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Research in Santa Clara

Science Explorer records 64 research institutions in Santa Clara, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Nvidia (United States), Intel (United States) and Santa Clara University.

Research institutions
64
10 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
41k
▼ 8% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
16.7%
record average 16.5%

A city carries no overall standing here. The composite score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in Santa Clara?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Intel (United States)Company 17,329 #1,374
2Santa Clara UniversityUniversity 10,101 #5,387
3Agilent Technologies (United States)Company 1,946 #17,272
4Applied Materials (United States)Company 1,902 #13,528
5GlobalFoundries (United States)Company 1,704 #16,015
6Nvidia (United States)Company 1,609 #1,103
7Coherent (United States)Company 1,383 #12,047
8Renesas Electronics (United States)Company 596 #24,251
9Evans Analytical Group (United States)Company 500 #13,301 all time
10Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara Medical CenterHospital / health system 453 #21,010
11Nielsen Engineering & Research (United States)Company 425 #10,834 all time
12Avaya (United States)Company 318 #20,216 all time
13Marvell (United States)Company 317 #21,978
14Mission CollegeUniversity 296 #9,114 all time
15Rath Research InstituteResearch facility 195 #32,897 all time
16Solar System Exploration Research Virtual InstituteInstitution 122 #29,308 all time
17Palo Alto Networks (United States)Company 119 not ranked
18Analatom (United States)Company 114 not ranked
19Arista (United States)Company 113 not ranked
20Crystallume (United States)Company 99 not ranked
21Picarro (United States)Company 85 not ranked
22Sensory (United States)Company 72 not ranked
23Intelligent Fiber Optic Systems (United States)Company 71 not ranked
24Nanosyn (United States)Company 69 not ranked
25Hortonworks (United States)Company 54 not ranked
26ServiceNow (United States)Company 50 not ranked
27Intevac (United States)Company 44 not ranked
28SI-Bone (United States)Company 44 not ranked
29Quantum Intelligence (United States)Company 38 not ranked
30Banpil Photonics (United States)Company 37 not ranked
31Shape Memory Medical (United States)Company 34 not ranked
32Citrix (United States)Company 29 not ranked
33BCL Technologies (United States)Company 24 not ranked
34International Society of Service Innovation ProfessionalsInstitution 24 not ranked
35Varentec (United States)Company 23 not ranked
36Inphi (United States)Company 21 not ranked
37eMagin (United States)Company 19 not ranked
38Golden State Baptist CollegeUniversity 16 not ranked
39MentorNetNonprofit 16 not ranked
40Multibeam (United States)Company 15 not ranked
41Atac (United States)Company 13 not ranked
42National Laboratory for Education TransformationInstitution 12 not ranked
43Atypon (United States)Company 11 not ranked
44Boly Media Communications (United States)Company 10 not ranked
45ShockWave Medical (United States)Company 9 not ranked
46Minerva Surgical (United States)Company 7 not ranked
47Optivia Biotechnology (United States)Company 7 not ranked
48Ambarella (United States)Company 6 not ranked
49Landec (United States)Company 5 not ranked
50StelaGenomics (United States)Company 5 not ranked
51Lorentz Solution (United States)Company 4 not ranked
52Argil (United States)Company 3 not ranked
53Savari (United States)Company 3 not ranked
54ConfometRx (United States)Company 3 not ranked
55Santa Clara City LibraryArchive 2 not ranked
56IgnitedNonprofit 2 not ranked
57Signosis (United States)Company 2 not ranked
58Benvenue Medical (United States)Company 2 not ranked
59Imagination Technologies (United States)Company 1 not ranked
60Ancora Heart (United States)Company 1 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022–2025. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

How concentrated the city is

The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.

