Arteris, Inc., a prominent provider of system IP solutions aimed at accelerating system-on-chip (SoC) development, has secured the ´AI Engineering Innovation Award´ at the 8th annual AI Breakthrough Awards. Recognized by the market intelligence organization AI Breakthrough, this distinction specifically highlights Arteris´ rollout of FlexGen, an advanced smart network-on-chip (NoC) interconnect IP for Artificial Intelligence-centered semiconductor designs. The 2025 awards program received over 5,000 nominations worldwide, underscoring the competitive landscape in which Arteris distinguished itself.
The FlexGen smart NoC IP is designed to simplify and automate the complex process of developing NoC architectures for application domains such as data centers and autonomous vehicles—sectors where chip designs often integrate hundreds or thousands of processing elements to handle complex Artificial Intelligence workloads. Traditionally, this level of design complexity has been both time-consuming and susceptible to error when tackled manually. Arteris´ FlexGen technology automates critical aspects of NoC creation, delivering rapid, correct-by-design interconnect structures that significantly enhance both performance and efficiency for Artificial Intelligence-powered SoCs.
Early customer deployments of FlexGen have demonstrated marked improvements: up to a tenfold increase in productivity, a 30% reduction in on-chip wire length, and a 10% decrease in latency compared to expert-level manual NoC implementations. The incremental automation approach ensures scalability according to input changes, while the integrated manual editing feature through FlexNoC 5 enables chip designers granular control if needed. Arteris´ leadership views this award as a validation of their strategy to empower more engineers, regardless of prior NoC experience, to build complex, high-performance silicon that powers next-generation Artificial Intelligence solutions.
The global recognition from the AI Breakthrough Awards places Arteris´ FlexGen among leading innovations across sectors including fintech, cybersecurity, IoT, and digital health. The company´s broader product line continues to focus on delivering faster, more power-efficient, and highly integrated SoC solutions, further cementing its reputation as a key enabler of the evolving Artificial Intelligence silicon ecosystem.
