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Top 17 Semiconductor research centers based in Germany

RevenueBase identified 46 semiconductor research centers headquartered in Germany as of September 2026 and tracks 1,769 professional contacts across them, including 186 with verified work emails. Berlin is the largest hub.

This list covers semiconductor research centers headquartered in Germany, 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.

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The 17 largest semiconductor research centers based in Germany

Ranked by team size
Top 17 of 46 semiconductor research centers based in Germany, 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 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
2Partial 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
3Partial 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
4Partial 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
5Partial 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
6Strong 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
7Partial 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
8Partial 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
9Partial 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
10Partial evidenceBraunschweig, GermanyHQ checked Sep 17, 202651-20017 contacts →

Partial evidence

“The Institute of Semiconductor Technology at the Technische Universität Braunschweig consists of two working groups (Prof.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
11Strong evidenceDuisburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 17, 2026201-50011 contacts →

Strong evidence

“We are an interdisciplinary research center that focuses on nanoscience as one of the main research areas of the University of Duisburg-Essen (udue.de/impressum).”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
12Indirect evidenceFrickenhausen, GermanyHQ checked Sep 17, 202611-508 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“AdMOS was founded in 1997 by Dr Thomas Gneiting and now employs nine highly qualified staff.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
13Indirect evidenceMunich, GermanyHQ checked Sep 17, 202611-507 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“nextnano is a leading provider of advanced simulation software for the nanoelectronics industry.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
14Indirect evidenceGelnhausen, GermanyHQ checked Sep 17, 202611-505 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“WireMasters GmbH & Co.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
15Indirect evidenceDresden, GermanyHQ checked Sep 17, 202651-2002 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Our currently more than 60 members and partners from four faculties of TU Dresden (Mechanical Science and Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Computer Science and…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
16Partial evidenceBerlin, GermanyHQ checked Sep 17, 20261-102 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Crocus Labs is an award-winning Berlin-based venture bridging the gap between advanced semiconductor R&D and high-precision medical devices.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
17Partial evidenceMarburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 17, 20261-101 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We support and implement development processes from inventive ideas to novel innovative products in close cooperation with our partners within the semiconductor industry.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026

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Semiconductor research centers based in Germany at a glance

As of Sep 17, 2026
10.5%Verified-email coverage
38.5Average contacts per company
51-200Median size (employees)
15.2%Largest-city concentration · Berlin
Sep 17, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
7
11-50
11
51-200
17
201-500
8
1,001-5,000
2
5,001-10,000
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Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for Germany, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Germany, over 46 companies.

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.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in Germany 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. Companies headquartered outside Germany are excluded even when they keep an office there.
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, 186 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
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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 based in Germany?

RevenueBase identified 46 semiconductor research centers headquartered in Germany 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?

IHP Leibniz Institute For High Performance Microelectronics, headquartered in Frankfurt Oder, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most semiconductor research centers?

Berlin leads with 7 headquartered companies, followed by Dresden (5) and Munich (3).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 186 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 46 companies.

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.