Ceva’s NeuPro-Nano NPU Wins AI Award for Edge Device Efficiency
NUREMBERG, Germany – March 12, 2026 – Ceva, Inc. (NASDAQ: CEVA) today announced that its Ceva-NeuPro-Nano neural processing unit (NPU) IP has received the Artificial Intelligence award at the 2026 embedded world Exhibition & Conference in Nuremberg, Germany. The award recognizes the NeuPro-Nano’s advancements in bringing powerful yet energy-efficient AI capabilities to resource-constrained edge devices.
Advancing Edge AI with Ultra-Efficient Design
The embedded award, a prestigious recognition within the embedded systems industry, is judged by an independent panel of industry and academic experts. Ceva-NeuPro-Nano was specifically lauded for its ability to deliver robust AI inference with exceptional energy efficiency and a minimal silicon footprint. This allows for the implementation of advanced AI workloads directly on devices with limited resources, such as smart sensors, wearables, and IoT devices.
Scalable AI for a Range of Applications
“Winning the Artificial Intelligence award at embedded world is a strong validation of our vision for scalable, energy-efficient edge AI,” said Yaron Galitzky, Executive Vice President, AI Division at Ceva. “NeuPro-Nano enables a novel generation of devices that can perceive, understand and act on real-world data locally, bringing practical Physical AI capabilities to power- and cost-constrained edge products.”
Ceva-NeuPro-Nano is designed for a wide array of cost- and power-sensitive applications, including smart sensors, wearables, consumer electronics, industrial IoT systems, and smart home products. Its architecture supports modern neural networks used for computer vision, audio and speech processing, sensor fusion, and contextual awareness.
Part of a Growing NeuPro Family
NeuPro-Nano is part of Ceva’s scalable NeuPro family of NPUs, offering AI inference processing capabilities ranging from tens of GOPS (Giga Operations Per Second) to hundreds of TOPS (Tera Operations Per Second). The NeuPro family is gaining market traction, with 10 customers licensing NeuPro technologies in 2025 across consumer IoT, industrial, automotive, infrastructure, and PC applications, demonstrating increasing demand for on-device AI processing.
About Ceva, Inc.
Ceva powers the Smart Edge, bridging the digital and physical worlds to bring AI-driven products to life. The company’s Ceva AI fabric portfolio of silicon and software IP enables devices to Connect, Sense, and Infer – essential capabilities for the intelligent edge. Ceva provides foundational IP for devices that connect, understand their environment, and act in real time, with over 20 billion devices shipped and a customer base of over 400 worldwide.
Source: Ceva, Inc.