Taiwan-based IntelPro has licensed Ceva Wifi 6 and Bluetooth 5 IPs to launch AIoT Matter-ready SoCs for smart home applications.

The first product based on the collaboration, the IPro7AI, integrates multi-mode wireless, security, multimedia and AI processing to power smart home, industrial and consumer IoT devices.

As AI and seamless connectivity converge to redefine the IoT, demand is rising for platforms that combine low-power wireless, security, multimedia and on-device AI. Addressing this trend, IntelPro, a semiconductor and AIoT provider, has launched the IPro7AI SoC that integrates the Ceva-Waves Bluetooth Low Energy 5 IP alongside 802.15.4, Thread, Zigbee and Matter support, a Risc-V security MCU, image processing, and an NPU for AI applications, delivering a Matter-ready platform.

“Connectivity and intelligence are converging in every corner of the IoT,” said YK Lien, general manager of IntelPro. “Leveraging Ceva’s market-leading wireless connectivity IPs, we can deliver the IntelPro IPro series chipsets as turnkey connected AIoT platforms that integrate wireless, security, multimedia and AI processing. This allows our customers to accelerate product development and bring differentiated, Matter-ready devices to market.”

Tal Shalev, vice president at Maryland-based Ceva, added: “We are pleased to welcome IntelPro as a licensee of our wireless connectivity IPs. As AI broadens across IoT end markets, our portfolio spanning connect, sense and infer provides the foundation that makes these devices possible. IntelPro’s IPro7AI is a strong validation of how our technologies are becoming foundational to the next wave of smart, secure and ubiquitously connected products.”

This is the first product in IntelPro’s roadmap powered by wireless connectivity platforms. It will support a broad range of IoT use cases including smart appliances, industrial automation and connected consumer devices, while serving as the foundation for IntelPro’s broader roadmap that will expand to include Ceva’s Wifi 6 and dual-mode Bluetooth 5.

IntelPro (www.intelpro.tw) is a Taiwanese semiconductor and AIoT provider headquartered in Zhubei City, Hsinchu County. The company delivers turnkey ICs and chipsets for smart home, industrial and consumer applications, with a focus on flexibility, customisation and integration.

Ceva (www.ceva-ip.com) has its headquarters in Rockville, Maryland, with a global customer base supported by operations worldwide.