AI tech helps semicon startups step up as they face chip goliaths

Technology innovations in artificial intelligence (AI) are helping early-stage semiconductor startups accelerate chip production, shorten design cycles and manage with smaller teams, as they gear up to compete with large technology companies in the capital-intensive sector.

Netrasemi, a Zoho-backed startup designing chips for surveillance, robotics and drones, has reduced script development time to two-three hours from a week in the post-design stage.

Mindgrove Technologies is using AI to parse lengthy technical specifications running hundreds of…