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This article showcases our top picks for the best California based Semiconductor companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Semiconductor industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.
We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.
We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:
- Innovation
- Innovative ideas
- Innovative route to market
- Innovative product
- Growth
- Exceptional growth
- Exceptional growth strategy
- Management
- Societal impact
Top California Semiconductor Startups
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SambaNova Systems
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SambaNova Systems builds AI hardware and integrated systems to run AI applications from the data center to the cloud.
Groq
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Groq radically simplifies compute to accelerate workloads in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and high-performance computing.
Celestial AI
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Celestial AI develops data center and edge AI computing solutions to serve deep learning and machine learning applications.
Credo Semiconductor
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Credo is a provider of semiconductor solutions for the data center and 5G wireless markets.
SiFive
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SiFive is a platform offering open-source semiconductor technology and software automation.
Ayar Labs
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Ayar Labs develops an optical I/O solution for applications that require high bandwidth and low latency using light to move data.
Applied Materials
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Applied Materials provides manufacturing solutions for the semiconductor, flat panel display and solar photovoltaic industries.
Atmosic
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A fabless semiconductor company, designing lowest power wireless solutions to dramatically reduce battery power.
Menlo Micro
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Menlo Micro is the developer of the Ideal Switch, an electromechanical switch technology used to switch AC/DC and RF.
Esperanto Technologies
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Esperanto Technologies develops high-performance, energy-efficient chips for Machine Learning based on the open standard RISC-V ISA
Nuvia
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Nuvia develops processors intended to create high-performance silicon design for a compute-intensive world.
Astera Labs
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Astera Labs is a semiconductor company that provides connectivity solutions for intelligent systems.
Tempo Automation
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Tempo Automation is transforming the way companies innovate and bring new electronic products to market.
Diamond Foundry
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Diamond Foundry produces diamonds at mining scale using a proprietary reactor technology.
Resonant Inc
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Resonant is a development-stage company creating filter designs for radio frequency and front-ends for the mobile device industry.
indie Semiconductor
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Indie is a technology company focusing on autotech revolution with next generation automotive semiconductors and software platforms.
Broadcom Limited
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Broadcom Limited is a designer, developer, and global supplier of a range of analog semiconductor devices.
Flex Logix Technologies
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Flex Logix Technologies is a semiconductor startup designing reconfigurable AI accelerator chips.
QuickLogic
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QuickLogic Corporation designs and manufacturers a comprehensive product line of sensor hub hardware and software
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Navitas Semiconductor develops a range of GaN power ICs for the power supply markets.
AlphaICs
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AlphaICs is advancing AI compute with its patented technology called RAP.
Transphorm
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Transphorm is a producer of gallium nitride-based solutions for high-voltage power conversion applications.
Axiado Corporation
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Security processor company redefining hardware root of trust with hardware-based security technologies, including per-system AI.
AMD
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Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is a semiconductor company that designs and develops graphics units, processors, and media solutions.
Empower Semiconductor
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Empower Semiconductor is a technology company enabling the design of high efficiency, integrated voltage regulators in SoCs.
Cardea Bio
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Cardea is developing a new generation of (bio)technology infrastructure based on proprietary biology-gated transistors.
Crossbar
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Crossbar is a startup company pioneering a new class of non-volatile resistive RAM (RRAM) memory technology.
Alif Semiconductor
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Alif Semiconductor develops processing solutions designed to connect and process systems in an affordable and productive manner.
SiLC Technologies
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SiLC Technologies is a start up that focusing on machine imaging applications.
Mobix Labs
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Mobix Labs is a manufacturer of semiconductors that are used for 5th generation technology.
CNEX Labs
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CNEX provides revolutionary solid-state storage semiconductor and software solutions for cloud, hyper-scale, and enterprise data centers.
Ichor Systems
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Ichor Systems is a Preferred Choice in the Semiconductor, LED, OLED, Alternative Energy.
