CEVA Extends Worldwide Leadership in DSP Licensing
(Business News, 22 Jul 2008 )
CEVA, Inc., a leading licensor of silicon intellectual property (SIP) platform solutions and DSP cores, announced that it has been ranked by Gartner, Inc. as the worldwide leader in licensable DSP technology, commanding over 60% of the 2007 Digital Signal Processor licensing market. Gartner’s report: Market Share: Semiconductor Intellectual Property, Worldwide, 20071, reports that CEVA’s overall DSP licensing market share has grown 10% year on year, increasing CEVA’s industry leadership over the competition.
CEVA believes that its strong performance reflects the Company’s continued success in licensing DSP cores and subsystems to the industry’s leading semiconductor and consumer electronics companies. Licensing DSPs for over a decade and spanning six generations of DSP cores, CEVA has concluded more than 250 licensing agreements to date. Today, CEVA’s publically announced customer base includes Broadcom, Infineon, InterDigital, Marvell, Mediatek, Mindspeed, NXP, RadioFrame Networks, Renesas, Samsung, Sharp, Sony, Spreadtrum and Zoran. In 2007, CEVA’s customers shipped over 225 million CEVA-powered™ devices to the wireless handset, automotive, consumer electronics and storage markets.
