Edge Computing

e-peas

BE · Mont-Saint-Guibert, Belgium

Ultra-low-power energy harvesting ICs, microcontrollers, and power management for IoT and batteryless devices.

Nordic ID

FI · Salo

Finnish RFID and NFC reader company. Not to be confused with Nordic Semiconductor. Industrial RFID solutions for logistics and retail.

Silicon Labs

US · Austin, Texas

American fabless semiconductor company. Wireless connectivity (Bluetooth, Zigbee, Thread, Wi-Fi) and MCUs for IoT applications.

Renesas Electronics

JP · Tokyo

Japanese semiconductor giant. Automotive MCUs, analog, power, AI/ML edge processors. Multiple acquisitions.

Bestechnic

CN · Beijing

Chinese fabless semiconductor company. Bluetooth audio chips and wireless connectivity SoCs. Major supplier for earbuds and wearables.

u-blox

CH · Thalwil

Swiss fabless semiconductor company. GPS/GNSS receivers, cellular IoT modules, and short-range radio connectivity for automotive and industrial IoT.

Steradian Semiconductors

IN · Bangalore, India

4D imaging radar chips for automotive ADAS and autonomous driving. High-performance, low-power radar SoCs.

Axelera AI

NL · Eindhoven, Netherlands

European edge AI chips. Metis AIPU, in-memory computing.

Quadric

US · Burlingame, CA

Edge AI supercomputer chips. Chimera GPNPU architecture.

NXP Semiconductors

NL · Eindhoven, Netherlands

DSP56K series, SAF9xxx AI-enabled audio DSPs (June 2024). Automotive infotainment focus.

GreenWaves Technologies

FR · Grenoble, France

GAP ultra-low power processors. RISC-V based edge AI from France.

Syntiant

US · Irvine, CA

NDP100/120/250 Neural Decision Processors. 100M+ units deployed, at-memory architecture.

XMOS

GB · Bristol, UK

xcore multicore microcontrollers. Voice and edge AI processing.

Space and robotics AI chips. Radiation-hardened edge inference.

DeGirum

US · Santa Clara, CA

ORCA edge AI accelerator for computer vision. Hardware-agnostic PySDK. Ex-Marvell founders.

Mindgrove Technologies

IN · Chennai, India

RISC-V Shakti SoCs. $8M raised (2024), Secure IoT chip, IIT Madras heritage.

Perceive

US · San Jose, CA

Edge AI inference chips. Ergo processor for ultra-low power AI.

Horizon Robotics

CN · Beijing, China

Journey series autonomous driving chips. 49% China ADAS market share.

GrAI Matter Labs

FR · Paris, France

NeuronFlow edge AI processor. Applications in robotics, AR/VR, and drones.

InCore Semiconductors

IN · Chennai, India

RISC-V processor IP provider. SHAKTI-based cores for IoT, embedded, and high-performance computing.

Kontron

DE · Augsburg, Germany

Global leader in IoT and embedded computing with rugged SOSA-aligned VPX solutions for defense applications.

Semtech

US · Camarillo, California

American semiconductor company specializing in analog and mixed-signal ICs. Leader in LoRa technology for IoT. Acquired Sierra Wireless in 2023.

Neuromorphic-powered autonomous robots. Brain-inspired computing for robotics.

HOUMO.AI

CN · China

AI chip company for autonomous driving applications. Computing solutions for smart vehicles.

SiMa.ai

US · San Jose, CA

MLSoC platform for edge computer vision applications.

Roviero

US · San Francisco, CA

Neuromorphic radar processing. Energy-efficient sensing AI.

Gyrfalcon Technology

US · Milpitas, CA

Lightspeeur AI accelerators. Low-power edge inference chips.

Neuromorphic processors for satellite communications and space exploration. Event-based vision.

Silicom

IL · Kfar Sava, Israel

High-performance networking and data infrastructure. FPGA-based SmartNICs for packet processing.

Bosch Semiconductors

DE · Reutlingen

German engineering company with major semiconductor division. Leading supplier of automotive chips including MEMS sensors, power management ICs, and automotive microcontrollers.

Leonardo DRS

US · Arlington, VA

Defense technology with 100,000+ mission computers delivered to US Army. AI Processor (AIP) for tactical edge.

Egis Technology

TW · Taipei, Taiwan

Fingerprint sensor ICs and biometric solutions for mobile devices and IoT security applications.