Mekonos
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Mekonos creates a proprietary cell-engineering platform designed for cell therapies on a chip.
Energous Corporation
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Energous Corporation is the creator of WattUp, charging technology for electronic devices.
Analog Inference
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Analog Inference is a semiconductor company developing products in the neural computing segment.
Iridia
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Iridia is a nanotechnology company that specializes in bio-chemistry, molecular biology, and DNA.
TenaFe
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TenaFe is a solid-state storage controller startup that develops revolutionary SSD for data storage solutions.
Arteris IP
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Arteris provides network on chip interconnect IPs that improve performance, power consumption and die size of SoC devices.
Crocus Technology
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Crocus Technology provides magnetic random access memory products and technologies for the semiconductor and electronic systems industries.
Broadcom
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Broadcom is a designer, developer and global supplier of a broad range of analog and digital semiconductor connectivity solutions.
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OneNav provides a mobile positioning system intended for smartphones, wearables, and IoT tracking devices.
Adesto Technologies
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Adesto Technologies is a semiconductor company developing ultralow-power, embedded, non-volatile memory technology.
Solaria
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Solaria is a solar technology company that manufactures cells and modules for the optics and semiconductor industries.
Pixelworks
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Pixelworks is a fabless semiconductor company that designs, develops, and markets innovative video and pixel processing chips and software.
Achronix Semiconductor
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Achronix offers high-density and high-performance application-targeted FPGAs for communication applications.
Movellus
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Movellus is developing disruptive technologies for semiconductor design.
SiTime
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SiTime Corporation is an analog semiconductor company offering MEMS-based silicon timing solutions.
Anokiwave
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Anokiwave features silicon core chip solutions that reduce system cost and enable rapid technology adoption.
Efinix
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An innovator in programmable product platforms & technology.
Geo Semiconductor
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Geo Semiconductor is a fabless semiconductor company that designs video and geometry processing integrated circuits (ICs).
Anello Photonics
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Anello Photonics offers patented Anello SiPhOG gyroscope offers an affordable mass-market sensor with true Optical Gyroscope performance.
MCube
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mCube offers a complete portfolio of motion sensor hardware and software solutions for its clients.
NantWorks
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NantWorks combines semiconductor technology, supercomputing and advanced networks to improve healthcare, commerce and digital entertainment.
Lion Semiconductor
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Lion Semiconductor is an electronics company that specializes in electronic components such as capacitors, resistors, and transistors.
SimpleMachines
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SimpleMachines has created a Software-Defined Compute Platform that is future-proofed for AI, ML,VR, robotics, and big data.
Amber Solutions
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Amber Solutions is a developer of patented solid-state technologies for the digital control of electricity.
Alien Technology
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Alien Technology supplies RFID technologies and products for apparel, item level tagging, transportation, life-sciences and many other apps.
Efabless
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efabless connects a global community of chip designers with smart product customers
Expedera
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Expedera provider of scalable neural engine semiconductor IP.
eSilicon
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eSilicon is a semiconductor design and manufacturing services company that delivers custom ICs and IPs to OEMs.
xMEMS
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xMEMS designs solutions and applications by integrating smart methodologies for a range of consumer electronics devices.
Si-Ware Systems
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Si-Ware Systems (SWS) is an independent fabless semiconductor company
Netronome Systems
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Netronome develops highly programmable semiconductor products used for intelligent flow processing in network and communications devices.
Lyncean Technologies
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Lyncean commercialized a paradigm shift in X-ray technology by shrinking the size/cost of a Synchrotron ($B particle accelerators) by 200x
Spectra7 Microsystems
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Spectra7 Microsystems specializes in the fields of wireless infrastructure and data center active cables.
Xilinx
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Xilinx is a technology company that develops flexible and adaptive processing platforms.
Avicena Tech
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Avicena Tech manufactures ultra-dense, ultra-low power petabit per second optical chip interconnects.
