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Top 25 Semiconductor research centers worldwide

RevenueBase identified 181 semiconductor research centers worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 47,606 professional contacts across them, including 18,714 with verified work emails and 0 with mobile numbers. The United States is the largest market and Berlin the largest hub.

This list covers semiconductor research centers worldwide, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 17, 2026. Country and city lists for semiconductor research centers follow the table.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

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The 25 largest semiconductor research centers worldwide

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 181 semiconductor research centers worldwide, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 17, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to semiconductor research centers: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Partial evidenceSanta Clara, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 202610001+26,341 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Applied Materials is the leader in materials engineering solutions that are at the foundation of virtually every new semiconductor and advanced display in the world.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
2Strong evidenceFremont, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 202610001+14,686 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Lam Research Corp.(NASDAQ:LRCX) At Lam Research, we create equipment that drives technological advancements in the semiconductor industry.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
3Indirect evidenceTempe, AZ, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 20265,001-10,0001,176 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“This page is intended for US and Canadian visitors.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
4Strong evidenceEaton, OH, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 20261,001-5,000512 contacts →

Strong evidence

“A Lam Research Company, providing precision silicon components powering global semiconductor innovation.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
5Indirect evidenceRolla, MO, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026201-500437 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Brewer Science is a global technology leader in developing and manufacturing innovative materials, processes, and equipment for the reliable fabrication of cutting-edge…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
6Partial evidenceFrankfurt (oder), GermanyHQ checked Sep 17, 2026201-500327 contacts →

Partial evidence

“The IHP is an institute of the Leibniz Association and conducts research and development of silicon-based systems and ultra high-frequency circuits and technologies including new…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
7Strong evidenceAlbany, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 20261,001-5,000255 contacts →

Strong evidence

“The New York Center for Research, Economic Advancement, Technology, Engineering, and Science (NY Creates) is a world-leading R&D innovation hub and commercialization facilitator.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
8Partial evidenceDuisburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 17, 2026201-500188 contacts →

Partial evidence

“The Fraunhofer IMS in Duisburg is your competent research, service and contact partner for the development and pilot production of innovative microelectronic products and…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
9Indirect evidenceMethuen, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 202651-200181 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“ULVAC Technologies, Inc.(ISO 9001:2008) was established in 1992 as the US subsidiary of ULVAC, Inc.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
10Partial evidenceBerlin, GermanyHQ checked Sep 17, 2026201-500168 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Ferdinand-Braun-Institut, Leibniz-Institut für Höchstfrequenztechnik (FBH) is an application-oriented research institute in the fields of high-frequency electronics, photonics…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
11Partial evidenceSanta Clara, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 202611-50126 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Silicon Catalyst is the only incubator + accelerator focused on the Global Semiconductor Industry including Chips, Chiplets, Materials, IP and Silicon fabrication-based Photonics…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
12Partial evidenceAustin, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 202651-200116 contacts →

Partial evidence

“The Texas Institute for Electronics (TIE) is accelerating the future of 3D microsystems and redefining what’s possible in semiconductor manufacturing.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
13Partial evidenceSan Francisco, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 202611-5072 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Atomic Semi is building a small, fast semiconductor fab.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
14Partial evidenceBerlin, GermanyHQ checked Sep 17, 202651-20070 contacts →

Partial evidence

“The Leibniz-Institut für Kristallzüchtung (IKZ) is a unique research institution in Europe.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
15Partial evidenceFremont, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 20261,001-5,00067 contacts →

Partial evidence

“AXT designs, develops, manufactures and distributes high performance compound and single element semiconductor substrates comprising gallium arsenide, indium phosphide and…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
16Partial evidenceStuttgart, GermanyHQ checked Sep 17, 202651-20052 contacts →

Partial evidence

“The Institut für Mikroelektronik Stuttgart (IMS CHIPS) carries out industrial-oriented research in silicon technology, customized circuits (ASICs), nanopatterning and image sensor…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
17Strong evidenceKonstanz, GermanyHQ checked Sep 17, 202651-20048 contacts →

Strong evidence

“The International Solar Energy Research Center Konstanz e.V.(ISC Konstanz) researches and develops crystalline silicon solar cells, solar modules and energy systems.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
18Partial evidenceBerlin, GermanyHQ checked Sep 17, 202651-20044 contacts →

Partial evidence

“At PDI we perform basic and applied research at the nexus of materials science, condensed matter physics, and device engineering.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
19Strong evidenceOffices Located Nationwide, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 202651-20039 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Imec is the world’s leading non-profit semiconductor research center.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
20Partial evidenceBerlin, GermanyHQ checked Sep 17, 20261,001-5,00038 contacts →

Partial evidence

“The Research Fab Microelectronics Germany (Forschungsfabrik Mikroelektronik Deutschland, FMD) is a global innovation driver that, as the largest cross-location R&D cooperation for…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
21Indirect evidenceLos Gatos, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 202611-5027 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Atomera, Incorporated is a US‐based engineered company focused on the development and commercialization of its proprietary materials which enhance electronic performance.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
22Partial evidenceDresden, GermanyHQ checked Sep 17, 2026201-50023 contacts →

Partial evidence

Research Cluster at TU Dresden within DRESDEN_concept.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
23Partial evidenceSan Jose, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 202611-5022 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Checkpoint Technologies, LLC is a semiconductors company based out of 66 Bonaventura Dr, San Jose, CA, United States.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
24Partial evidenceSanta Barbara, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 202611-5022 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Connecting the World through Innovative Semiconductors

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
25Partial evidenceCampbell, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 202611-5020 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Noel Technologies is a semiconductors company based out of 1510 Dell Ave # C, Campbell, California, United States.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026

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Semiconductor research centers worldwide at a glance

As of Sep 17, 2026
39.3%Verified-email coverage
263.0Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
3.9%Largest-city concentration · Berlin
Sep 17, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
51
11-50
62
51-200
39
201-500
12
501-1,000
1
1,001-5,000
7
5,001-10,000
5
10001+
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How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among semiconductor research centers, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
Coverage
2 countries, largest first: the United States, Germany. Country and city lists for semiconductor research centers are linked below.
What qualifies
Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “semiconductor research centers”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names semiconductor research centers), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among semiconductor research centers, and records with no verified work email.
Match quality
In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 18,714 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 17, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Semiconductor research centers by location

2 lists · largest first

Every Semiconductor research centers list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.

Countries

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names semiconductor research centers, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many semiconductor research centers are there worldwide?

RevenueBase identified 181 semiconductor research centers worldwide as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Applied Materials, headquartered in Santa Clara, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which country has the most semiconductor research centers?

The United States leads with 135 companies, followed by Germany (46). Every semiconductor research centers list by country and city is linked on this page.

Which city has the most semiconductor research centers?

Berlin leads with 7 headquartered companies, followed by Austin (6) and Dresden (5).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

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How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 17, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.