The Cambridge and East of England semiconductor cluster

Cambridge semiconductor IP company generating configurable analogue and mixed-signal subsystems for integration into customer chip designs.

Analogue / Mixed-Signal Design · Cambridge

Cambridge-headquartered semiconductor IP company licensing processor architectures and designs used in mobile, embedded, automotive and data-centre chips manufactured worldwide.

Semiconductor IP · Cambridge

Cambridge fabless design company developing a proprietary memory access architecture intended to reduce data bottlenecks in AI, high-performance and edge computing, licensed alongside RISC-V processor cores.

Semiconductor IP · Cambridge

Cambridge fabless company designing gallium nitride power transistors and integrated circuits for power conversion in consumer, industrial and automotive systems.

Power Semiconductors · Cambridge

Cambridge University spin-out designing power semiconductor devices across silicon, silicon carbide, gallium nitride and other wide-bandgap materials, with simulation, layout, packaging and test services. Trades as Camutronics.

Power Semiconductors · Cambridge

Cambridge company building a commercial chip design-flow platform that combines open-source electronic design automation tooling with proprietary automation, taking digital and mixed-signal designs from RTL through layout to tape-out.

EDA / Design Automation · Cambridge

Chipletti develops semiconductor architectures for physical-AI acceleration using advanced chiplet and 3D integration approaches. The Cambridge-based business operates as a fabless semiconductor design company and participates in UK semiconductor development programmes.

Processor / Accelerator Design · Cambridge

University of Cambridge spin-out developing photon-counting X-ray detectors based on halide perovskite semiconductor materials for medical imaging, security screening and industrial inspection.

Detectors / Imaging Devices · Cambridge

Cambridge company developing licensable digital broadcast and wireless physical-layer IP cores alongside ASIC and FPGA design services.

Semiconductor IP · Cambridge

Cambridgeshire designer and builder of physical vapour deposition sputtering and evaporation systems originally for semiconductor use, now also serving space and defence customers, with service and upgrades for legacy tools.

Vacuum / Process Equipment · Somersham

Cambridge company building photonic integrated circuit-based hardware, including optical switching and photon detection, to connect quantum processors into networks.

Photonic Integrated Circuits · Cambridge

St Neots operation of OSI Electronics providing microelectronic and semiconductor assembly services including die attach, wire bonding and hybrid circuit build alongside wider electronics manufacturing.

Back-End Assembly / Packaging · St Neots

UK operation of OSI Electronics, Inc. (United States)

Cambridgeshire company manufacturing graphene-based electronic devices and sensors using semiconductor-compatible production methods.

Semiconductor Materials · Somersham

Cambridge company developing porous gallium nitride materials and micro-LED display devices, supplying epitaxial wafers and display engines.

Semiconductor Materials · Cambridge

Qualcomm's UK semiconductor operations, including the former Alphawave Semi business acquired in December 2025. The Cambridge site supports connectivity and processor engineering, while the ex-Alphawave teams contribute high-speed wired connectivity IP, chiplets and custom silicon work formerly run from London.

Fabless Semiconductor Design · Cambridge

UK operation of Qualcomm Incorporated (United States)

Cambridge computer company that designs its own microcontroller silicon alongside its single-board computers, giving it in-house chip design capability.

Fabless Semiconductor Design · Cambridge

University of Cambridge spin-out developing resonant MEMS accelerometers, gyroscopes and gravimeters for inertial navigation and gravity surveying, manufactured at its Cambridgeshire technology centre.

MEMS / Sensors · Waterbeach

Cambridge design house developing FPGA and ASIC intellectual property for phased-array, radar, sonar and audio processing, alongside board and embedded software work.

ASIC Design Services · Cambridge

Cambridge manufacturer of terahertz spectroscopy and imaging instruments used for non-destructive inspection and characterisation of semiconductor devices, wafers and coatings; spun out of a Toshiba research laboratory.

Metrology / Inspection · Cambridge

Cambridge company designing photonic integrated circuit building blocks and offering design services for quantum, sensing and communications applications.

Photonic Integrated Circuits · Cambridge

Cambridge company developing silicon photonics-based quantum key distribution modules for integration into telecommunications networks.

Photonic Integrated Circuits · Cambridge