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Quadric rides the shift from cloud AI to on-device inference — and it's paying off\ \ (January 22, 2026)TechCrunch – Quadric is capitalizing on the industry shift away from cloud-based AI processing toward local, on-device inference capabilities. The startup develops programmable AI chips that allow companies and governments to run machine learning models directly on devices rather than relying on remote servers. This approach addresses growing concerns about latency, privacy, and the ability to deploy rapidly evolving models without constant cloud dependency.

Quadric Raises Series C For Programmable NPU IP\ \ (January 19, 2026)EE Times – Quadric has raised a $30M Series C as it looks to grow its team. The Silicon Valley startup has raised $72M to date, was profitable for the previous two quarters, and more than doubled its pre-money valuation from the last round.

Quadric SDK adopted by Tier IV for Autoware\ \ (January 14, 2026)Automotive World – Tier IV has licensed Quadric's Chimera AI processor software development kit to support the evaluation and optimization of future versions of Autoware, the company's open-source autonomous driving software platform. The SDK will help Tier IV advance next-generation autonomous vehicle deployments.

Joachim Kunkel Joins Quadric Board of Directors\ \ (December 16, 2025)Design & Reuse – Quadric announced the appointment of Joachim Kunkel, former EVP/GM of Synopsys IP Division, as an independent board member. Kunkel brings 30 years of semiconductor experience, including 18+ years leading Synopsys's IP business to over $1.9 billion in annual revenue.

That's Not a DSP!\ \ (July 17, 2025)Semiconductor Engineering – Is a 1024-bit DSP really the solution you want in your next chip as you fight the evolving AI battle? Or would you want a Crocodile Dundee-sized DSP solution? Quadric's Chimera architecture is unique in crafting building blocks placing small tiles of MACs immediately adjacent to a full-fledged, programmable 32-bit ALU.

Quadric and Denso Team Up to Progress Automotive AI Semiconductors for 2025\ \ (July 7, 2025)Market Research Future – Quadric's collaboration with DENSO marks a pivotal shift in DENSO's direction towards developing automotive semiconductor technology. With Quadric's focus on high-performing edge processing, DENSO can create semiconductor solutions that meet the rising computational needs of modern automobiles.

Silicon 100 Startups Worth Watching in 2025\ \ (July 1, 2025)EE Times – For the second year in a row, Quadric ranked in the top 100 silicon startups. Founded in 2016, Quadric.io is a semiconductor IP company specializing in optimized machine-learning processors for on-device AI inference.

RISC-V's Increasing Influence\ \ (June 12, 2025)Semiconductor Engineering – RISC-V is simply just another control CPU in the same vein as the Arm, x86, MIPS, Xtensa and ARC processors. The latter two also provide the designer with instruction set customization ability similar to, and superior to, that of RISC-V.

The Best DRAMs For Artificial Intelligence\ \ (June 12, 2025)Semiconductor Engineering – We've not seen any planned uses of HBM outside of the data center — not even the high-end automotive market. Car companies building high-end SAE Level 4 automated driver-assistance systems (ADAS) want silicon solutions that are air-cooled and cost less than four figures.

Legacy IP Providers Struggle to Solve the NPU Dilemna\ \ (June 11, 2025)SemiWiki – The Chimera GPNPU from Quadric runs all AI/ML graph structures. The revolutionary Chimera GPNPU processor integrates fully programmable 32bit ALUs with systolic-array style matrix engines in a fine-grained architecture. Up to 1024 ALUs in a single core, with only one instruction fetch and one AXI data port.