QuickLogic

US · San Jose, CA

PolarPro 3, ultra-low power (55nA). Embedded FPGA solutions.

Atmosic Technologies

US · San Jose, CA

Energy harvesting on wireless SoCs enabling battery-free IoT. RF, photovoltaic, and thermoelectric harvesting.

Lattice Semiconductor

US · Hillsboro, OR

Nexus, Avant, CertusPro-NX. Low-power edge focus, record AI/robotics design wins.

Axelera AI

NL · Eindhoven, Netherlands

Digital In-Memory Computing (D-IMC). Europa AIPU (Oct 2025): 629 TOPS INT8, 64GB memory. $250M+ Series B (Feb 2026) — Europe's largest AI semiconductor round. 500+ global customers across defense, industrial, robotics, security.

Secure-IC

FR · Cesson-Sevigne, France

Semiconductor security IP including Securyzr Secure Elements, TRNG, and hardware encryption engines. NIST CAVP certified PQC.

Kinara

US · San Jose, CA

Ara-2 processor. NXP partnership - positioned as "CUDA of automotive".

Gemesys

EU · Europe

AI chips using memristors for fully analog neural network processing at the edge. Ultra-low power inference.

Efinix

US · Santa Clara, CA

Quantum architecture FPGAs. Trion/Titanium series for edge AI and wearables.

LeapMind

JP · Tokyo, Japan

Ultra-low-power deep learning on small FPGAs. DeLTA-Lite tools for neural network optimization.

Ambarella

US · Santa Clara, CA

Video AI chips with CV/ISP integration. Edge AI for automotive and security.

Qualcomm

US · San Diego, CA

Hexagon DSP in Snapdragon SoCs. AI Engine for on-device ML, billions of devices powered.

Napatech

DK · Copenhagen, Denmark

Leading supplier of FPGA-based SmartNIC solutions for telecom, cloud, enterprise, and cybersecurity.

Netrasemi

IN · Bangalore, India

Graph stream parallel SoCs. $12.5M Series A.

Embedder

US · San Francisco, CA

AI coding agent for firmware. Writes, tests, and debugs on 20+ MCU/SoC platforms. Connects to debuggers and oscilloscopes.

PQShield

GB · Oxford, UK

Post-quantum cryptography hardware and software IP. FIPS 140-3 certified PQCryptoLib for embedded to high-performance.

Kneron

US · San Diego, CA

Edge AI for autonomous vehicles. $190M+ raised.

VersaLogic

US · Tualatin, OR

40+ years of embedded computers with MIL-STD-202H qualification. Sabertooth AI system for defense applications.

Huashan A2000 automotive SoC. High-performance ADAS chips.

Aspinity

US · Pittsburgh, PA

AnalogML always-on sensing. Voice/acoustic detection at micropower.

Seiko Epson Semiconductor

JP · Suwa, Nagano

Japanese semiconductor company. Low-power MCUs, LCD drivers, timing devices, MEMS sensors. Focus on wearables and IoT.

ECM3532 ultra-low power AI. Continuous learning at the edge, acquired by Renesas.

Autumn Labs

US · San Francisco, CA

Datadog for industrial robots. Monitoring platform for robotic stations with full traceability. 50+ factory stations monitored.

Hesai Group

CN · Shanghai, China

LiDAR for autonomous vehicles. NASDAQ listed, leading Chinese LiDAR maker.

Sequans Communications

FR · Paris, France

Leading developer of 5G and 4G chips for massive, broadband, and critical IoT. Pioneer in LTE-M.

Lumotive

US · Seattle, WA

Software-defined solid-state LiDAR. $45M Series B, photonic beamforming.

AlphaICs

IN · Bangalore, India

RAP (Real AI Processor) for edge inference. Bangalore-based AI chip startup.

Oculii

US · Dayton, OH

AI-powered radar software for automotive. Virtual aperture imaging radar. Acquired by Ambarella.

EdgeQ

US · Santa Clara, CA

5G+AI converged chips. Base station and edge infrastructure.

Realtek

TW · Hsinchu, Taiwan

Network and audio ICs. Wi-Fi 7, USB4, Ethernet controllers, server market expansion.

MediaTek

TW · Hsinchu, Taiwan

Dimensity mobile SoCs. Taiwan's largest fabless company, NVIDIA DGX Spark collaboration.

