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Semiconductor Manufacturing in France
A register of firms and the professionals working at them in the Semiconductor Manufacturing sector based in France. Browse the public index, then filter or export on Kipplo.
Companies
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Sequans Communications
Sequans Communications S.A.(NYSE: SQNS) is a leading semiconductor company specializing in wireless cellular technology for the Internet of Things (IoT). Our engineers design and develop innovative, secure, and scalable technologies that power the next generation of connected devices. We offer a wide range of solutions, including chips, modules, IP, and services. Our LTE-M/NB-IoT, 4G LTE Cat 1bis, and 5G NR RedCap/eRedCap platforms are optimized for IoT, delivering breakthroughs in wireless connectivity, power efficiency, security, and performance. Established in 2003, Sequans is headquartered in France and has a global presence with offices in the United States, United Kingdom, Israel, Hong Kong, Finland, Taiwan, and China.
201 to 500 staff
Prophesee
Prophesee is the inventor of the world’s most advanced neuromorphic vision systems. The company developed a breakthrough Event-Based Vision approach to machine vision. This new vision category allows for significant reductions of power, latency and data processing requirements to reveal what was invisible to traditional frame-based sensors until now. Prophesee’s patented Metavision® sensors and AI mimic how the human eye and brain work to dramatically improve efficiency in areas such as autonomous vehicles, industrial automation, IoT, security and surveillance, and AR/VR. Prophesee is based in Paris, with local offices in Grenoble, Shanghai, Tokyo and Silicon Valley. The company is driven by a team of 130 visionary engineers, holds more than 50 international patents and is backed by leading international investors including Sony, iBionext, 360 Capital Partners, Intel Capital, Robert Bosch Venture Capital, Supernova Invest, and European Investment Bank.
51 to 200 staff
Cea-Leti
CEA-Leti, a technology research institute at CEA, is a global leader in miniaturization technologies enabling smart, energy-efficient and secure solutions for industry. Founded in 1967, CEA-Leti pioneers micro- & nanotechnologies, tailoring differentiating applicative solutions for global companies, SMEs and startups. CEA-Leti tackles critical challenges in healthcare, energy and digital migration. From sensors to data processing and computing solutions, CEA-Leti’s multidisciplinary teams deliver solid expertise, leveraging world-class pre-industrialization facilities. With a staff of more than talents, a portfolio of 3,200 patents, sq. meters of cleanroom space and a clear IP policy, the institute is based in Grenoble, France, and has offices in Silicon Valley, Brussels and Tokyo. CEA-Leti has launched 76 startups and is a member of the Carnot Institutes network. Follow us on and @CEA_Leti. Technological expertise CEA has a key role in transferring scientific knowledge and innovation from research to industry. This high-level technological research is carried out in particular in electronic and integrated systems, from microscale to nanoscale. It has a wide range of industrial applications in the fields of transport, health, safety and telecommunications, contributing to the creation of high-quality and competitive products. For more information: @CEA |@CEATech |@CEA-List |@CEA-Liten
1001 to 5000 staff
Sipearl
SiPearl is the European fabless designer of sovereign high-performance energy-efficient processors for HPC, AI and data centres. These processors will help address strategic dual-use challenges in the fields of security, defence, medical research, energy, climate and engineering with a reduced environmental footprint. In June 2025, SiPearl completed the design of the most complex processor ever designed in Europe, Rhea1. Featuring 80 Arm Neoverse V1 cores, with 61 billion transistors, it is currently in production at TSMC in Taïwan and will be available for sampling in early 2026. Rhea1 processors will equip JUPITER, the first European exascale supercomputer owned by the EuroHPC JU and operated by the Jülich Supercomputing Centre in Germany. Incubated within the European Processor Initiative (EPI) consortium and seed-funded by the European Union, SiPearl employs 200 people in France, Spain and Italy. Following a successful €130 million Series A, the company is launching its Series B round.
