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1 Sept – 14 Oct 2026 | United Kingdom

Renaissance Semiconductor Ltd

Small to Medium Enterprise (SME)

rensemi.com/Birmingham, United Kingdom
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About

Renaissance Semiconductor Ltd (RENSEMI) is a UK-based semiconductor technology company specialising in the research, design and development of advanced computing architectures, energy-efficient AI accelerators and programmable digital signal processing (DSP) technologies.

Our mission is to develop innovative semiconductor intellectual property that enables efficient, scalable and high-performance computing for next-generation intelligent systems.

Our technology development focuses on three complementary areas:

  • AI Computing: Proprietary mixed-precision AI accelerator architectures supporting efficient machine learning inference, with a focus on computational performance, energy efficiency and scalable integration.

  • Programmable DSP: Configurable digital signal processing architectures for demanding real-time applications, including intelligent sensing, biomedical signal processing and embedded systems.

  • Semiconductor IP and SoC Development: Custom digital hardware architectures, RTL design, FPGA-based prototyping, hardware/software co-design and ASIC-oriented development.

RENSEMI is developing a modular computing technology portfolio designed to progress from FPGA-based validation towards commercial semiconductor IP and ASIC implementations.

Commercialisation and Collaboration

Our commercialisation strategy includes semiconductor IP licensing, technology integration, collaborative R&D and strategic industry partnerships.

We are particularly interested in engaging with semiconductor manufacturers, system integrators, technology companies, research organisations and industry partners exploring advanced computing, edge AI and intelligent embedded systems.

RENSEMI aims to contribute to the UK's semiconductor innovation ecosystem through the development and commercialisation of differentiated computing technologies.

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Additional information

IPs if any

Proprietary semiconductor architectures and internally developed RTL/IP covering mixed-precision AI acceleration, programmable DSP and associated computing technologies. Intectual property protection and commercialisation strategy under development.

Funding raised so far

No external equity investment raised. Development supported through founder resources and non-dilutive innovation grant funding.

One line proposition

Energy-efficient, scalable AI and DSP semiconductor IP enabling next-generation intelligent computing systems.

Problem / solution

Modern AI and signal processing workloads demand increasing computational performance while operating under strict power, area and latency constraints. Conventional computing solutions can introduce unnecessary energy consumption and hardware overhead.

RENSEMI develops proprietary, mixed-precision AI acceleration and programmable DSP architectures designed to improve computational efficiency, enable scalable integration and support real-time intelligent processing.

Representatives

Director & Co-Founder

Renaissance Semiconductor Ltd