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PrivateFor profitSemiconductorsBristol, England, United Kingdom

XMOS

A deep tech semiconductor company at the leading edge of the intelligent IoT

Founded
2005
21 years ago
Staff
51-100
70 on LinkedIn
Followers
6k
on LinkedIn
Funding
$95M
as listed, USD

A deep tech semiconductor company at the leading edge of the intelligent IoT, XMOS’ mission is to change the way systems are deployed on silicon. The company disrupts system-on-chip economics and time to market by enabling embedded software engineers to create custom SoC solutions quickly and easily, simply by loading software onto XMOS’ uniquely flexible and accessible hardware platforms. XMOS’ xcore® technology is used to deliver applications that range in diversity from the highest quality audio reproduction… Read all

A deep tech semiconductor company at the leading edge of the intelligent IoT, XMOS’ mission is to change the way systems are deployed on silicon. The company disrupts system-on-chip economics and time to market by enabling embedded software engineers to create custom SoC solutions quickly and easily, simply by loading software onto XMOS’ uniquely flexible and accessible hardware platforms. XMOS’ xcore® technology is used to deliver applications that range in diversity from the highest quality audio reproduction to the highest precision motor control; from license plate recognition to factory automation, all using the same chip, off the shelf, with a different software load. xcore enables integrated and differentiated IoT solutions to be developed purely in software for an ever-widening range of smart things that span the primary IoT pillars of consumer, industrial and automotive. By using the company’s xcore technology, the creativity of embedded software engineers can be unleashed. With three generations of xcore technology in the market, each using a proprietary instruction set, XMOS recently announced a new architecture which will adopt the RISC-V ISA. This advancement and introduction of a familiar ecosystem makes the revolutionary benefits of XMOS’ platforms even more accessible to an even broader range of applications.

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Size

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51-100 people: larger than 75% of companies with a size listed. 70 people list it on LinkedIn.

Age

200519002026

21 years old.

Reach

Website ranked #2,022,977 in the world for traffic, about 10k visits a month. 5,784 followers on LinkedIn.

What it does

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Embedded SoftwareEmbedded SystemsInternet of ThingsSemiconductorvoice user interfacessmart microphonesIoT controllersmicrocontrollershi-res audiomicrophone arraysmultichannel USB audiohigh resolution audioUSB Audio 2.0far-field voicevoice DSPacoustic DSPautomatic speech recognition

Funding, as listed

$95M raised in total

  • Rounds8
  • LatestSeries unknown, Sept 2019
  • Latest amountUSD 19,000,000
  • Investors12, 4 leading

What the source datasets report. We have not watched these rounds ourselves.

FoundersAli Dixon, David May, Hitesh Mehta, James Foster, Noel Hurley
Acquisitions made1

Every detail we hold

Everything the source datasets list about XMOS, field by field. Contact details are held but never shown.

The company

Name
XMOS
Type
For profit
Status
Private
Founded
2005
Founders
Ali Dixon, David May, Hitesh Mehta, James Foster, Noel Hurley
Industry
Semiconductors
Categories
Artificial Intelligence (AI), Embedded Software, Embedded Systems, Internet of Things, Semiconductor
Specialities
voice user interfaces, smart microphones, IoT controllers, microcontrollers, hi-res audio, microphone arrays, multichannel USB audio, high resolution audio, USB Audio 2.0, far-field voice, voice DSP, acoustic DSP, automatic speech recognition, voice processors

Where

City
Bristol
Region
England
Country
United Kingdom
Markets
Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA)

Size and reach

Staff band
51-100
People on LinkedIn
70
LinkedIn followers
5,784
Web traffic rank
#2,022,977
Monthly web visits
10,312

Funding, as listed

Total
$94,809,539 USD
Rounds
8
Latest round
Series unknown
Latest round date
Sept 2019
Latest amount
19,000,000 USD
Investors
12
Lead investors
4
Listing status
private

Corporate family

Acquisitions made
1

About this record

Sources
Crunchbase, LinkedIn
Last imported
Sept 2026

Growth, as the source summarises it

XMOS may be growing as it is identified as a key vendor in the far-field speech and voice recognition market, which is expected to grow. The company, based in Bristol, designs chips for manufacturing in Taiwan, indicating an active role in the semiconductor industry. Furthermore, XMOS has been mentioned in the context of shipping edge AI processors and vision, suggesting an expansion of its product offerings and market presence.

Summaries written by the source dataset, not by us, and not checked.

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