51 to 200 staff
Scalinx
SCALINX is a fabless semiconductor company with a solid experience in design of Signal Conversion ASIC and ASSP for Test & Measurement, Defense & Aerospace and Communications markets. We help our customers to reduce the cost and shorten the development time with our Smart Conversion Platform based on proprietary SCCORE technology (Smart Conversion CORE). The SCCORE technology enables data conversion solutions where signal filtering and resolution trade-offs are carried out in programmable digital circuitry. The flexibility and programmability ingredients of the SCCORE technology combined with our Signal Conversion IP blocks are key for complex ASIC projects. The tailored ASIC developments are supported by our three design centers, Paris, Caen and Grenoble.
51 to 200 staff
Smartware
In a more connected world, citizen security needs, evolution of payment means and communication between people are constantly evolving. Since 1986, Smartware is a key actor in the business of personalization and test of contact/contactless secure elements (Smartcard, NFC microSD, M2M). Smartware is committed to support smartcard production leaders and smartcard equipment manufacturers for the development of their needs, whether technological, industrial, or geographical. Our Commitments - Increased Performance: Boost your production and increase your yields - Modular Solutions: Cover all various models and technologies - Scalable Equipments: Ready for memory capacity increase of your secure elements - Enhanced Security: Preserve the security of sensitive data - Investment Protection: Rationalize equipments, tools, and human ressources
11 to 50 staff
Hprobe
Founded in March 2017 and headquartered in Grenoble, France, Hprobe is a spin-off from SPINTEC—one of the world’s leading spintronics research laboratories. The company builds on years of advanced research in magnetic testing to deliver cutting-edge solutions for the semiconductor industry. Hprobe offers a unique, patented multidimensional magnetic field generator technology for wafer-level characterization and testing of magnetic devices and sensors. Its product portfolio includes dedicated tools for the testing and characterization of MRAM devices (STT, SOT, VCMA) and magnetic sensors (TMR, GMR, etc.) across all stages of development. In March 2025, Hprobe was acquired by Mycronic, a publicly traded Swedish high-tech company specializing in precision production equipment for the electronics industry. Now part of Mycronic’s Global Technologies division, Hprobe continues—supported by Mycronic’s global infrastructure—to collaborate with leading foundries developing MRAM and companies worldwide advancing next-generation magnetic sensors.
11 to 50 staff
Riber
RIBER S.A is the world’s leading supplier of Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) products and related services for the compound semiconductor research and industrial field. Riber MBE equipment is the most versatile and precise tool to deposit very thin layer of materials onto substrates with a very high control. MBE technology is used to design and create the newest semiconductor structures for manufacturing of a wide range of novel devices, with the best performances. RIBER delivers MBE machines worldwide to major universities, material science institutes, compound semiconductor foundries or epiwafer suppliers. RIBER is indisputably the world leader in the field. Expert in Ultra High Vacuum technology since its date of creation in 1964, RIBER moved towards Molecular Beam Epitaxy in 1977, and has developed since a large range of research or production MBE tools, MBE components and processes, in order to support increasing demands in different fields like datacommunications, 5G/6G and VCSELs lasers, photonics, sensors, 3D sensing, displays,… High performance and large versatility of RIBER MBE tools are perfectly adapted to the creativity of the researchers and industrials who works every day for the future and the innovation. Our only limitation is their imagination. RIBER is also a leading supplier of high-quality material evaporation sources. These can be used to make high performances and incredibly inexpensive thin-film solar cells, create the displays of tomorrow’s organic LED TVs, and help to produce ultra-small silicon transistors that will lead to faster and more powerful data treatments.
51 to 200 staff
Unitysc
UnitySC, based in Montbonnot, France, is a globally recognized leader in inspection and metrology. We seamlessly integrate advanced technologies to empower customers for higher yields and faster time-to-market. Our expertise includes standardized and customized solutions tailored to various sectors, revolutionizing process control. We pioneer cutting-edge metrology tools for Advanced Packaging, covering TSVs, High BandWidth Memory Chip stacks, Hybrid-Bonding/Wafer2Wafer, and Die2Wafer. We excel in equipment for defect inspection on unpatterned wafers, serving diverse substrates like GaN, GaAs, InP, SiC, Glass, Sapphire, Ge, and Silicon. Our comprehensive portfolio spans Metrology and Inspection equipment for diverse applications, driving yield improvements. At UnitySC, we prioritize diversity and talent support, attracting industry professionals. Leveraging advanced technologies like 3D-imaging microscopy and spectrometry, we optimize process yields. We serve semiconductor leaders worldwide, providing unwavering support across Europe, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Japan, the USA, and China. UnitySC is your trusted partner for semiconductor inspection and metrology excellence.
