Alternatives to Rambus
The top Semiconductors companies similar to Rambus, ranked by relevance (named competitors first, then how closely their sectors overlap) and our 0-100 AI-readiness score. Each links to a full profile with funding and team.
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Astera Labs (ALAB), Penguin (PENG), XConn66SemiconductorsSan Jose, United States$50.0MAstera Labs provides purpose-built connectivity solutions for rack-scale AI infrastructure.
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Annapurna Labs59StorageTel Aviv, Israel$40.0MAnnapurna Labs invents the next generation of cloud computing infrastructure, focusing on compute, machine learning, storage, and networking.
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Cadence Design Systems57SemiconductorsSan Jose, USA$63.0MCadence Design Systems Inc. is an electronic design automation (EDA) company that provides software, hardware, and services for the design, verification, and analysis of integrated circuits (ICs) and electronic systems.
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Synopsys34Electronic Design AutomationSunnyvale, United States$2.0BSynopsys is a leading provider of electronic design automation (EDA) software and intellectual property (IP) for semiconductor design.
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ZeroRISC41CybersecuritySan Jose, United States$10.0MZeroRISC is a cybersecurity company focused on providing hardware-based security solutions for RISC-V architectures.
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Broadcom83SemiconductorsPalo Alto, United States$143.6BBroadcom is a global technology leader designing, developing, and supplying semiconductor and infrastructure software solutions.
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Velaura AI68SemiconductorsSanta Clara, United States$110.0MVelaura AI develops ultra-low power silicon and software technologies for AI infrastructure, focusing on energy efficiency for data centers and physical AI applications.
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XCENA66SemiconductorsSunnyvale, USA$153.0MA chip startup focused on solving AI's memory bottleneck with memory-centric solutions.
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Efficient Computer62SemiconductorsPalo Alto, United States$60.0MDevelops low-energy AI processors with spatial dataflow architecture for extended device operation.
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Syntiant54SemiconductorsIrvine, USA$100.0MAI chipmaker
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Stathera52SemiconductorsMontreal, Canada$35.0MDeveloping vacuum-sealed silicon oscillators for AI chips.
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Iluvatar CoreX Semiconductor49SemiconductorsShanghai, China$800.0MA semiconductor company focused on AI chips.
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Epic Microsystems49SemiconductorsSan Jose, USA$21.0MDeveloping power delivery systems for AI infrastructure.
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Etched.ai48SemiconductorsSilicon Valley, USA$12.0MStartup working on chips for AI superintelligence.
- SOSource Foundry46Semiconductors$800.0M
Developing new AI chip manufacturing tools to revolutionize semiconductor production.
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Singular Photonics54SemiconductorsEdinburgh, United Kingdom$2.1MDevelops next-generation SPAD-based image sensors with on-chip computation for machine vision, industrial automation, and physical AI.
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AlpSemi43SemiconductorsGrenoble, France$19.5MSemiconductor startup developing power switches for AI data centers.
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Develops chip-scale multiwavelength laser technology for AI data-centre optical interconnects and high-precision sensing.
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NVIDIA Corp83Professional VisualizationSanta Clara, United States$4.1BGlobal technology company renowned for its GPUs, SoCs, and APIs, driving advancements in AI, gaming, and high-performance computing.
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Cognichip61SemiconductorsRedwood City, United States$93.0MReinventing chip design with physics-inspired AI models.
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QuantumDiamonds60SemiconductorsBerlin, Germany$106.0MDeveloping advanced quantum sensing solutions for semiconductor inspection.
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Ayar Labs59SemiconductorsSan Jose, United States$500.0MCo-packaged optics for higher bandwidth and lower power data transmission.
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Quinas Technology53SemiconductorsLondon, United Kingdom$4.2MDeveloping ultra-low power non-volatile memory technologies for AI, data centers, and edge computing.
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Develops power-efficient AI processors for automotive ADAS and connected devices.
- FRFractile50SemiconductorsLondon, United Kingdom$935.0M
UK-based AI chip startup developing specialized inference hardware to accelerate AI models.
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Invisix49SemiconductorsVeldhoven, Netherlands$20.0MImproving quality control for chips for better performance.
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eyeo46SemiconductorsEindhoven, Netherlands$40.0MNanophotonic imaging company developing color-splitting technology for image sensors.
