Expedera’s Origin Evolution NPU IP has been awarded the 2026 Edge AI and Vision Product of the Year Award in the Edge AI Processors IP category.
Origin Evolution is a unique IP, specifically designed for the evolving needs of LLMs and VLMs at the edge while maintaining full compatibility with popular legacy networks like CNNs and RNNs. It includes specific processing blocks (vector, feed forward, attention) which specifically address the unique processing requirements of today and tomorrow’s evolving networks. Coupled with the hardware is a co-designed TVM and Relax-based software stack that enables developers to work efficiently as they deploy their networks on the target hardware.
Supporting popular frameworks such as HuggingFace, Llama.cpp, PyTorch, Onnx,TensorFlow, TVM, and others, users can deploy their trained models as-is; no retraining or accuracy reductions are required. Origin Evolution NPUs offer deterministic performance, the smallest memory footprint, and are fully scalable. This makes them perfect for edge solutions with little or no DRAM bandwidth or high-performance applications such as autonomous driving. ASIL-B readiness-certified, Expedera offers the ideal solution for engineers looking for a single NPU architecture that easily runs LLM, CNN, RNN, and other network types while maintaining optimal processing performance, power, and area.
“On behalf of everyone at Expedera and our customers, we are delighted to receive this recognition of our unique neural processor IP,” said Siyad Ma, co-founder and CEO of Expedera. “Our Origin Evolution IP is a radical advancement providing an AI inference engine with out-of-the-box compatibility with popular LLM and vision transformer networks. At the same time, it is highly customizable, enabling optimal results across applications as varied as smartphones, automobiles, and data centers. As inferencing expands across applications and increasingly moves to the edge, this architecture ensures OEMs are ready to meet the growing demands.”
Expedera provides scalable neural engine semiconductor IP that enables major improvements in performance, power, and latency while reducing cost and complexity in AI inference applications. Third-party silicon validated and shipped in more than 10M customer devices, Expedera’s solutions produce superior performance and are scalable to a wide range of applications from edge nodes and smartphones to automotive in LLMs, CNNs, and all common network types. Expedera’s Origin Evolution™ Neural Processing Unit IP solutions are easily integrated, readily scalable, and customized to unique use cases and application requirements. The company is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, with engineering and sales offices around the globe.
The award trophy will be presented at the 2026 Embedded Vision Summit May 11-13 in Santa Clara, CA. The awards program is organized by the Edge AI and Vision Alliance. The Edge AI and Vision Product of the Year Awards celebrate the innovation and achievement of the industry’s leading companies that are enabling and developing products incorporating edge AI and computer vision technologies.
