Engineeringtomorrow's silicon.
ZERLON SEMI delivers end-to-end VLSI & semiconductor engineering — from architecture and RTL to verification, physical design, embedded systems, and AI hardware. Study. Design. Innovate.
Engineering intelligent silicon for a complex world.
We pair deep semiconductor expertise with modern VLSI methodologies and rigorous verification — delivering production-ready silicon that works the first time, from concept to post-silicon.
Explore our servicesPPA-Optimized
Silicon tuned for power, performance, and area — cutting cost and time-to-market.
First-Pass Silicon
Verification and signoff discipline built to reach production-ready silicon first time.
Deep Expertise
Real specialists across ASIC/SoC, verification, physical design, and embedded.
Flexible Engagement
Scale a dedicated team up or down — turnkey, ODC, or staff augmentation.
From first call to working silicon.
A clear, low-friction path — you always know what happens next.
Discovery
We learn your spec, node, tools, and quality gates — and where the real constraints are.
Proposal
A staffing or scope plan with clear deliverables, milestones, and success criteria.
Execution
The team ramps inside your perimeter and delivers against agreed gates, reviewed by engineers.
Delivery
Clean handoff — signed-off silicon and retained knowledge that leaves your team stronger.
Five ways we take you from concept to silicon.
Engage us for one discipline or an end-to-end program. Every team ships against your tools, PDK, and quality gates.
Semiconductor Design Services
RTL design, verification, and physical design — from architecture to tapeout-ready GDSII.
Learn moreAutomotive Semiconductor
ADAS, safety, and ISO 26262 — functional-safety silicon built to strict automotive standards.
Learn moreEmbedded Engineering
BSP, RTOS, firmware, and Linux drivers — full-stack embedded from bare-metal to application.
Learn moreAI Engineering
NPU design and ML hardware architecture — accelerators for training and edge inference.
Learn moreSystem Design Engineering
SoC architecture, integration, and system-level verification across disciplines — vision to certification.
Learn moreDepth across the entire flow.
Front-end to back-end, embedded to AI — explore where our teams bring silicon-proven expertise.
RTL Design & Verification
Clean, synthesizable microarchitecture and exhaustive verification — the front-end foundation for first-pass silicon.
Physical Design & DFT
RTL2GDSII with timing closure, physical signoff, and test structures — tapeout-ready on advanced nodes.
Embedded Systems
Full-stack embedded — BSP, RTOS, Linux, and firmware — with hardware-software co-design so software ships with silicon.
AI Hardware
NPU microarchitecture and ML-optimized accelerators — co-designed with the models they run for maximum TOPS/W.
A disciplined path from concept to tape-out.
Architecture
Spec, PPA & microarchitecture.
RTL
Design & integration.
Verification
UVM, formal, coverage.
Physical Design
PnR, timing, signoff.
Tape-out
DRC/LVS-clean GDSII.
Validation
Bring-up & ramp.
From bleeding-edge FinFET to mature nodes.
Proven physical-design flows across the process spectrum — we meet your product where it lives.
Semiconductor depth across every industry.
From fabless startups to Tier-1 OEMs — we bring silicon expertise to your domain.
AI & Machine Learning
Automotive & ADAS
IoT & Smart Devices
Industrial Automation
Consumer Electronics
Networking & Telecom
High-Performance Computing
Healthcare & Medical
Built for first-pass success.
Scalable teams, precise execution, silicon-proven IP, and flexible engagement — faster time-to-market with superior quality.
Full-Stack Engineering
Architecture, RTL & verification, RTL2GDSII, and embedded — under one roof.
- End-to-end ownership
- Concept to silicon
Advanced Node Expertise
Proven flows from the latest FinFET nodes down to mature technologies.
- 3nm / 5nm / 7nm
- Node migration
Silicon-Proven IP
Production-tested RTL, analog, and verification IP — skip months of development.
- RTL & analog IP
- Verification IP
Flexible, Secure ODCs
Dedicated design centers on your tools and perimeter — scale on demand.
- Turnkey / ODC / staff aug
- Security-certified
Why teams switch to us.
What working with an outcome-owned engineering partner actually feels like.
Typical vendor
Bodies on a contract- Hand-offs with gaps between stages
- Accountability diffused across teams
- Knowledge walks out at project end
- Rigid, one-size engagement
- Quality checked at the end
ZERLON SEMI
An engineering partner- End-to-end ownership across the flow
- One team accountable to the outcome
- Knowledge that compounds with you
- ODC, turnkey, or staff aug — your call
- Quality gates at every stage
Engineering outcomes that compound.
Trusted by engineering leaders worldwide.
Insights from the silicon frontier.
Engineering notes, industry perspective, and deep dives from the ZERLON SEMI team.
Questions, answered.
Both. Engage us for a single discipline — RTL, verification, physical design, DFT, embedded, or AI hardware — or hand us the full program from architecture through tape-out and bring-up. We plug in wherever the depth is needed.
Three: a dedicated design center (ODC) on your tools and perimeter, fixed-scope turnkey projects with milestone accountability, or staff augmentation with vetted engineers embedded in your team. See the Engagement page for a full comparison.
From the latest FinFET nodes (3nm, 5nm, 7nm) through mainstream (16nm, 28nm) down to mature technologies (180nm and beyond) for analog and power. Our physical-design flows are proven across the spectrum.
Work happens inside your security perimeter where required, with access controls, traceability, and confidentiality terms appropriate to semiconductor design. Our ODCs are security-certified and every engagement is governed by a written agreement covering IP ownership.
Staff augmentation typically ramps in days to weeks; a dedicated design center in weeks to months depending on scope and clearance. We move as fast as access and onboarding allow, without cutting corners on quality.
Partner with us for expert silicon.
Tell us about your chip — the stage, the node, the timeline. No fluff, just engineering clarity.
We schedule a call at your convenience.
Discovery & consulting meeting with our engineers.
We prepare a detailed technical proposal.
Schedule a free consultation
Let's build the next generation of silicon.
From concept to tape-out — bring us your spec and we'll bring back working silicon.
