CEVA

CEVA licenses DSP, AI accelerator, wireless and sensor-processing IP that semiconductor companies integrate into SoCs. Its technology is used heavily in edge devices rather than large data-center accelerators. Its processor and connectivity IP had shipped inside billions of commercial chips by 2026.

Ecosystem functionA long-standing merchant DSP and edge-AI IP supplier with broader wireless and sensing coverage than pure CPU-core licensors.

Business modelSemiconductor IP licenses and royalties