Develop hardware like software

Xiper's mission is to enable teams to develop hardware designs at software speed. We are building XiperPy, a software platform that brings the iteration speed of modern software development to hardware engineering.

The Platform

XiperPy is a Python-based hardware design toolchain. Engineers write Python, simulate their designs, verify correctness, and emit synthesizable Verilog and VHDL — for FPGA and ASIC targets.

The Environment

A web-based development environment with real-time linting, unified simulation across Python and existing HDL code, and collaborative editing — accessible from any browser.

The Compiler

A working compiler prototype generates valid HDL from Python today. All source languages converge into a unified intermediate representation for analysis, simulation, and code generation.

Leadership

Martin Heimlicher founded Enclustra, Switzerland's leading FPGA design services and solutions company with 100+ employees and global distribution. He brings two decades of production FPGA and EDA experience to Xiper.

Simon Heimlicher's background is in executive leadership from Chief Information Officer (CIO) of one of the ten largest Swiss banks to Director of Engineering at SonarSource, where he led the teams developing the first AI products for 400k customers including NVIDIA, ASML, NASA, Airbus and Microsoft.