MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.,
Feb. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- CEVA,
Inc. (NASDAQ: CEVA); (LSE: CVA), the leading licensor of silicon
intellectual property (SIP) platform solutions and DSP cores, today
announced that Icom, Inc. has licensed CEVA DSP core technology to
power its digital wireless communication products. CEVA's powerful
and flexible DSP engine, enabled Icom to develop a cost-efficient,
programmable wireless baseband solution with ultra-low power
consumption for their latest range of land mobile products.
"We chose CEVA's DSP for our wireless communication products,
due to their proven track record and industry leadership in
baseband DSPs," said a spokesperson at Icom. "The low-power nature
of our communication products requires the most power efficient DSP
for the task. CEVA's DSP delivers outstanding power efficiency,
while maintaining exceptional performance standards."
"The optimal balance of power and performance delivered by our
DSP is ideal for Icom's evolving product lines as they enhance
wireless baseband functionality," said Eran
Briman, vice president of marketing at CEVA. "The addition
of Icom to the broad range of customers leveraging our DSPs for
wireless baseband applications is further evidence of our dominant
industry position in licensable DSPs."
CEVA's industry-leading DSP cores power many of the world's
leading wireless semiconductors, enabling unrivalled power
consumption, performance and cost efficiencies in wireless
solutions. The Company's wireless customer base includes, Broadcom,
Intel, Mindspeed, Nufront, Samsung, Spreadtrum, ST-Ericsson, VIA
Telecom, Xincomm and now Icom. Including over 15 design wins for
LTE, CEVA has more than 35 wireless design wins to date, targeting
a wide range of handset, mobile broadband and wireless
infrastructure applications. In total, more than 2 billion
CEVA-powered wireless handsets have shipped.
About Icom, Incorporated
ICOM Inc. has been a world leader in radio communications for
over 40 years. One of a few organizations that manufacture a total
radio line-up of Land Mobile, Marine, Amateur, Air Band and
Communications Receivers, ICOM's technological prowess is
legendary. ICOM continues to lead the industry with the development
of digital technologies to provide the future in radio
communications to the world. For more information, visit
www.icom.co.jp/world.
About CEVA, Inc.
CEVA is the world's leading licensor of silicon intellectual
property (SIP) DSP cores and platform solutions for the mobile
handset, portable and consumer electronics markets. CEVA's IP
portfolio includes comprehensive technologies for cellular baseband
(2G / 3G / 4G), multimedia (HD video, Image Signal Processing (ISP)
and HD audio), voice over packet (VoP), Bluetooth, Serial Attached
SCSI (SAS) and Serial ATA (SATA). In 2011, CEVA's IP was shipped in
over 1 billion devices, powering handsets from 7 out of the top 8
handset OEMs, including Nokia, Samsung, LG, Motorola, Sony and ZTE.
Today, more than 40% of handsets shipped worldwide are powered by a
CEVA DSP core. For more information, visit www.ceva-dsp.com. Follow
CEVA on twitter at www.twitter.com/cevadsp.
SOURCE CEVA, Inc.