MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.,
March 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- CEVA,
Inc. (NASDAQ: CEVA); (LSE: CVA), the leading licensor of silicon
intellectual property (SIP) platform solutions and DSP cores, today
announced the availability of its low energy CEVA-Bluetooth 4.0 IP,
for both single mode and dual mode applications. Building on more
than a decade of experience in designing and licensing Bluetooth®
technology for embedded applications, CEVA-Bluetooth 4.0 extends
the existing CEVA-Bluetooth IP product line, which has shipped in
millions of handsets, consumer electronics and automotive
products.
CEVA-Bluetooth 4.0 incorporates Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)
functionality, significantly expanding the addressable market for
Bluetooth connectivity to include a wide range of smaller,
cost-efficient applications previously limited by the power
consumption of older Bluetooth standards. CEVA-Bluetooth 4.0 is
available both as Single Mode IP (CEVA-Bluetooth 4.0.SM) and Dual
Mode IP (CEVA-Bluetooth 4.0.DM).
CEVA-Bluetooth 4.0.SM is aimed at Bluetooth Smart products which
require optimized Bluetooth Low Energy single mode operation for
low rate data links. Typical applications include body-wear sensor
products for medical and sports, toys, environment sensors, active
shutter 3DTV glasses and other machine–to-machine
communications.
CEVA-Bluetooth 4.0.DM is primarily aimed at next-generation,
multi-radio connectivity chips for Bluetooth Smart Ready products.
These products require both classic Bluetooth and Low Energy
Bluetooth co-existing with other wireless functionality such FM,
Wi-Fi and GPS, as is typical in smartphones, tablets and other
mobile computing platforms.
Aviv Malinovitch, vice president
of operations at CEVA, stated: "Bluetooth 4.0 technology brings
with it a whole new realm of products and applications where
Bluetooth connectivity can be adopted, across consumer, medical,
environmental and industrial markets. Our new CEVA-Bluetooth 4.0 IP
is ideal for these low-cost embedded applications, delivering
outstanding performance at lowest power consumption. Our customer
interactions and interoperability demonstrations at recent
UnPlugFests have resulted in very positive feedback for our newest
Bluetooth IP and we are pleased to announce its availability for
licensing today."
About CEVA-Bluetooth
CEVA-Bluetooth IP consists of RTL baseband hardware coupled
with an ANSI C Controller software stack and an optional Bluetooth
Smart Host software stack. Designed for flexibility, portability
and configurability, it is ideal for integration into a wide range
of embedded applications. The IP has fully-gated clock operation
for low power, and employs standard interfaces such as AMBA (for
the processor hardware interface), BlueRF (for the radio hardware
interface), and HCI (for the Host software interface). See
www.ceva-dsp.com/CEVA-Bluetooth.html for further details.
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.