Ceva keeps top spot in wireless interface IP with about 68% share
Ceva, Inc. has retained the #1 position in wireless interface IP in IPnest's September 2026 Design IP report, with approximately 68% market share by IP revenue. According to Ceva, that is 12 times the share of the next-largest vendor, in a category that grew approximately 14% in 2025.
- IPnest's September 2026 Design IP report ranks Ceva #1 in wireless interface IP with approximately 68% market share.
- Ceva's share is 12 times that of the next-largest vendor, and the category grew approximately 14% in 2025.
- Ceva estimates its IP is in about 30% of Bluetooth-enabled and 15% of Wi-Fi-enabled IoT devices shipped annually.
- The company is advancing Bluetooth HDT, developing Wi-Fi 8 and adding the PentaG-Edge 5G-Advanced modem IP subsystem.
What the IPnest report shows
Ceva, which licenses silicon and software IP for what it calls the Smart Edge, said the ranking continues a pattern documented in earlier IPnest reports. Those reports showed a 67% share for 2023 and 68% for 2024. The market share and vendor comparison are based on wireless interface IP revenue estimates in the September 2026 report.
The wireless interface IP category grew approximately 14% in 2025, according to the company. Ceva says its wireless portfolio helps connect AI-enabled devices across consumer, automotive, industrial, PC and IoT markets.
Reach of the Ceva-Waves portfolio
Through its Ceva-Waves portfolio, Ceva licenses Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, UWB, 802.15.4 and cellular IoT IP to semiconductor companies and OEMs. The company estimates that its wireless connectivity IP is used in approximately 30% of the world's Bluetooth-enabled IoT devices and 15% of Wi-Fi-enabled IoT devices shipped annually.
- Bluetooth IP: more than 100 licensees
- Wi-Fi IP: more than 60 licensees
- More than 30 customers have adopted both
Ceva is building on that base by advancing Bluetooth High Data Throughput (HDT), developing Wi-Fi 8, and broadening its portfolio with PentaG-Edge, a 5G-Advanced modem IP subsystem for edge devices.
Connectivity as part of a Physical AI strategy
Ceva describes wireless IP as an essential pillar of its Connect, Sense, and Infer strategy. Combined with its sensing IP and NeuPro NPUs, it is meant to give chipmakers system-level IP for Physical AI, where, in the company's words, the right AI model runs in the right place at the right time. Local inference handles latency- and power-sensitive work, while connectivity links each device to its peers and the cloud.
"AI is becoming an experience that follows people from one device to the next," said Ziv Hammer, Executive Vice President, Connectivity & Sensing Division at Ceva. He added that each of those devices needs to exchange data and context, perceive its surroundings, and interpret what it perceives locally.
What it means for chipmakers and device makers
For semiconductor companies and OEMs, the report points to Ceva as the dominant supplier of licensable wireless IP, with a multi-standard offering that spans short-range and cellular links. Ceva says this lets customers build connected products that need to exchange data with one another, with networks and with the cloud.
The company will present its wireless connectivity and Physical AI roadmap at technology symposium events in Hsinchu, Taiwan, on November 2 and in Shanghai, China, on November 5. The market share figures and the device usage estimates are Ceva's own presentation of the IPnest data and its internal estimates.
