Arteris

Arteris, Inc. is a multinational technology firm headquartered in Campbell, California.^[2] It develops the Network-on-Chip (NoC) on-chip or chiplet interconnect IP and System-on-Chip (SoC) integration automation software used to create semiconductor designs for a variety of devices, particularly in automotive electronics, artificial intelligence/machine learning, enterprise computing, communications and consumer markets.^[3][4] The company specializes in the development and distribution of Network-on-Chip (NoC) interconnect Intellectual Property (IP) and SoC integration automation software products used in the development of semiconductors.

Arteris, Inc.

Company type	Public
Traded as	Nasdaq: AIP
Industry	Semiconductors Semiconductor Intellectual Property (IP) Electronic Design Automation (EDA)
Founded	2004; 21 years ago (2004)
Headquarters	Campbell, California, United States
Key people	K. Charles Janac (CEO)
Products	Network-on-Chip interconnect IP (coherent and non-coherent), SoC integration automation software
Revenue	US $66.8 million (2025)[1]
Number of employees	250 (2023)
Website	www.arteris.com

It is best known for its flagship product, Arteris FlexNoC. Its technology has been shipped in over 3.75 billion units as of Q1-2025. The company offers a non-coherent smart NoC IP called FlexGen and a cache coherent interconnect IP product called Ncore as well as a last level cache called CodaCache.^[5][6] As a result of its acquisition of Magillem Design Services and Semifore, the company also offers a suite of IEEE-1685 IP-XACT and SystemRDL standards-based SoC integration automation software products.

History

Arteris was founded in 2003 by Philippe Boucard and two other engineering executives who had worked together at T.Sqware, a startup that was acquired by Globespan.^[7][8][9] Company executives wished to address problems with existing monolithic bus and crossbar interconnect technologies, such as wire and routing congestion, increased heat and power consumption, failed timing closure, and increased die area.^[4][10] The firm’s leadership sought and received venture capital totaling $44.1 million for the creation of its new technology from investors, including ARM Holdings, Crescendo Ventures, DoCoMo Capital, Qualcomm, Synopsys, TVM Capital, and Ventech.^[11][12]

By 2006, Arteris developed the first commercially available NoC IP product, called NoC Solution, followed in 2009 by a more advanced product, FlexNoC.^[4][13][14] The products used “packetization and a distributed network of small interconnect elements to address congestion, timing, power and performance issues.”^[4][15] Arteris marketed FlexNoC as an improvement on traditional SoCs interconnect fabrics, citing its reduction in gate count by 30 percent, reduction of wires by 50 percent, and a more compact chip floor as compared to a functionally equivalent hybrid bus or crossbar.^[2][10][16]

Designers of SoCs began to take advantage of the technology’s increased design efficiency, flexibility, and a significant reduction in production costs.^{[16][17][18][19]} By 2012, the company had over 40 semiconductor customers, including Qualcomm, Samsung, Texas Instruments, Toshiba, and LG Electronics, with 200 million SoCs being produced with Arteris IP.^[4]

In October 2013, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. acquired the FlexNoC network-on-chip product portfolio, but Arteris retained existing customer contracts and to continue licensing FlexNoC and modifying the source code for customer support. Qualcomm will provide engineering deliverables for the FlexNoC product line and updates to Arteris. Qualcomm does not maintain any ownership interest in Arteris.^[20][21]

In September 2014, Arteris launched the Arteris FlexNoC Resilience Package, which added functional safety mechanisms to the FlexNoC interconnect IP useful for ISO 26262 and IEC 61508 standards compliance.^[22]

In May 2016, Arteris released its first version of the Ncore cache coherent interconnect IP product with optional support for functional safety.^[23]

Arteris presented the Ncore cache coherent interconnect IP version 3 and the optional Ncore Resilience Package for functional safety at the Linley Processor Conference in October 2017.^[24]

In 2020, Arteris acquired Magillem Design Services, adding a suite of IP-XACT-based products for automating the creation of systems-on-chip and their associated software and firmware, verification and simulation platforms, and specifications and customer documentation.^[25][26]

In 2021, Arteris announced the pricing of its initial public offering (IPO), listing under Nasdaq:AIP.^[27][28]

In 2023, Arteris acquired Semifore, a provider of Hardware-Software Interface technology, to accelerate system-on-chip development and integration automation.^[29]

Also in 2023, Arteris launched FlexNoC 5 physically aware network-on-chip (NoC) interconnect IP. FlexNoC 5 enables SoC architecture teams, logic designers and integrators to incorporate physical constraint management across power, performance and area (PPA) to deliver a physically aware IP connecting the SoC. This technology enables 5X faster physical convergence over manual refinements with fewer iterations from the layout team for automotive, communications, consumer electronics, enterprise computing, and industrial applications.

