World’s Most Powerful AI Chip for Edge Devices Debuts in Arduino Partnership

When two innovation powerhouses, such as Axelera AI and Arduino, team up, it’s worth paying attention. At Embedded World 2025, the duo unveiled what may be the most accessible and powerful advancement in AI chips for edge devices to date. Their combined platform is designed to remove the complexity of deploying AI at the edge—and bring it to millions.

240 TOPS in Your Pocket

At the heart of this collaboration is Axelera’s flagship chip: delivering 240 tera operations per second (TOPS) of AI processing power in a tiny, low-power form factor. It’s not just fast—it’s the most powerful AI chip for edge devices in the world, according to CEO Fabrizio Del Maffeo.

This isn’t just theoretical muscle. In a live demo, the chip was paired with the Arduino Pro platform to run a large language model, right on-device. No cloud, no lag, just local AI inference in real time. From vision models to robotics and smart homes, the potential is wide open.

Arduino’s AI Evolution

Arduino CEO Fabio Violante underscored how this partnership is about democratising edge AI. Arduino’s mission has always been to lower the barriers to experimentation and innovation—and this time it’s for AI at scale. The aim? To empower developers, tinkerers, and professionals alike to harness cutting-edge AI tools without needing a PhD.

Enabling a Global Community

The synergy between Arduino’s global developer base and Accelera’s high-performance chip architecture is more than just product integration. It’s a blueprint for accessible AI. Accelera brings the horsepower, and Arduino provides the means to wield it through simple, developer-friendly workflows.

From low-power robotics to advanced sensor fusion, this collaboration is about delivering powerful AI locally—affordably, efficiently, and intuitively.