The Cambridge and East of England semiconductor cluster

Linton supplier of microelectronics assembly, semiconductor inspection and test equipment, with calibration and technical support.

Metrology / Inspection · Linton

UK operation of Accelonix Group

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

Analogue / Mixed-Signal Design · Cambridge

UK subsidiary of AIXTRON supplying MOCVD and compound-semiconductor deposition equipment from Swavesey, Cambridgeshire.

Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment · Swavesey

UK operation of AIXTRON SE

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 developer of configurable Ethernet hardware IP cores for FPGA and ASIC designs.

Semiconductor IP · 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 developer of communications semiconductor IP and ASIC and FPGA engineering services for physical-layer signal processing.

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

Fabless developer of miniature MEMS flow sensors and digital flow-sensing solutions in Cambridge.

MEMS / Sensors · Cambridge

Fabless company developing RF front-end filtering chips for multi-band mobile devices.

RF / MMIC Design · Cambridge

Huntingdon advanced-materials supplier supporting thin-film deposition, microelectronics, sensors and semiconductor research.

Semiconductor Materials · Huntingdon

Fabless company developing proprietary cubic gallium nitride (GaN) semiconductor technology for LED and microLED applications, working with epitaxy and fabrication partners rather than operating its own fab.

Epitaxy · Cambridge

Cambridge not-for-profit developing open-source silicon IP, including the OpenTitan root of trust and Ibex RISC-V core.

Semiconductor IP · Cambridge

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

Photonic Integrated Circuits · Cambridge

Supplies process gas cabinets, ultrapure liquid handling and vacuum components to semiconductor and advanced materials manufacturers.

Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment · Ely

Electronics manufacturing and microelectronics assembly and test operation of US-owned OSI Electronics; not a semiconductor manufacturer.

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

Dunstable manufacturer of thermal management hardware and power semiconductor stack assemblies, including bonded-fin and liquid-cooled heatsinks and insulated-gate bipolar transistor driver integration, for renewable energy, traction and industrial drive customers.

Back-End Assembly / Packaging · Dunstable

Cambridge power-electronics developer of GaN motor-drive modules, with R&D laboratories in Linlithgow.

Power Semiconductors · 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

Designs and manufactures hermetic packages, seals and feedthroughs for semiconductor protection in Saffron Walden.

Back-End Assembly / Packaging · Saffron Walden

Develops RISC-V processor and system IP, with a Cambridge research and development operation serving global chip designers.

Semiconductor IP · 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

UK technology centre of Silvaco, the TCAD and semiconductor design-software developer, in St Ives, Cambridgeshire.

EDA / Design Automation · St Ives

UK operation of Silvaco Group, Inc.

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

Builds microwave hybrid modules using bare-die handling and fine wire bonding on alumina substrates.

Back-End Assembly / Packaging · Cranfield

Cambridge design centre of Synaptics, developing AI-enabled processors, multimedia SoCs and connectivity silicon.

Fabless Semiconductor Design · Cambridge

UK operation of Synaptics Incorporated

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

Bedfordshire manufacturer of wafer probe stations and cantilever probe cards used for semiconductor wafer-level test and device characterisation, including MEMS, radio-frequency and power devices.

Test / Probe Equipment · Sandy

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

Photonic Integrated Circuits · Cambridge