In 2024, Arteris released the latest version of Ncore cache coherent interconnect IP. The latest release of Ncore works with multiple processor IPs, including RISC-V and the next-generation Armv9 Cortex processor IP. Ncore boasts multi-protocol support, allowing seamless integration of IPs connected to the same NoC fabric. Designers can choose from CHI-E, CHI-B and ACE fully coherent agent interfaces and ACE-Lite IO-coherent interfaces. AXI is also supported for interfacing with sub-systems or devices without coherency requirements. These capabilities enhance the flexibility and adaptability of Ncore, making it an ideal solution for complex and evolving SoC designs, including safety-critical applications.

In 2025, Arteris launched FlexGen, a revolutionary, smart NoC interconnect IP. With up to a 10x productivity boost, FlexGen slashes design iterations, significantly reducing the time required to develop cutting-edge chips. It also achieves up to a 30% reduction in wire length to lower power use, and up to 10% reduction in latency that results in improved performance in SoC and chiplet designs.

Licensees

Arteris claims to have had 200+ licensees of its products since its inception in 2004 with over 860 design starts created with its IP products, with deployments in over 3.75 billion units.^[30][31]

These licensees include top-20 semiconductor makers Samsung Electronics, NXP, Texas Instruments, STMicroelectronics, Renesas Electronics, and multiple divisions of Intel composed of acquired companies Mobileye, Altera, and Movidius.^{[32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40]}

Arteris has also signed many licensees creating electronics for autonomous vehicles and electric vehicles. Arteris IP is in multiple generations of Intel Mobileye's EyeQ series of Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems (ADAS) as well as automotive systems from Bosch, NXP, STMicroelectronics, Nextchip and many others.^{[38][41][42][43][33][36]}

Other publicly announced licensees of Arteris products include Baidu, SK Telecom, Canaan Creative, Bitmain, Aeva, Hailo, Black Sesame Technologies, Kyocera, Displaylink, Hailo, Hyundai Mobis, Microchip, SiMa.ai, Socionext, Tenstorrent.^{[44][45][46][47][48]}

Products

Arteris offers system IP for the acceleration of system-on-chip (SoC) and chiplet development.^[49] Their network-on-chip (NoC) interconnect IP and SoC integration automation software enable higher product performance with lower power consumption and fast time to market.^[50]

Semiconductor IP

IP products based on Network-on-chip technology include:

• FlexGen Smart Network-on-Chip (NoC) IP ^[51]
• FlexNoC Network-on-Chip (NoC) Interconnect IP^[52]
• Ncore Cache-Coherent Interconnect IP^[50]
• CodaCache Last-Level Cache IP^[53]

Optional packages for the above products include:

• Safety Option - for functional safety and Reliability Option for FlexNoC and Ncore IP
• FlexNoC XL Option - for very large designs

SoC integration automation

Software products to accelerate system-on-chip integration, based on the IEEE 1685 IP-XACT standard include:

• Magillem Connectivity - accelerate integration of IP blocks making up complex SoCs
• Magillem Registers - for system memory map
• CSRCompiler - hardware-software interface (HSI) technology

Ecosystem

Arteris goes beyond connecting IP components, they are connecting technology, ideas, and expertise across the ecosystem. Their technology is agnostic and works across the ecosystem. Arteris works with semiconductor IP providers (including ISAs from Arm and RISC-V), EDA vendors (like Synopsys and Cadence), software developers, foundries (like TSMC, Intel Foundry, and Samsung), design houses, research organizations, and standard bodies. The ecosystem value chain ensures interoperability, production readiness, and scalability for successful silicon.

External links

• Official website