Arteris Featured in World Economic Forum Entrepreneurship Report

CAMPBELL, Calif., Feb. 13, 2014 -- Arteris Inc., the inventor and only supplier of silicon-proven commercial network-on-chip (NoC) interconnect IP solutions, today announced that the company was featured in a World Economic Forum (WEF) report presented at its January 2014 Davos, Switzerland meeting. The report featured Arteris as an example of an entrepreneurial startup that has successfully built and maintained a global customer base and employee workforce.

The Arteris case study was one of 12 detailed executive case studies published in the WEF report titled, "Entrepreneurial Ecosystems around the Globe and Early-Stage Company Growth Dynamics," highlighting how successful entrepreneurs are leveraging globalization to create and serve new markets. The report was published in collaboration with EY, Endeavor and Stanford University's Graduate School of Business.

The case study outlines the history of Arteris and provides a timeline of key events as Arteris became the number one on-chip interconnect fabric intellectual property (IP) product for systems-on-chip (SoCs). Arteris CEO and president K. Charles (Charlie) Janac, board member Wayne Cantwell of Crescendo Ventures, and Arteris marketing vice president Kurt Shuler were interviewed for the case study and cited in the report.

"We are proud that Arteris has been able to successfully navigate the challenges an entrepreneurial company faces when growing a global customer base and workforce," said K. Charles Janac, President and CEO of Arteris. "This World Economic Forum report documents some of the critical challenges we faced as we grew to become the world's #1 supplier of interconnect fabric IP to the mobility and wireless SoC markets."

The executive case study on Arteris can be read at http://reports.weforum.org/entrepreneurial-ecosystems-around-the-globe-and-early-stage-company-growth-dynamics/view/executive-cases-interviews-with-senior-executives-of-early-stage-companies/arteris-france/. This report includes Arteris headcount and revenue data from 2003 to 2012. The complete "Entrepreneurial Ecosystems around the Globe and Early-Stage Company Growth Dynamics" report can be read or downloaded at http://reports.weforum.org/entrepreneurial-ecosystems-around-the-globe-and-early-stage-company-growth-dynamics/.

About Arteris

Arteris, Inc. provides Network-on-Chip interconnect IP and tools to accelerate System-on-Chip semiconductor (SoC) assembly for a wide range of applications. Rapid semiconductor designer adoption by customers such as Samsung, Altera, and Texas Instruments has resulted in Arteris being the only semiconductor IP company to be ranked in the Inc. 500 and Deloitte Technology Fast 500 lists in 2012 and 2013. Customer results obtained by using the Arteris product line include lower power, higher performance, more efficient design reuse and faster SoC development, leading to lower development and production costs. More information can be found at www.arteris.com.