CEVA's high-performance, programmable multimedia subsystem allows Alliantek
complete flexibility to develop a value-rich, differentiated multimedia
platform for portable multimedia market
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Embedded Systems Conference - Aug. 17
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CEVA, Inc. (Nasdaq: CEVA; LSE: CVA), the leading
licensor of digital signal processor (DSP) cores, multimedia and storage
platforms to the semiconductor industry, announced today that Alliantek,
Inc. has become the latest licensee to adopt the industry-leading
CEVA-X1620(TM) DSP and CEVA-XS1200(TM) system platform for the development
of its multi- standard multimedia platform targeting the portable
multimedia market. In addition, Alliantek has licensed CEVA's multimedia
software, designed and optimized to run on the CEVA-XS1200 system platform.
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"During evaluation, we looked at both hardwired and software
alternatives on which to build our portable multimedia products," said
Yuhzen Liao, president of Alliantek. "CEVA's DSP-based multimedia system
platform offered us the optimal balance of low-power and hardwired
equivalent performance in a fully software-programmable solution. This is a
clear advantage when developing a range of differentiated products on a
single platform without the need for silicon re-spin each time."
"CEVA's recent strategic expansion in Taiwan has resulted in a number
of new and important licensing wins for the company," said Gideon
Wertheizer, CEO of CEVA. "Alliantek is a perfect example of the new and
exciting companies we are engaging with in Taiwan and we are very pleased
to partner with them. Our CEVA-X DSP and programmable multimedia system
platform provides Alliantek with a low-power, high-performance multimedia
engine enabling them to develop differentiated multi-standard products for
the portable multimedia market."
CEVA-X is the industry-leading, scalable Very Long Instruction Word -
Single Instruction Multiple Data (VLIW-SIMD) DSP architecture that delivers
breakthrough performance and low power consumption in a fully programmable
framework. The CEVA-X1620 is a dual MAC 16-bit, fixed point, fully
synthesizable DSP core, running up to eight instructions simultaneously. It
provides variable instruction widths, two-level memory architecture and up
to 4G bytes of addressable memory space. It has been licensed and adopted
by major semiconductor manufacturers in the 3G baseband and mobile
multimedia markets.
The CEVA-XS1200 system platform is a low-power, highly integrated SoC
platform, designed to ease the development and integration process and
further reduce development costs and time to market for CEVA-X-based
designs. CEVA- XS1200 utilizes multiple innovative power-saving techniques
such as activating the system modules only when needed; level-two memory
architecture and caching; adjustable DSP system speed; decentralized
interconnect topology; and selective hardware/software wake-up events. In
addition, the CEVA-XS1200 contains a 3D DMA co-processor and glue-less TDM
ports, providing designers with the ability to target high-performance
applications such as multimedia, communications, VoIP, storage and more.
The platform includes a complete set of DSP peripherals and interfaces,
including an interrupt controller, power management unit, timers and
general purpose I/Os, and it also provides an easy means of connectivity to
other systems present on chip.
About CEVA, Inc.
Headquartered in San Jose, Calif., CEVA is the leading licensor of
digital signal processor (DSP) cores, multimedia and storage platforms to
the semiconductor industry. CEVA licenses a family of programmable DSP
cores, associated SoC system platforms and a portfolio of application
platforms including multimedia, audio, Voice over Packet (VoP), Serial
Attached SCSI (SAS) and Serial ATA (SATA). In 2005, CEVA's IP was shipped
in over 130 million devices. For more information, visit http://www.ceva-dsp.com.
About Alliantek, Inc.
Alliantek, Inc., is an Original Design Manufacturer for innovative
mobile personal communications products for worldwide markets. Alliantek's
leading edge products include advanced multimedia features such as
reception of mobile digital TV broadcast and high quality digital stereo as
well as various wireless communications means. Alliantek's products are
built around its highly programmable Multi-standard Multimedia Platform
which is a significant enabler for fastest time to global markets with a
diverse portfolio of attractive products. The Alliantek Platform relies on
leading edge silicon and software IP to achieve lowest power consumption
for longest battery life, and smallest footprint for enhanced portability
and small product form factors.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve
risks and uncertainties, as well as assumptions that if they materialize or
prove incorrect, could cause the results of CEVA to differ materially from
those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements and
assumptions. All statements other than statements of historical fact are
statements that could be deemed forward-looking statements, including Mr.
Wertheizer's statement about new licensing wins for CEVA resulting from
recent strategic expansion in Taiwan. The risks, uncertainties and
assumptions include: intense competition within, and challenging period of
growth experienced by, the industry in which the CEVA competes; failure of
the market for the CEVA's technology to develop as expected, especially in
the case of newly introduced or planned to be introduced technologies;
CEVA's ability to timely and successfully develop and introduce new
technologies and other risks relating to CEVA's business, including, but
not limited to, those that are described from time to time in the CEVA's
Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including but not limited to
its Annual Report on Form 10- K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2005, and its quarterly reports filed after the Form 10-K. CEVA assumes no
obligation to update any forward-looking statements or information, which
speak as of their respective dates.
SOURCE CEVA, Inc.
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CONTACT:
Richard Kingston of CEVA, Inc.,
+1-408-514-2976 or richard.kingston@ceva-dsp.com; or Mike Sottak
of Wired Island, Ltd., +1-408-876-4418 or mike@wiredislandpr.com
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