and power equipment, IoT solutions, and system products. It serves industrial and electronics customers as a distributor/provider of these hardware products.

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Horizon Robotics develops intelligent driving technology and assisted driving systems for automotive manufacturers globally. The company provides integrated software and hardware solutions serving over six million car owners across 27 automakers.

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Smarter Micro (Guangzhou Smarter Microelectronics) designs radio-frequency front-end chips for smartphones and IoT devices, offering a reconfigurable, software-defined RF front-end platform. Its products, including integrated modules with PA, LNA, filters, and RF switches, are used in smartphone brands such as Samsung, OPPO, vivo, and Xiaomi, as well as ODMs and wireless communication module makers.

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Nanosic designs low-power SoC chips and audio MCU/DSP/SoC and 2.4G/BLE RF-SoC integrated circuits, along with core algorithms, wireless protocols, middleware and end-to-cloud solutions for advanced human-machine interaction, intelligent audio processing and IoT devices. Its chips target applications such as gaming headsets, noise-cancelling calling, karaoke, USB Type-C audio, conference speakers, and BLE voice remote controls.

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BEAM Technologies develops a semiconductor manufacturing platform leveraging microgravity in space to produce high-quality compound semiconductors for AI data centers, next-generation communications, and decarbonization applications.

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RS TEC manufactures and supplies regenerated silicon wafers, raw silicon wafer materials, and quartz glass products for semiconductor manufacturing. The company also distributes laser diodes and ultrasonic imaging equipment as a reseller, and manufactures electrolyte for vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFB).

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Saki Corporation develops automated inspection systems for electronic modules, using image capture to automatically judge good versus defective products on electronic boards and power semiconductors. It supplies these quality inspection solutions to manufacturers in electronics and semiconductor production.

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Vast AI Tech manufactures GPU accelerator cards and software platforms for data center, video processing, and edge computing applications. The company serves enterprises requiring AI computation and specialized video processing capabilities.

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Chinese fabless semiconductor company developing enterprise-grade interconnect chips, including PCIe interface chips, memory interface chips and buffers, network interface chips, and clock/general interface chips. Its products target data centers, industrial internet, intelligent robotics, new energy vehicles, consumer electronics, and medical electronics.

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Tsukuba Seiko develops electrostatic chuck technology using electrostatic fields, including fixed in-equipment chucks and its "Supporter" tool that addresses wafer warping and cracking during thin-wafer semiconductor manufacturing. The company serves semiconductor manufacturers as a supplier of production-related electrostatic chuck solutions.

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Epticore (艾普柯) designs and manufactures chip-level optoelectronic sensors, including proximity/distance light sensors, heart-rate sensors, color-temperature sensors, and single-point and array ToF sensors, along with related algorithms. Its components serve smartphones, tablets, wearables, IoT, and automotive electronics (smart cockpit, human-machine interaction, and intelligent driving) markets.

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Taurentech (韬润半导体) designs high-speed interconnect and analog signal-chain semiconductors, including 400G/800G non-coherent DSP chips and base-station RF transceiver chips. It serves customers in the communications, data center, and new-energy vehicle sectors in China.

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Guangdong Hongyixin Automotive Electronics Technology designs automotive-grade mixed-signal (digital-analog) chips for powertrain and chassis control applications, including engine control, EV vehicle control, chassis control, airbags, and battery management. Its product lineup spans SMARTMOS, PMIC, SBC, and U-chip devices for gasoline, diesel, lithium-battery EV, and hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles, supporting domestic chip substitution for China's automotive industry.

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