The TrueUpSemiconductors Report
Jul 2026
TrueUp Semiconductors 50
50 Hottest Semiconductors Companies
Alchip•
AMEC•
Arm•
ASML•
ASR Microelectronics•
Astera Labs•
Ayar Labs•
Biren Technology•
Cambricon•
Cerebras•
D-Matrix•
Etched•
Fractile•
Frore•
GigaDevice•
GlobalFoundries•
Hygon•
Iluvatar CoreX•
Infineon•
InnoScience•
Lam Research•
Lightelligence•
Lightmatter•
Marvell•
MatX•
MaxLinear•
MediaTek•
MetaX•
Montage Technology•
Moore Threads•
Nanya•
Naura•
Nearfield•
NextSilicon•
NVIDIA•
Olix•
onsemi•
Positron•
Rebellions•
Ricursive•
RoboTechnik•
SambaNova•
SiFive•
Silicon Box•
SMIC•
Socionext•
Substrate•
Tenstorrent•
TSMC•
Yuanjie
Jul 2026
Top Semiconductors Co's by Trajectory
Factors incl. fundraising history, hiring trends, industry factors, layoff data, TrueUp member interest & more
| company | all‑tech rank | |
|---|---|---|
1. |  Ricursive | #14 |
2. |  Moore Threads | #39 |
3. |  Positron | #40 |
4. |  MetaX | #43 |
5. |  Astera Labs | #57 |
6. |  Etched | #74 |
7. |  Cambricon | #79 |
8. |  Hygon | #118 |
9. |  Biren Technology | #126 |
10. |  Olix | #141 |
Jul 2026
Top Semiconductors co's by valuation
| company | valuation | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1. |  NVIDIA ($NVDA) | $4842B | |
2. |  TSMC ($TSM) | $1880B | |
3. |  Broadcom ($AVGO) | $1797B | |
4. |  AMD ($AMD) | $947B | |
5. |  ASML ($ASML) | $752B | |
6. |  Intel ($INTC) | $702B | |
7. |  Applied Materials ($AMAT) | $574B | |
8. |  Lam Research ($LRCX) | $542B | |
9. |  KLA ($KLAC) | $394B | |
10. |  Arm ($ARM) | $379B |
Jul 2026
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16,127 open Semiconductors jobs
↑346.5% from low (3,612)
Jul 2026
Remote Index
2.1
% of Semiconductors jobs with a remote option
Jul 2026
Bay Area Index
20.2
% of Semiconductors jobs listed in the Bay Area
Jul 2026
Semiconductors Co's w/ Most Open Jobs
| company | jobs | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1. | NVIDIA | 2,000 | |
2. | Applied Materials | 1,794 | |
3. | Lam Research | 1,170 | |
4. | AMD | 1,086 | |
5. |  Analog Devices | 978 | |
6. | KLA | 900 | |
7. |  NXP Semiconductors | 714 | |
8. |  Marvell | 658 | |
9. | Intel | 644 | |
10. |  GlobalFoundries | 631 | |
11. |  Cadence | 608 | |
12. | ASML | 556 | |
13. |  STMicro | 506 | |
14. |  Entegris | 476 | |
15. |  Microchip Technology | 461 | |
16. |  ASM International | 342 | |
17. | Broadcom | 313 | |
18. | Arm | 257 | |
19. |  Graphcore | 247 | |
20. |  Altera | 203 |
Jul 2026
Top Semiconductors Job Categories
jobs | |||
|---|---|---|---|
1. | Engineering (Software) | 6007 | |
2. | Engineering (Hardware) | 1335 | |
3. | Business Operations & Program Management | 878 | |
4. | Artificial Intelligence | 613 | |
5. | Sales Engineering | 399 | |
6. | Finance | 360 | |
7. | Data & Analytics | 338 | |
8. | Marketing & Growth | 331 | |
9. | Customer Success | 300 | |
10. | Sales | 263 |
Jul 2026
Top Semiconductors Job Locations
jobs | |||
|---|---|---|---|
1. | 🇺🇸 United States | 5588 | |
2. | 🇺🇸 San Francisco Bay Area | 2739 | |
3. | 🇮🇳 India | 1603 | |
4. | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | 1251 | |
5. | 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, India | 1138 | |
6. | 🇸🇬 Singapore | 938 | |
7. | 🇺🇸 Austin | 847 | |
8. | 🇨🇳 China | 593 | |
9. | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | 541 | |
10. | 🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 434 |
Jul 2026
Semiconductors Jobs by Company Stage
jobs | |||
|---|---|---|---|
🌱 Early-Stage Startup | 426 | ||
🦄 Unicorn | 566 | ||
📈 Public Tech | 13698 | ||
🐳 FAANG+ | 2000 | ||
Other | 1627 |
Jul 2026
Most Common Tech/Tools
From Semiconductors job descriptions
1. | Python | |
2. | C++ | |
3. | GPU | |
4. | Linux | |
5. | Perl | |
6. | LLM | |
7. | PyTorch | |
8. | Git | |
9. | RISC-V | |
10. | Transformer |
Jul 2026
Biggest Semiconductors Layoffs
Past 12 months
| company | ppl let go | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Intel | 21400 | Jul 2025 | |
2. |  Synopsys | 2000 | Nov 2025 | |
3. | ASML | 1700 | Jan 2026 | |
4. | Applied Materials | 1400 | Oct 2025 | |
5. |  Texas Instruments | 400 | Oct 2025 | |
6. | Broadcom | 247 | Oct 2025 | |
7. |  Hailo | 110 | Jun 2026 | |
8. | Altera | 82 | Aug 2025 | |
9. |  Tenstorrent | 75 | Dec 2025 | |
10. |  Infineon | 72 | Nov 2025 |
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