- NXP Accelerates Edge AI with Kinara Acquisition
On October 27, 2025, we are excited to announce that we have officially completed the acquisition of Kinara, one of the industry’s pioneers in high-performance, power-efficient Discrete Neural Processing Units (DNPUs)
- Kinara (company) - Wikipedia
Kinara (company) Kinara is an American semiconductor company that develops AI processors for machine learning applications
- NXP Semiconductors Announces Acquisition of Kinara to Enhance AI . . .
NXP Semiconductors has announced its definitive agreement to acquire Kinara, Inc for $307 million, which is set to enhance NXP's processing capabilities with advanced neural processing units
- Staging Kinara, Inc.
Kinara processors drive AI applications demanding low latency, high performance, and low power From real-time computer vision to Generative AI, Kinara is accelerating the next wave of edge AI innovation
- NXP Acquires AI Chip Startup Kinara - EE Times
NXP Semiconductors has acquired Silicon Valley edge AI chip startup Kinara for $307 million in cash The AI chip startup raised $54 million in funding, completing a B round in 2021
- NXP Semiconductors acquires AI chip startup Kinara for $307m
Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Los Altos, California, Kinara develops programmable neural processing units (NPUs) for Edge AI applications, including multi-modal generative AI models
- About - Kinara
What is Kinara? Kinara is from life sciences and for life sciences It lives at the intersection where the brightest minds in life sciences – the industry’s foremost innovators, executives, physicians and technologists – come together to create tomorrow’s breakthroughs
- NXP buys Kinara | Electronics Weekly
NXP is to buy Kinara, the programmable discrete neural processing unit (NPU) specialist Kinara’s NPUs enable a wide range of edge AI applications, including multi-modal generative AI models It will be an all-cash transaction valued at $307 million and is expected to close in the first half of 2025
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