Engineering tomorrow's silicon.
ZERLON SEMI is a semiconductor engineering company built on three principles — Study. Design. Innovate. We partner with teams worldwide to take ideas from concept to working silicon, and we invest in the next generation of engineers through education.
From a shared belief to silicon at scale.
ZERLON SEMI began with a simple conviction: that world-class semiconductor engineering should be accessible, rigorous, and outcome-driven. What started as a small team of specialists has grown into a full-lifecycle engineering partner spanning design, verification, physical design, embedded, AI hardware, and system architecture.
Today we work with fabless startups and Tier-1 OEMs alike — plugging in wherever depth is needed, and owning outcomes from architecture through tape-out and bring-up. And because talent is the industry's real bottleneck, we've extended our mission into education.
The principles behind every project.
Deep Understanding
We start by truly understanding the problem — the spec, the constraints, the physics — before writing a line of RTL. Rigor at the front end is what makes first-pass silicon possible.
Precise Execution
Clean architecture, disciplined methodology, and quality gates at every stage. We design for power, performance, and area — and for manufacturability and testability from day one.
Pushing Boundaries
From advanced nodes to novel AI accelerators, we stay at the edge of what silicon can do — and we bring that innovation to every client and every classroom.
Building the next generation of chip engineers.
The semiconductor industry's biggest constraint isn't tools or fabs — it's talent. That's why ZERLON SEMI runs a dedicated education platform, bringing real, industry-grade VLSI and embedded training to aspiring engineers. Study. Design. Innovate — it's how we work, and how we teach.
Explore learn.zerlonsemi.comEngineers, first and foremost.
Our team is led by people who've shipped silicon — not just managed it.
Chockalingam K
Founder & CEO
Karthik Krishnan
VP, Physical Design
Shanmugasundaram
Head of Education
Engineering across time zones.
India — HQ
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USA
Questions, answered.
We're a semiconductor engineering company offering end-to-end VLSI services — design, verification, physical design, embedded, AI hardware, and system architecture — plus an EdTech platform training the next generation of engineers.
Through learn.zerlonsemi.com we deliver industry-grade VLSI and embedded training. It's our way of addressing the talent shortage that constrains the whole industry — and it keeps our own engineering sharp.
We're headquartered in Bengaluru, India, with additional offices in Hyderabad and Noida, and a presence in Austin, USA — enabling follow-the-sun engineering.
Flexibly — dedicated design centers, fixed-scope turnkey projects, or staff augmentation. See our Engagement Models page for a full comparison.
Let's build the future of silicon together.
Whether you need an engineering partner or want to grow your skills — we'd love to talk.
