Blaize Deploys Arteris NoC IP to Power Scalable, Energy-Efficient Edge AI Solutions

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Arteris (Nasdaq: AIP) announced on November 11, 2025 that Blaize has adopted its FlexNoC 5 network-on-chip IP to enhance the Blaize AI Platform for edge and hybrid AI deployments.

The announcement says FlexNoC 5 is silicon-proven, physically aware, and designed to optimize on-chip communication to improve performance, power efficiency, area optimization, and time-to-market for multimodal AI inference in smart vision, industrial sensing, acoustic monitoring, and language understanding at the edge.

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Arteris FlexNoC 5 adoption strengthens Blaize's edge AI scalability and energy efficiency for multimodal inference.

The integration of Blaize with Arteris FlexNoC 5 describes a clear technical mechanism: on‑chip network IP improves data movement, reduces latency, and lowers power through physical‑aware routing and optimized interconnects. This directly addresses common SoC bottlenecks for multimodal inference by enabling higher sustained throughput and more efficient use of compute units within a fixed power/area budget.

Key dependencies and risks include the quality of silicon integration and firmware/toolchain co‑optimization; measurable benefits require successful timing closure, silicon validation, and workload‑specific tuning. The announcement implies support and proven silicon status for the IP, which reduces but does not eliminate integration risk.

Concrete items to watch over the next 6–18 months include public silicon benchmarks showing inference throughput and power for representative multimodal workloads, any disclosures of design wins or customer deployments using the combined stack, and updates on time‑to‑market or sampling milestones around Nov. 11, 2025.

Arteris silicon-proven network-on-chip (NoC) IP enhances Blaize’s programmable processor architecture suite for multimodal AI applications across smart infrastructure, defense, logistics, and retail with exceptional performance and efficiency

CAMPBELL, Calif., Nov. 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Arteris, Inc. (Nasdaq: AIP), a leading provider of system IP for accelerating semiconductor creation in the AI era, today announced that Blaize has adopted FlexNoC 5 interconnect IP to enhance the performance and scalability of the Blaize AI Platform, a programmable, energy-efficient foundation for hybrid AI deployment models spanning edge and cloud infrastructure. The network-on-chip IP from Arteris enables efficient AI data movement, high-performance computing, and reductions in power consumption and time-to-market. Highly configurable and performance-optimized, Arteris FlexNoC empowers Blaize to advance its platform architecture to meet the rising complexity of multimodal AI inference for smart vision, industrial sensing, acoustic monitoring, and real-time language understanding at the edge.

Blaize AI Platform delivers programmable energy-efficient computing that enables developers and enterprises to build practical and commercially viable AI inference solutions across a wide range of edge and hybrid infrastructure use cases, including industrial automation, transportation, and smart surveillance. Existing edge systems often face trade-offs between inference performance, power, and cost efficiency. Blaize’s mission is to overcome these barriers by providing a scalable, full-stack platform designed for real-world AI deployment.

“The Arteris FlexNoC interconnect IP strengthens our programmable, scalable edge AI architecture,” said Dinakar Munagala, co-founder and CEO of Blaize. “By integrating Arteris’ configurable NoC technology and leveraging their expert support, we’re able to further optimize performance and efficiency across our Blaize AI platform, helping customers deploy scalable, real-time inference and intelligence across hybrid edge infrastructure more effectively.”

"At Arteris, we are committed to enabling customers like Blaize that push the boundaries of innovation at the AI edge," said K. Charles Janac, president and CEO of Arteris. "We are proud that our FlexNoC 5 interconnect IP plays a critical role in helping Blaize’s mission of delivering highly programmable, power-efficient AI solutions that meet the demands of real-time, multimodal inference across advanced edge deployments."

Arteris’ FlexNoC 5 interconnect IP, with physical awareness, is a silicon-proven technology designed to optimize on-chip communication and enable superior performance, power efficiency, and area optimization. Learn more about Arteris’ solutions for AI semiconductor design at arteris.ai.

About Arteris
Arteris is a global leader in system IP used in semiconductors to accelerate the creation of high-performance, power-efficient silicon. Arteris network-on-chip (NoC) interconnect IP and system-on-chip (SoC) integration automation software are used by the world's top semiconductor and technology companies to improve overall performance, engineering productivity, reduce risk, lower costs, and bring complex designs to market faster. Learn more at arteris.com.

About Blaize
Blaize provides a full-stack programmable processor architecture suite and low-code/no-code software platform that enables AI processing solutions for high-performance computing at the network’s edge and in the data center. Blaize solutions deliver real-time insights and decision-making capabilities at low power consumption, high efficiency, minimal size and low cost. Headquartered in El Dorado Hills (CA), Blaize has more than 200 employees worldwide with teams in San Jose (CA) and Cary (NC), and subsidiaries in Hyderabad (India), Leeds and Kings Langley (UK), and Abu Dhabi (UAE). To learn more, visit www.blaize.com or on LinkedIn at @blaizeinc.

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FAQ

What did Arteris (AIP) announce on November 11, 2025 about Blaize?

Arteris announced Blaize adopted its FlexNoC 5 interconnect IP to enhance the Blaize AI Platform for scalable edge and hybrid AI deployments.

How does FlexNoC 5 claim to affect Blaize AI Platform performance for AIP shareholders?

FlexNoC 5 is described as optimizing on-chip communication for improved performance, power efficiency, and area, which may support Blaize’s edge inference goals.

Which use cases did the November 11, 2025 AIP announcement highlight for Blaize’s platform?

The announcement highlighted smart vision, industrial sensing, acoustic monitoring, and real-time language understanding at the edge.

Is FlexNoC 5 described as silicon-proven in the AIP November 11, 2025 release?

Yes; the announcement describes FlexNoC 5 as a silicon-proven, physically aware interconnect IP.

Will the Arteris (AIP) announcement change Blaize’s time-to-market according to the release?

The release states FlexNoC 5 can help reduce time-to-market by enabling more efficient on-chip data movement and design.

Where can investors learn more about Arteris solutions mentioned in the November 11, 2025 AIP announcement?

The announcement directs readers to Arteris’ website at arteris.ai for more information.