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Europe's only producer of Gallium Oxide epiwafers for next-generation power semiconductor devices.
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Lightmatter63HardwareMountain View, United States$400.0MDeveloping photonic computing and interconnect technology to accelerate AI infrastructure and improve energy efficiency.
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QuantWare62Quantum ComputingDelft, Netherlands$162.0MQuantum processor company developing and scaling modular quantum processors.
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Silicon Box62SemiconductorSunnyvale, United States$502.5MAdvanced semiconductor integration and packaging for high-performance computing and AI.
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DustPhotonics62Data CenterYokneam Illit, Israel$82.0MSilicon photonics technology for hyperscale data centers and AI applications.
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Enlightra62AI HardwareSan Jose, United States$15.0MDevelops scalable, extreme-bandwidth optical interconnects for data centers and AI clusters using comb laser technology.
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Avicena60AI HardwarePalo Alto, United States$50.0MAvicena develops microLED interconnects for AI data centers, enabling ultra-low power, high bandwidth chip-to-chip optical connections.
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Etched60AI InfrastructureCupertino, United States$1.1BEtched is building the hardware for superintelligence by burning the transformer architecture into their chips.
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Eridu60Artificial IntelligenceSaratoga, United States$200.0MDeveloping a new network switch architecture to break through AI networking bottlenecks.
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Omni Design Technologies58AI HardwareSan Jose, United States$44.3MDevelops Wideband Signal Processing solutions for AI, quantum computing, and next-gen technologies.
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AI chip startup focused on energy-efficient inference acceleration, acquired by AMD.
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Optalysys57AI HardwareYork, United Kingdom$30.9MDevelops optical co-processing accelerators for high-speed, energy-efficient computation.
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Excelero56Data CenterSanta Clara, United States$25.0MNVIDIA is a global leader in accelerated computing, pioneering GPU-accelerated computing for gaming, professional visualization, data centers, and autonomous machines.
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Minysa36SemiconductorsZurich, Switzerland$10.2MDevelops next-generation gallium nitride (GaN) control chips for high-performance power electronic systems.
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Quantum computing company developing superconducting quantum chips.
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Graphene technology for faster AI data transfer
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Enosemi54Chip DesignSanta Clara, United States$1.6MAMD is a global semiconductor company designing high-performance computing, graphics, and visualization technologies.
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Scintil Photonics54AI ChipGrenoble, France$77.0MDevelops laser-integrated silicon photonics for high-speed optical interconnects in AI data centers.
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Enflame Technology53Artificial IntelligenceShanghai, China$400.0MAI chipmaker
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Tensordyne53Artificial IntelligencePalo Alto, USA$10.0MLogarithmic computing for AI inference.
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Piris Labs51Artificial IntelligencePalo Alto, USA$15.0MReplacing copper data center interconnects with photonic CXL to break the GPU memory wall.
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Cognifiber51HardwareTel Aviv, Israel$11.0MReinventing computation with fiber optic hardware for revolutionary data processing.
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Rebellions51AI ChipSeoul, South Korea$583.0MRebellions is a South Korean fabless semiconductor startup designing high-performance AI chips for data centers and edge devices.
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Positron49HardwareSan Francisco, United States$825.1MAI chipmaker focused on energy-efficient hardware as an alternative to Nvidia.
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Quantum Motion49Quantum ComputingLondon, United Kingdom$181.0MSilicon transistor-based quantum computing.
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Developing optical interconnect technology for high-performance AI infrastructure.
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A startup developing specialized switches for AI clusters to optimize AI workload networking.
- C2C2i Semiconductors63SemiconductorsBengaluru, India$15.0M
Building plug-and-play, system-level power solutions for AI data centers.
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Micron Technology40Enterprise SoftwareBoise, United States$1.3BGlobal leader in memory and storage solutions, powering AI, data centers, and consumer devices.
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SweGaN60SemiconductorsLinköping, Sweden$12.1MDesigns, develops, and manufactures gallium nitride on silicon carbide (GaN-on-SiC) epitaxial wafers using proprietary growth technologies.
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Rivos36AI ChipSanta Clara, United States$873.1MRivos is a semiconductor startup developing high-performance RISC-V based processors for data centers and AI workloads.
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e-peas55SemiconductorsLouvain-la-Neuve, Belgium$19.2MUltra-low-power energy harvesting and power management solutions for autonomous electronics.
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