Unify Japan Enters Strategic Partnership with Singapore's 2V SYSTEMS

Unify Japan Inc. (Headquarters: Kawasaki, Kanagawa; CEO: Tsunenori Terada) has entered into a strategic partnership agreement with Singapore-based semiconductor company 2V SYSTEMS GLOBAL PTE. LTD. as of May 22, 2026. Through this partnership, the company will launch edge AI operations utilizing the open-architecture RISC-V in the Japanese market. The long-term goal is to form a powerful domestic consortium covering everything from hardware and software to service implementation, aiming for the resurgence of Japan's semiconductor industry.

1. Background and Purpose
As demand for AI technology and data centers surges globally, there is a growing need for open technical foundations that do not depend on specific vendors. In fields like healthcare, which handles sensitive data, and manufacturing, which requires advanced control technology, the importance of "Edge AI (HIA)"—which processes data at the terminal without going through the cloud—is increasing. Japan's industrial sector has traditional strengths in embedded technology and control systems, holding the potential to regain global leadership in the edge AI field.

Unify Japan is advancing a vision to deploy next-generation AI solutions, starting with the data center construction currently underway. To achieve this, it has partnered with 2V SYSTEMS, a leader in the RISC-V field, to build a system that provides the company's high-performance, cost-effective semiconductor technology customized for the Japanese market. This partnership will contribute to solving Japanese industrial challenges such as ensuring data sovereignty and strengthening supply chains.

[Key Points of the Partnership]
- Provision of Edge AI Solutions: Unify Japan will receive customized edge AI chips, boards, and gateway solutions from 2V SYSTEMS for the Japanese market.
- Appointment of Strategic Advisors: Dr. Chio Fai Aglaia Kong (former CTO at Google/Cisco) and Mr. Fai Yeung (former APAC VP at Xilinx) have been appointed as strategic advisors.
- R&D and Go-To-Market Support: Unify Japan will invest in 2V SYSTEMS through the consortium to support its R&D, manufacturing, and market expansion.

2. About 2V SYSTEMS
2V SYSTEMS is a fabless semiconductor company based in Singapore, focusing on the development of high-performance, cost-effective RISC-V-based SoCs for data centers, cloud infrastructure, and edge AI. Its core technical team consists of experts with over 20 years of ASIC development experience at major tech firms like Intel, AMD, and Google.

3. Direction in Japan
Unify Japan positions this partnership not merely as an import of overseas semiconductor products, but as an industrial foundation-building effort that includes implementation, operation, and joint development within Japan. It aims to promote the adoption of edge AI and on-premise AI in areas where confidentiality, real-time performance, and stable operation are critical, such as healthcare, manufacturing, R&D, infrastructure, and industrial automation.

4. Three-Stage Business Roadmap
- Stage 1: Deployment of Edge AI Infrastructure (Edge AI chips, AI dongles, industrial AI modules, etc.)
- Stage 2: Implementation of Enterprise AI (Sovereign AI in a Box, on-premise AI servers, etc.)
- Stage 3: Expansion for Cloud/Data Centers (High-performance RISC-V CPUs, AI accelerator integrated chips, etc.)

5. Vision for an AI Hardware/Software Consortium
Unify Japan aims to form a "domestic consortium" that comprehensively supports everything from AI infrastructure design to service implementation, in collaboration with major trading companies, semiconductor-related firms, software partners, and system integrators.

6. Outlook for the Resurgence of Japan's Semiconductor Industry
By fusing 2V SYSTEMS' advanced RISC-V semiconductor technology with Japan's industrial strengths, Unify Japan aims to establish overwhelming superiority in the specific field of "Edge AI (HIA)." Using this as a foothold, the company aims to recover from technical delays in the next-generation AI field and contribute to the resurgence of Japan's semiconductor and AI industries, ultimately aiming to regain global leadership.