The 10 Hottest Semiconductor Startup Companies Of 2021

November 23, 2021, 11:56 AM EST

These semiconductor startups are offering novel ways to improve the performance, efficiency, economics and bandwidth of servers and beyond with new takes on CPUs, accelerators and connectivity solutions.

Speedata

Top Executive: Jonathan Friedmann, CEO

Speedata is tackling data center bottlenecks in data analytics applications with its new Analytics Processing Unit, which it said can accelerate compute, memory and I/O capabilities without code changes. The Netanya, Israel-based startup announced in September that it had raised $70 million in funding from investors, including Mellanox Technologies co-founder and CEO Eyal Waldman. The startup said its APU chip provides double or more the performance of mainstream CPUs for database and business analytics processes. The startup expects to launch the APU within the next year or so with the support of cloud platform hyperscalers, OEMs and companies that assemble custom IT systems.

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Dylan Martin

Dylan Martin is a senior editor at CRN covering the semiconductor, PC, mobile device, and IoT beats. He has distinguished his coverage of the semiconductor industry thanks to insightful interviews with CEOs and top executives; scoops and exclusives about product, strategy and personnel changes; and analyses that dig into the why behind the news. He can be reached at dmartin@thechannelcompany.com.