Ceva takes NeuPro NPU into AI data centers, targeting efficiency gaps rather than Nvidia's dominance

US semiconductor intellectual property (IP) provider Ceva has expanded its NeuPro neural processing unit (NPU) portfolio into AI infrastructure for the first time. At a November 2 press conference in Taiwan, chief strategy officer Iri Trashanski said the company was not seeking to compete with Nvidia or other major chipmakers, but to meet demand for a common architecture spanning edge AI and cloud computing.