Silicon Catalyst at the Chiplet Summit: Advancing the Chiplet Economy

The rapid evolution of semiconductor design has elevated chiplets from a niche concept to a foundational strategy for next-generation computing. At the upcoming Chiplet Summit – February 17–19, 2026 Santa Clara Convention Center. Silicon Catalyst will play a central role in shaping this conversation, highlighting how startups, investors, and supply-chain partners can collaborate to unlock value in the emerging chiplet economy.

Through exhibition presence, keynote insights, and a dedicated panel session, Silicon Catalyst  will demonstrate its unique position as an enabler of innovation at the intersection of technology, entrepreneurship, and capital.

Silicon Catalyst’s presence on the exhibition floor underscores its mission as the world’s only accelerator focused exclusively on semiconductor startups. By engaging directly with attendees, Silicon Catalyst will showcase how its comprehensive ecosystem, spanning IP providers, foundries, packaging experts, and venture partners, reduces barriers for early-stage companies seeking to commercialize chiplet-based solutions. In a market where design complexity and manufacturing costs can overwhelm young companies, Silicon Catalyst’s support model offers a critical on-ramp. Leaders from several chiplet companies in Silicon Catalyst’s portfolio will be available for discussions at the show.

A major highlight of the summit will be the presentation by Nick Kepler, Silicon Catalyst COO, on Wednesday, February 18. Nick will emphasize the strategic importance of chiplets in scaling performance, managing cost, and accelerating time to market. By framing chiplets not merely as a technical innovation but as a business enabler, the presentation will reinforce a core theme of the summit: success in the chiplet era depends as much on ecosystem coordination as on engineering excellence.

This theme will come into sharper focus on the Thursday, February 19th panel session at 3pm entitled “Chiplets for Entrepreneurs – Making Money in the Chiplet Game,” hosted by Silicon Catalyst.

The panel session will bring together perspectives from venture capital, the supply chain, and the startup community and includes various presentations and a panel discussion from industry and venture capital executives in the chiplet industry.

The supply-chain perspective will be presented by Qnity (previously DuPont Electronics), highlighting the often underappreciated role of advanced materials, packaging, and manufacturing readiness. As chiplet architectures rely heavily on heterogeneous integration, tight collaboration across the supply chain becomes essential to achieving performance and reliability targets on an industrial scale.

A quick series startup presentations form the core of the session, offering concrete examples of how chiplets are being applied across diverse markets:

• Athos Silicon covering safety-critical AI compute for the physical world, emphasizing deterministic performance and reduced certification friction for autonomy.
• CrossFire Technologies addressing one of AI’s most pressing challenges, the compute-to-memory bottleneck, through its patented Bridgelet™ products.
• HEPT Lab will illustrate the power of heterogeneous integration with its multi-chiplet 3D image sensor combining silicon photonics, CMOS, and InP technologies into a single package.
• AI will showcase its fully programmable, chiplet-ready AI inference IP, targeting generative AI and autonomous driving.

The concluding panel discussion, featuring leaders from startups, the investment community, and the supply chain, is targeted at reinforcing the idea that chiplets are not a silver bullet but a powerful tool when paired with the right ecosystem support. The key is that technical innovation, manufacturability, and business strategy must evolve together.

Bottom line: Silicon Catalyst’s leadership at the Chiplet Summit highlights its pivotal role in transforming chiplets from promising technology into viable businesses. By convening investors, suppliers, and entrepreneurs under a shared vision, Silicon Catalyst is helping to define how value is created, and captured, in the chiplet era, making it a cornerstone of the semiconductor industry’s next growth chapter.

Note: Silicon Catalyst has arranged a special Chiplet Summit registration discount code that you can use at checkout:  CS25SICAT

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