# Silicon Empire: Chip Tycoon — Chip Design & Business Sim

> Chip Design & Business Sim (iPhone/iPad app by Dima Zubchenko.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/silicon-empire-chip-tycoon/id6805814696 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Dima Zubchenko](https://appshunter.io/developer/6805814698)
- Category: Games, Simulation, Strategy
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 81 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-09-02
- Data updated: 2026-09-22
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/silicon-empire-chip-tycoon/id6805814696/reviews.md

## What is Silicon Empire?

Start in 1995 with a small office, a handful of engineers, and one goal: build the most important chip company in the world.

Research new technologies, design CPUs and GPUs, create complete laptops, hire specialists, manage factories, and turn each product generation into a real business. Performance, manufacturing cost, thermals, pricing, timing, and demand all shape the result.

Compete with AI-controlled companies as the industry moves across decades of hardware. Expand your offices and production, react to changing markets, and build a product lineup strong enough to survive the next technological shift.

Silicon Empire is a deep single-player business simulation built for players who want to understand why a product succeeds — or why it fails.

Optional one-time expansions add manual die-layout and architecture tools, plus ISA, operating-system, and software-ecosystem design. The base game remains a complete experience without them.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Deep Architectures | $6.99 | one-time |
| The Software War | $6.99 | one-time |



## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.1.50 — 2026-09-18

Bug fixes, performance optimizations, and interface improvements.

### 1.1.49 — 2026-09-15

Bug fixes, performance optimizations, and interface improvements.

### 1.1.48 — 2026-09-11

Bug fix

### 1.1.47 — 2026-09-11

Big update 2.0 Beta

### 1.1.46 — 2026-09-06

Interface improvements and bug fixes.

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