CEVA and Orca Partner to Deliver Complete Bluetooth 4.0 Reference
Design for Integration into Mobile Computing, Consumer Electronics
Devices
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.,
Dec. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/
-- CEVA, Inc. (NASDAQ: CEVA), the leading licensor of silicon
intellectual property (SIP) platform solutions and DSP cores, today
announced a collaboration with Orca Systems, Inc., a leading
provider of highly integrated Radio Frequency (RF) and Modem
Technology, to offer a complete reference design platform for
Bluetooth 4.0. The combined offering integrates Orca's Bluetooth
Radio with CEVA's Bluetooth 4.0 baseband and software stack IP for
a low cost, complete licensable solution ideal for integration into
mobile computing and consumer electronic devices. For additional
flexibility, Orca's Bluetooth Radio is available both as IP and as
discrete chip or die.
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Bluetooth 4.0 is the latest generation Bluetooth standard and
the new Low Energy protocol within this specification is proving to
be the biggest innovation in the Bluetooth market in many years. As
a result, Bluetooth 4.0 is creating new high volume markets in low
power peripheral products for consumer, healthcare, medical and
sporting applications.
Aviv Malinovitch, vice president
of operations at CEVA, stated: "With the firm adoption of Bluetooth
4.0 by leading smartphone and tablet vendors, there is an abundance
of companies looking to integrate Bluetooth 4.0 into their next
silicon. CEVA has a strong reputation and proven track record for
Bluetooth IP for many years, and through our partnership with Orca,
we can offer our customers a complete Bluetooth reference design
for those who lack radio technology or wish to accelerate their own
radio development."
"We are delighted to partner with CEVA to address the Bluetooth
4.0 market," said Guruswami
Sridharan, founder and CEO of Orca Systems. "By combining
Orca's Bluetooth RF and modem IP with CEVA's baseband and software
stack we can quickly accelerate customer's chip developments for
both single mode and dual mode applications in this exciting
market."
CEVA and Orca will demonstrate the latest Bluetooth 4.0
technology in CEVA's and Orca's meeting suites at CES 2013,
Jan 8-11, 2013 in Las Vegas. Orca will be located in LVH
Hospitality Suite 2450 in the Las Vegas Hotel. To request a
demonstration at the event, email events@ceva-dsp.com.
About CEVA-Bluetooth 4.0 IP
CEVA-Bluetooth 4.0 IP consists of RTL baseband hardware coupled
with an ANSI C 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) and BlueRF (for the
radio hardware interface). It is available as a Single Mode (SM) IP
package in which a die-efficient Bluetooth Low Energy solution is
provided and also as a Dual Mode (DM) IP package whereby the
Bluetooth Low Energy protocol is combined with Classic Bluetooth.
CEVA-Bluetooth 4.0.SM is aimed at Bluetooth Smart products such as
keyboards, body-wear sensor products for medical and sports, toys
and environment sensors. CEVA-Bluetooth 4.0.DM is primarily aimed
at next-generation, multi-radio connectivity chips for Bluetooth
Smart Ready products, e.g. smartphones, tablets and other mobile
computing platforms. See
http://www.ceva-dsp.com/Wireless-Handsets.html for further details
on CEVA-Bluetooth and also CEVA's solutions for Wi-Fi 802.11ac and
GNSS.
About Orca-Bluetooth Radio IP
Orca's Bluetooth Radio IP provides the RF and Modem functions
for both Classic and Low Energy Bluetooth. Available as a discrete
chip or die and as IP for on-die integration, the Bluetooth Radio
builds on Orca's revolutionary DSP‐RF™ platform to provide
efficient silicon area, low power and exceptional radio
performance. The process-portable nature of the IP allows customers
to leverage future process geometry shrinks in their product
roadmap.
About CEVA, Inc.
CEVA is the world's leading licensor of silicon intellectual
property (SIP) DSP cores and platform solutions for the mobile,
portable and consumer electronics markets. CEVA's IP portfolio
includes comprehensive technologies for cellular baseband (2G / 3G
/ 4G), multimedia (computer vision, image enhancements 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 and powers handsets from every top handset OEM,
including Nokia, Samsung, HTC, LG, Motorola, Sony, Huawei 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.
About Orca Systems, Inc.
Orca Systems is a technology company specializing in leading
edge wireless semiconductor IP and chip design, implementing radio
systems with innovative digital architectures. Orca's patented
DSP‐RF™ technology enables the use of digital circuits for RF and
mixed signal designs in sub‐micron CMOS process technology. Orca is
headquartered in Poway, California
and has a development office in Bangalore, India. For further information
please visit www.orcasystems.com.
SOURCE CEVA, Inc.