Ascenium
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Ascenium is a fabless semiconductor startup that develops a general-purpose microprocessor.
NextInput
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NextInput markets a set of proprietary touch technologies to solve key drawbacks in the market of touch technology.
Omnitron Sensors
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Omnitron sensors is rewriting the script on building high-performance and low-cost sensors for the world of tomorrow.
Sentons
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Sentons is a fabless semiconductor company developing multi-touch sensors that support a wide range of glass and metal substrates.
Atlazo
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Atlazo is a new semiconductor architecture integrating ultra-low power on-device AI for Machine Learning.
ACCO Semiconductor
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ACCO Semiconductor is a fabless semiconductor company focused on developing mobile communications products and CMOS wireless solutions.
GainSpan
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GainSpan designs ultra low-power Wi-Fi modules for battery-powered, embedded WiFi applications.
Tortuga logic
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Tortuga Logic provides products to detect and prevent hardware security vulnerabilities
AnDAPT
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AnDAPT brings a new kind Analog and Digital Adaptive Platform Technology.
NetSpeed Systems
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NetSpeed Systems provides scalable, coherent, Network-on-Chip (NoC) IPs to System-on-chip (SoC)
Gigpeak
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GigOptix provides semiconductor and optical components that enable high-speed information streaming.
XTAL
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XTAL Incorporated is founded by industry veterans in Silicon Valley.
Aeonsemi
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Aeonsemi is a fabless IC startup company developing analog mixed-signal DSP centric products for network communication application.
Quintessent
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Quintessent is a Santa Barbara start-up that commercializes quantum dot-based lasers and photonic integrated circuits.
Rockley Photonics
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Rockley Photonics manufactures photonics chips and custom integrated packaged products.
Revasum
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Revasum provides premiere CMP and grinding technology to critical growth markets such as power, RF communications, LED, MEMS, and solar.
SVXR
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SVXR brings high-speed inspection and metrology technology to the semiconductor packaging industry.
Corigine
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Corigine delivers innovative solutions in connectivity, storage, and machine learning for cloud, automotive, and emerging applications.
Pivotal Systems
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Pivotal Systems provides process matching solutions for the semiconductor industry.
Cavendish Kinetics
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Cavendish Kinetics is a MEMS platform that reduces the cost of incorporating MEMS components into semiconductors.
Axalume
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Axalume has developed proprietary technologies that combine silicon photonic circuits
Zenverge
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Zenverge is a fabless semiconductor company developing content networking ICs that connect broadcast content with IP enabled devices.
Syntiant
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Syntiant is a deep learning tech company providing AI voice and sensor solutions.
eASIC
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eASIC is a fabless semiconductor company that offers NEW ASIC devices used to produce customized silicon devices.
Solar Junction
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Solar Junction manufacturers III-V multi-junction solar cells based on A-SLAM™ materials for concentrated photovoltaic systems.
Magnum Semiconductor
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Magnum Semiconductor provides chips, software and platforms for consumer entertainment systems and professional broadcast infrastructure.
Atrenta
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Atrenta provides system-on-a-chip (SoC) realization solutions for the semiconductor and electronic systems industries.
MEMSDrive
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MEMS Drive is committed to provide superior imaging solutions to mobile devices.
DisplayLink
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DisplayLink is a hardware and software company specializing in multi-monitor and zero client computing.
R2 Semiconductor
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R2 Semiconductor is a semiconductor manufacturing company and is currently working on a new class of power management technology.
Akros Silicon
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Akros Silicon is a semiconductor company developing power management ICs that facilitate remote network-based energy management.
Aurrion
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Aurrion is a developer of a silicon photonics platform that can scale with industry needs.
Mixed-Signal Devices
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Mixed-Signal Devices is a privately held company that develops radar sensors intended to blend analog and digital signals.
Pakal Technologies
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Pakal Technologies is a developer of IGTO-based semiconductors intended to revolutionize the IGBT market.
