- Inova Semiconductors collaborate with MIPS to build reference Physical AI platform for secure architectures in Robotics applications
- New platform will be a hardware-based custom SoC solution enacting sense-think-act-communicate signal chains to reduce size, weight and power constraints
- Flexible and scalable architecture reduces software requirement for data communication, driving rapid development cycles and accelerating time-to-market for Robotics platforms
SAN JOSE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–MIPS, a GlobalFoundries company, announced today a collaboration with Inova Semiconductors GmbH, to deliver a robotics control reference platform for advanced humanoids and physical AI edge platforms. Building on the strengths of Inova’s Automotive expertise in zonal architectures, the platform will enable mixed-criticality compute featuring real-time control loops and secure AI workloads, manufactured on GlobalFoundries (GF) FDX platform to deliver high quality, leading performance, and ultra-low power operation.
“Together with INOVA, we’re delivering a Physical AI reference platform that simplifies robot design, reduces BOM cost, and gives builders an open, standards-based path to create whole product families with low latency and functionally safe connectivity,” said Sameer Wasson, MIPS CEO. “Robotics is moving rapidly and the leaders will scale quickly and cost-effectively. By pairing INOVA’s high-speed communication links with MIPS’ open RISC-V compute and mixed signal technologies, this scalable reference platform turns ‘sense-think-act-communicate’ into a Physical AI building block that lowers risk, lowers cost, and accelerates time to market.”
The advanced robotic arm reference platform combines the expertise of INOVA, MIPS, and GlobalFoundries to build an advanced Physical AI building block that aggregates data interfaces and enables multiple network topologies, driving fast development cycles for real-time high-performance multi-axis motion control. These features are enabled through INOVA’s innovative APXpress high-speed interface and MIPS Atlas M8500 RISC-V high-performance microcontroller processor IP, MIPS Atlas S8200 RISC-V AI processor IP, and MIPS Atlas mixed signal technologies combined with GF’s FDX® process technology to deliver ultra-low power. The platform is a custom SoC for robotics workloads and other Physical AI applications that require mission critical capabilities, on-device secure AI, security, and highly efficient performance.
“Advanced humanoids demand secure, deterministic connectivity and a scalable control backbone. INOVA together with GF & MIPS, we’re giving robot makers a zonal, RISC-V-based blueprint that cuts complexity and cost to help scale humanoids and advanced robotics from prototype to production faster,” said Robert Isele, CEO at INOVA. “The creation of a reference zonal architecture for advanced robotics will enable simpler and faster creation of humanoid and other robotic form factors.”
Early access to the platform is facilitated by MIPS Atlas Explorer, a simulation-based hardware/software co-design platform. This grants software developers access to virtual representations of the compute elements to start optimization of vision language action models preparing the foundational model for the robotics control reference architecture.
For more information on the INOVA APXpress data interconnect technology, visit the website, here. To learn more about MIPS portfolio of tools, software and IP for Physical AI, contact us. MIPS and GlobalFoundries are exhibiting at Embedded World 2026 in Nuremburg, Germany, from March 10th to 12th.
About MIPS
MIPS, a GlobalFoundries company, develops tools, software, and compute required for building autonomous edge computing platforms. With over 40 years of history in computing innovation and mission critical platforms, MIPS is uniquely positioned to advance the adoption of Physical AI in transportation, robotics, and other embedded markets. MIPS technology is based on the open RISC-V instruction set architecture and uses a modular, standards-based approach to build workload-focused solutions. For more information, visit MIPS.com.
About Inova Semiconductors
Inova Semiconductors GmbH is a fabless semiconductor company based in Munich. Founded in 1999, the company develops high-speed serial data communication for the automotive sector (APIX®/APXpress). Inova is also known for its SMART LED technology (ISELED®) and network connection technology for SMART LEDs and sensors (ILAS®). Under the name APXpress, the company has developed a novel high-speed data backbone for zonal architectures and software-defined vehicles. It supports up to 500 independent data channels at speeds of up to 32 Gbps with minimal latency.
Inova Semiconductors’ products are manufactured by leading semiconductor manufacturers such as GlobalFoundries. For more information, visit inova-semiconductors.de.
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