51 to 200 staff
Greenwaves Technologies
We are a fabless semiconductor company, based in Grenoble, France. We design highly efficient and easy to program ultra-low-power RISC-V processors. They interpret and transform rich data sources such as images, sounds and radar signals using AI and signal processing.
11 to 50 staff
Hamamatsu Photonics France
Hamamatsu Photonics is a world leader in manufacturing optoelectronic components, modules and systems. We continue to stay a step ahead through our sensors, detectors and imaging systems, which are designed to cover the entire optical spectrum to target the most demanding of applications. Present across many industries, our photonic solutions are found in the medical, automotive, science research, environmental and analytical industries. Central to industrial processes, we help achieve greater efficiency in markets like food, semiconductors, machinery and manufacturing. Capable of providing a unique approach, our expert sales team will advise and answer any technical queries you may have. Hamamatsu Photonics France has several offices across various countries including- Massy, France (main office)- Solothurn, Switzerland - Mont-Saint-Guibert, Belgium - Cerdanyola,(Barcelona), Spain
51 to 200 staff
Microoled
MICROOLED delivers OLED Near-Eye Displays (NED) for a wide range of products, such as video glasses, head-mounted sports devices, camera viewfinders, medical applications and many other professional devices worldwide. We provide our customers with the best high definition OLED microdisplays featuring very low power consumption and excellent image quality for highly demanding applications such as - Video glasses- Head-mounted sports devices- Camera viewfinders- Medical applications- And many other professional devices worldwide. The best high definition OLED microdisplays featuring very low power consumption and excellent image quality.
51 to 200 staff
New Imaging Technologies Nit
New Imaging Technologies (NIT) was founded in 2007 as a spin-off of the French National Research Center for Telecommunications to design and produce image products based upon patented high dynamic range response sensors. Where the first image sensors and cameras produced by NIT were using CMOS visible sensors, NIT quickly turned to the short-wave infrared region (SWIR) with a line of InGaAs SWIR products. Large R&D investments have taken place at NIT over the last years to cover all the technical aspects of SWIR technology from read-out circuit design, hybridization technology, photodiode arrays, camera electronics, and software. NIT is now a vertically integrated source for SWIR sensors and cameras, with in-house unique manufacturing technologies such as small pitch high yield hybridization capacity. Now, the SWIR InGaAs line is the sole activity from NIT, offering a unique product portfolio that ranges from small, low-cost SWIR sensors to high-speed line arrays and large-format focal plane arrays, including VGA, SXGA (HD), and Full HD. Since 2024, NIT has been part of LYNRED as the SWIR business unit. For more information, visit us at https://new-imaging-technologies.com or contact us at info@new-imaging-technologies.com
11 to 50 staff
Reflex Ces
High tech expert, we partner with global players to deliver cutting edge electronic boards and systems, based on FPGA. Our clients from 25 countries push back the boundaries of their field. Our daily challenge is to deliver them top performing tech to solve the most complex issues and help them stay ahead. We provide hardware, firmware, software and mechanics’ solutions. Based in France and in the US, reflex ces is supported by French Relaunch Plan and Definvest. You are passionate about high tech too? You like challenge? Join the team, we’re hiring.
