Qualcomm and ARM are the lead investors in a US start-up which has developed network-on-a-chip interconnection intellectual property (IP).
Arteris has raised strategic investment totaling $9.7m from a group of investors led by Qualcomm and ARM.
ARM would like to see the Arteris technology interoperate with its own AMBA protocol-based on-chip bus IP for the wider use of ARM processors in SoC and FPGA designs.
“This investment is central to our strategy of creating a heterogeneous interconnect eco-system around the AMBA specification, upon which our mutual customers can design and connect a variety of innovative IP, complementary protocols and services,” said Keith Clarke, general manager for fabric IP, ARM.
Arteris, which liceses IP to SoC makers for a range of applications, said it will use the financing to expand global sales of its IP and design tools.
“We see the Network on Chip technology as an enabling technology in designing complex SoCs at 40nm processes and beyond,” said Frederic Rombaut, managing director, Qualcomm Ventures Europe.
Existing investors include Synopsys, DoCoMo Capital, Crescendo Ventures, TVM Capital and Ventech.
“The addition of Qualcomm and ARM to the group of investors who are backing Arteris is another endorsement of our interconnect technology approach, and will bring more semiconductor industry expertise to our team,” said K. Charles Janac, president and CEO of Arteris.
Arteris is based in San Jose, California and it has an engineering centre in Paris.