Intel (United States): 42.8%Santa Clara University: 24.9%Agilent Technologies (United States): 4.8%Applied Materials (United States): 4.7%56 others listed: 22.8%43%largest
Intel (United States)17k · 42.8%Santa Clara University10k · 24.9%Agilent Technologies (United States)1,946 · 4.8%Applied Materials (United States)1,902 · 4.7%56 others listed9,256 · 22.8%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

What is Santa Clara strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Santa Clara is most concentrated in Hardware and Architecture, Computer Networks and Communications and Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design (31.1× the world share in Hardware and Architecture).

  1. Hardware and ArchitectureSubfield · 186.8 works31×
  2. Computer Networks and CommunicationsSubfield · 249.7 works5.2×
  3. Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided DesignSubfield · 22.4 works5.1×
  4. Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield · 948.8 works5.0×
  5. Surfaces, Coatings and FilmsSubfield · 23.9 works4.6×
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Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

Which keywords describe research in Santa Clara?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Neural Networks, Integrated Circuits, Parallel Computing, High-Performance Computing, Nanoelectronics and Process Variation.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Deep Learning495▲ 2.7×81 topics
  2. Machine Learning345▲ 1.98×90 topics
  3. Neural Networks243▲ 3.0×38 topics
  4. Integrated Circuits150▲ 18×3 topics
  5. Big Data144▲ 3.0×30 topics
  6. Energy Efficiency127▲ 2.5×33 topics
  7. Parallel Computing121▲ 19×5 topics
  8. High-Performance Computing110▲ 25×3 topics
  9. Thermal Management102▲ 5.7×8 topics
  10. Convolutional Neural Networks101▲ 2.6×14 topics
  11. Nanoelectronics100▲ 21×2 topics
  12. Process Variation94▲ 30×2 topics
  13. Distributed Systems92▲ 10×6 topics
  14. Semiconductor Devices83▲ 22×2 topics
  15. Atomic Layer Deposition83▲ 22×1 topic
  16. High-k Dielectrics83▲ 22×1 topic
  17. CMOS Technology82▲ 19×5 topics
  18. Performance Optimization78▲ 23×2 topics
  19. GPU Computing78▲ 39×1 topic
  20. Multicore Architectures78▲ 39×1 topic
  21. Neuromorphic Computing76▲ 12×2 topics
  22. Fault Localization75▲ 21×2 topics
  23. Failure Analysis70▲ 13×4 topics
  24. Thin Films66▲ 6.4×10 topics
  25. Raman Lasers66▲ 11×2 topics
  26. Fault Tolerance64▲ 7.6×7 topics
  27. Optical Modulators64▲ 8.1×3 topics
  28. Resource Management63▲ 6.9×4 topics
  29. Silicon Photonics63▲ 11×2 topics
  30. Microcavities62▲ 10×2 topics
  31. Nanophotonic Waveguides62▲ 12×1 topic
  32. Whispering Gallery Mode62▲ 12×1 topic
  33. Laser Voltage Probing61▲ 39×1 topic
  34. Photon Emission Microscopy61▲ 39×1 topic
  35. Nanowire Transistors57▲ 27×1 topic
  36. Tunnel Field-Effect Transistors57▲ 27×1 topic
  37. Semiconductor Lasers56▲ 15×2 topics
  38. High-Temperature Electronics55▲ 17×2 topics
  39. FPGA55▲ 27×3 topics
  40. System Integration54▲ 56×2 topics

What research is done in Santa Clara?

  1. 1 Semiconductor materials and devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 83 works
  2. 2 Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques Hardware and Architecture 78 works
  3. 3 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 62 works
  4. 4 Integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis Electrical and Electronic Engineering 61 works
  5. 5 Advancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit Design Electrical and Electronic Engineering 57 works
  6. 6 3D IC and TSV technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 52 works
  7. 7 VLSI and Analog Circuit Testing Hardware and Architecture 48 works
  8. 8 Advanced Memory and Neural Computing Electrical and Electronic Engineering 43 works
  9. 9 Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 40 works
  10. 10 Advanced Data Storage Technologies Computer Networks and Communications 38 works

Research output over time

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