51 to 200 staff
Hummink
At Hummink, we’re redefining the future of microfabrication with our patented High Precision Capillary Printing (HPCaP) technology. Our technology features the world’s smallest fountain pen, enabling high-resolution printing with submicron precision. Our flagship product, NAZCA, is an all-in-one microprinting tool, designed to deliver high-performance precision for a variety of applications. Additionally, we offer modular solutions that integrate seamlessly into existing production lines, tailored for the semiconductor, display, and sensor industries. As both a technology provider and supplier, we offer our customers integrated access to both equipment and inks, backed by personalized solutions. Spun off from world-renowned research institutes, we are committed to expanding our capabilities and advancing sustainable electronics manufacturing. Our expertise in material science ensures we continue pushing the boundaries of innovation. At Hummink, we #dreamsmaller to power the next generation of electronics!
11 to 50 staff
Pyxalis
Developing Imaging Solutions that perfectly meet your needs. PYXALIS specializes in the design and production of high-performance imaging solutions. Since 2010, the company has grown into a leading player in the digital imaging industry, with a strong focus on innovation, quality, and sustainable practices. At PYXALIS, we prioritize ORIGINALITY, WELL-BEING, AUTHENTICITY, and RESPONSIBILITY in everything we do. Originality fuels innovation in product development, while well-being ensures a positive work environment for our employees. Authenticity and responsibility underscore our commitment to ethical and sustainable business practices, coupled with ISO9001 certified development methods. PYXALIS's core expertise lies in developing cutting-edge CMOS image sensor solutions tailored to diverse market needs. Whether it be for machine vision, medical applications, cinematography, high-end photography, environmental monitoring, aerospace, security, defense, surveillance and more, PYXALIS offers custom, semi-custom, and off-the-shelf solutions. Key technical domains include low noise (rolling and global shutter architectures), high dynamic range, high-speed imaging, advanced pixel technologies (ranging from 1.25 to 200µm), frontside or backside illumination, enhanced quantum efficiency in the near-infrared or UV spectrum, embedded smart processing and multispectral imaging. PYXALIS developed its know-how to propose more than a sensor and help ease its integration into the customer’s system: a sensor board and the firmware driving the sensor can be provided following the customer’s request. PYXALIS operates on a global scale serving clients and working with partners. Collaborative partnerships with industry leaders, startups, research institutions and government agencies enhance PYXALIS' capabilities and market reach, fostering a dynamic network for mutual growth and innovation. Visit to learn more about us!
11 to 50 staff
Ulis
In June 2019, Sofradir and ULIS merged and becomed LYNRED. LYNRED is global leader in designing and manufacturing high quality infrared technologies for aerospace, defense and commercial markets. Their vast portfolio of infrared detectors covers the entire electromagnetic spectrum from near to very far infrared. The Group’s products are at the center of multiple military programs and applications. Its infrared (IR) detectors are the key component of many top brands in commercial thermal imaging equipment sold across Europe, Asia and North America. The organization is the leading European manufacturer for IR detectors deployed in space.
51 to 200 staff
Accent
Founded in 1993, Accent is an ISO 9001:2008 certified world leading semiconductor supplier of communications and metering technologies for the Smart Grid industry. The company is backed by renowned investors such as Sofinnova Partners and Tallwood Venture Capital. Accent is a worldwide operation with offices in Italy, China, France, and United States. Accent's ASMgrid product families integrate the widest technology breadth supporting current and future Smart Grid standards to provide equipment manufacturers off-the-shelf standard products plus complete software platforms for rapid time to market and significantly lowered production costs.
51 to 200 staff
Rivierawaves Sas, A Ceva Company
RivieraWaves SAS, a Ceva Company, is a leading licensor of silicon Intellectual Property (IP) cores and platforms in the Bluetooth® and Wi-Fi™ areas for integration into ASICs and FPGAs. The RivieraWaves wireless connectivity IPs, made of digital hardware, software and radio frequency building blocks enable Ceva’s customers to develop low power, low cost and innovative solutions that have significant impact on the market. Ceva complements its RivieraWaves IP offering with design services, ranging from IP customization to complete ASIC and application development. Ceva is the ideal partner for companies wishing to deliver wireless connectivity ICs for the mobile, wearable, small cells, home entertainment, medical, automotive, sports & fitness, and other IoT & IoE applications. The Ceva RivieraWaves products include- Bluetooth LE and Dual Mode baseband controller, software and radio - Wi-Fi 4/5/6/6E (802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax) MAC and modem, in 1x1, 2x2 and 4x4 MIMO configurations - 802.15.4 MAC, modem and radio (for use with Zigbee and Thread)
201 to 500 staff
Sealsq
SEALSQ develops the next generation quantum-resistant Semiconductors, PKI and Related Trust Services.