Recogni

US · San Jose, CA

Vision AI processors. Automotive perception, low-latency inference.

HopeRF Microelectronics

CN · Shenzhen, China

LoRa module manufacturer with extensive portfolio (RFM95, RFM96). High reliability for global IoT projects.

Dover Microsystems

US · Waltham, MA

CoreGuard hardware security IP for embedded processors. Draper spinoff backed by Qualcomm Ventures.

Apple (Neural Engine)

US · Cupertino, CA

M-series Neural Engine. Device-level NPU for on-device AI.

Hailo

IL · Tel Aviv, Israel

Hailo-8, Hailo-10H (GenAI at edge, Jul 2025), Hailo-15. Valuation dropped from $1.2B peak to under $500M. Emergency bridge loan Jan 2026. 10% workforce layoff; pivoting to robotics. SPAC IPO planned (MOU Mar 2026).

SpacemiT

CN · Hangzhou

RISC-V processor company. K1 octa-core RISC-V SoC for AI edge applications. Founded by ex-Intel/ARM engineers.

Korean edge AI. $15.3M raised, automotive vision focus.

Melexis

BE · Ieper

Belgian fabless semiconductor company specializing in automotive sensors and driver ICs. Leading supplier of Hall-effect sensors, pressure sensors, and LIN transceivers.

Qualcomm

US · San Diego, CA

Mobile chip leader. Snapdragon processors for smartphones, automotive, IoT. 5G modems, WiFi 7, AI/ML acceleration. ARM architecture licensing.

ADLINK Technology

TW · Taipei, Taiwan

Rugged embedded computers, VPX single board computers, and edge AI platforms for defense, aerospace, industrial.

Automotive SoC provider. X9 series for intelligent cockpit and ADAS.

POLYN Technology

IL · Tel Aviv, Israel

Neuromorphic analog processors for edge sensing.

DEEPX

KR · Seoul, South Korea

Korean AI chip startup. DX-M1 NPU for on-device AI.

HyperCIM

US · San Jose, CA

Compute-in-memory AI accelerators for edge inference. Ultra-low power neural network processing.

VSORA

FR · Paris, France

AI processors for autonomous vehicles. $46M raised, software-defined approach.

BrainChip

AU · Sydney, Australia

Akida processor using SNNs. Commercial edge deployments and space applications.

RISC-V AI chips. Chinese startup, edge AI processors.

Solid-state LiDAR with photonics. $72M raised.

Himax Technologies

TW · Tainan, Taiwan

Display drivers and WiseEye AI. AR/VR optics, automotive displays.

Nordic Semiconductor

NO · Trondheim

Norwegian fabless semiconductor company specializing in wireless communication technology. Leading provider of Bluetooth Low Energy, Wi-Fi, cellular IoT, and Thread/Zigbee solutions for IoT applications.

Systel

US · Sugar Land, TX

Rugged mission-critical computing since 1988. 8000+ systems deployed for US military airborne missions.

EdgeCortix

JP · Tokyo, Japan

SAKURA-II and upcoming SAKURA-X (2,000 TOPS for generative/physical AI). $110M+ oversubscribed Series B (Nov 2025, TDK Ventures/Jane Street/CDIB). NEDO ¥3B grant. Edge AI for defense, robotics, automotive.

Collins Aerospace

US · Charlotte, NC

One of world's largest aerospace suppliers. FMC-4000 mission computers with first FAA TSO multi-core approval.

Aitech Defense Systems

IL · Kfar Saba, Israel

Rugged embedded computing since 1983. A230 Vortex AI supercomputer with NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin (275 TOPS).

Crystal Group

US · Hiawatha, IA

Employee-owned rugged computing. 20,000+ servers in US Navy operations. IP68-rated AI edge processors.

Blaize

US · El Dorado Hills, CA

Blaize 1600 SoC for edge AI in security cameras, drones, industrial robots. Public on Nasdaq, backed by Samsung and Mercedes.

ANAFLASH

US · San Jose, CA

Low power/latency reflex computing unit for battery-powered agentic edge AI with embedded nonvolatile memory.

IoTFlows

US · Atlanta, GA

AI-powered hardware for real-time machine utilization monitoring. SenseAi uses vibration, acoustics, LIDAR for OEE tracking.