VLSI & chip companies in Karnataka
Every chip MNC, EDA company, design-services firm, chip startup and equipment maker with a team in Karnataka: what they do, which roles they hire for, and whether they hire freshers. Open roles update every morning from our jobs list.
Chip MNCs 20
Global chip companies with big design centres in Karnataka.
Intel
Designs CPUs, AI chips and chipsets; big design and validation teams in Bengaluru.
Texas Instruments
Designs analog and embedded processing chips: power, data converters, microcontrollers.
Qualcomm
Designs Snapdragon phone chips, modems, Wi-Fi and automotive chips.
NVIDIA
Designs GPUs and AI data-centre chips and systems.
AMD
Designs Ryzen and EPYC CPUs, Radeon GPUs and AI accelerators.
Analog Devices
Designs analog, mixed-signal and power chips for industrial, auto and communications.
NXP Semiconductors
Designs automotive, IoT and secure microcontroller chips.
Infineon Technologies
Designs power, automotive, security and Wi-Fi/Bluetooth chips.
Microchip Technology
Designs microcontrollers, FPGAs and analog chips.
Marvell Technology
Designs data-centre networking, storage and custom AI chips.
Samsung Semiconductor India Research
Designs memory, phone and AI chips for Samsung (SSIR, Bengaluru).
MediaTek
Designs Dimensity phone chips, TV, Wi-Fi and smart-device chips.
Arm
Designs the CPU and GPU blueprints used in most phones and many servers.
Micron Technology
Designs and tests memory (DRAM, NAND) and storage chips.
Renesas Electronics
Designs automotive and industrial microcontrollers and analog/power chips.
onsemi
Designs power and image-sensor chips for cars and industry.
Broadcom
Designs networking, broadband and custom chips for data centres.
Google (silicon teams)
Designs Tensor phone chips and TPU AI chips.
Meta (silicon teams)
Designs custom chips for Meta's AI data centres.
Rambus
Designs memory and security interface IP and chips.
EDA tool companies 3
They make the software every chip engineer uses, and hire tool, AE and design engineers.
Synopsys
Makes chip-design software (EDA) and IP used by almost every chip company.
Cadence Design Systems
Makes chip-design software (EDA), verification tools and IP.
Siemens EDA
Makes chip-design and verification software (formerly Mentor Graphics).
Design-services companies 10
They do chip and embedded work for many clients, and hire the most freshers.
Tessolve
Chip design, test and validation services; Bengaluru headquarters.
L&T Semiconductor Technologies
L&T's chip company: designs power, analog and digital chips; Bengaluru.
HCLTech (semiconductor services)
Chip design and verification services; centres in Bengaluru and Hubballi (former Sankalp Semiconductor).
Mirafra Technologies
VLSI and embedded design services; Bengaluru headquarters.
eInfochips (an Arrow company)
Chip, embedded and product engineering services.
L&T Technology Services
Engineering services incl. embedded and VLSI; offices in Bengaluru and Mysuru.
Tata Elxsi
Embedded and product design services for cars, media and health; Bengaluru headquarters.
MosChip Technologies
Chip design services and IP; office in Bengaluru.
Quest Global
Engineering services including semiconductor and embedded work.
Ignitarium
Chip design, AI and embedded engineering services.
Chip startups 11
Indian chip startups based in Karnataka. Small teams, fast learning; many hire through LinkedIn and referrals.
Agnit Semiconductors
Makes gallium nitride (GaN) chips for radar, 5G and power; IISc spin-off.
Aura Semiconductor
Designs mixed-signal chips (clocks, power, sensors) for industrial and IoT.
BigEndian Semiconductors
Designs India-made chips (SoCs) for CCTV and surveillance cameras.
Morphing Machines
Builds REDEFINE, a reconfigurable many-core processor for AI; IISc roots.
C2i Semiconductors
Designs power-delivery chips for AI data centres.
Signalchip
Designed India's first 4G/5G modem chips (Agumbe series).
Calligo Technologies
Builds RISC-V processors that use a new number format (Posit) for AI and HPC.
FermionIC Design
Designs RF and millimetre-wave chips, SerDes and power ICs.
Terminus Circuits
Designs high-speed SerDes interface IP (PCIe, USB, Ethernet).
Chipspirit
ASIC design services and hardware security chips.
Saankhya Labs
Designs software-defined radio chips for satellite and broadcast; now part of Tejas Networks.
Equipment & manufacturing 6
Fab machines, chip testing, foundry and chip assembly (OSAT) companies.
Applied Materials
Makes the machines that build chips in fabs; large Bengaluru engineering centre.
Lam Research
Makes etch and deposition machines for chip fabs; engineering centre in Bengaluru.
Teradyne
Makes machines that test chips (ATE); office and lab in Bengaluru.
GlobalFoundries
Chip foundry; Bengaluru team does design enablement and tape-out work.
Tata Electronics
Tata's electronics and chip-making company (fab in Gujarat, OSAT in Assam); Bengaluru headquarters.
Kaynes Technology
Electronics manufacturer from Mysuru; its Kaynes Semicon unit packages and tests chips (OSAT).
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