51 to 200 staff
Allegro Dvt
Allegro DVT is a leading provider of H.264/AVC, H.265/HEVC, AVS2, AVS3, VP9, AV1, VVC and LCEVC compliance test suites and H.264/AVC, H.265/HEVC, VP9 and AV1 encoder, codec and decoder hardware (RTL) IPs. Allegro DVT products have been chosen by more than 100 major IC providers, OEMs and broadcasters. For more information, visit Allegro DVT's Website or contact us at info@allegrodvt.com.
51 to 200 staff
Asm
At ASM, we’re shaping the future at the atomic level. We enable the next generation of microchips by empowering leading semiconductor manufacturers with advanced wafer processing equipment. Through our mastery of thin-film deposition, we create the innovative tools and solutions that shape the materials at the heart of tomorrow’s technology – powering everything from AI and next-generation healthcare to cloud computing and smarter, more energy-efficient devices. With over 4,600 people representing more than 60 nationalities across 15 locations worldwide, we’re united by one ambition: to stay ahead of what’s next. And with research centers in seven countries and nearly a quarter of our people and profits devoted to research and development, excellence is our baseline, not our finish line. Our pioneering thin-film deposition technologies – like atomic layer deposition, epitaxy, silicon carbide, chemical vapor deposition and vertical furnaces – help our customers push the limits of performance, speed, and efficiency. Our strong patent portfolio, flat organization, and agile way of working enable fast collaboration, global mobility, and a competitive edge far beyond our scale. Every day, we work to make integrated circuits smaller, faster, more energy-efficient, and more powerful. Together, we’re advancing technologies that unlock new potential and improve lives. Ready to become a master of atomic layering? Explore opportunities on our careers page or in the “Jobs” tab here on LinkedIn.
1001 to 5000 staff
Exosens
Welcome to Exosens, the European leader in high-end electro-optical technologies for defense and industrial applications. With our exceptional features and commitment to innovation, we stand out as a key player in the industry. Accompanied by HLD since 2021, EXOSENS, former Photonis group, is a high-tech company with over 85 years of experience in the development, manufacturing and sales of detection and imaging technologies. Exosens products range includes digital cameras, electron, ion, neutron and gamma detectors, microwave amplifiers and image intensifier tubes, providing tailored solutions to complex challenges in highly demanding environments. Our detection and imaging solutions cover from UV to LWIR with key features such as high sensitivity and high speed. Exosens address 4 mains markets: lifescience, industrial control, nuclear energy and defense “Become the leader in each segment” As a mid-sized company (1600 people), we bring a unique wealth of expertise to the table. Our dedicated team of professionals combines technical expertise with cutting-edge research and development capabilities, ensuring that we remain at the forefront of innovation. At Exosens, we take pride in our strong industrial capabilities and stringent quality control measures. This enables us to deliver high-volume production of the utmost quality, meeting the demands of even the most challenging projects. Our extensive international sales network serves as a testament to our global reach. We have established a wide customer base, delivering worldwide our high end-products and solutions. Above all, we prioritize agility and customer satisfaction. Our team goes above and beyond to understand and meet the needs of our clients, ensuring their satisfaction. Our Brand: Photonis : intensified products, nuclear and mass spectrometry detectors Xenics : infrared sensors and cameras, Elmul: electron detectors Telops: hyperspectral and cooled infrared camera
1001 to 5000 staff
Keysom
At Keysom, we believe customization should not come at the cost of trust. We provide a unified platform, CoreXplorer, for generating RISC-V cores and SDKs, where proof assistant-based formal verification guarantees correctness against specifications.
11 to 50 staff
