VIA Telecom Licenses ParthusCeva TeakLite DSP Core
to Power Next Generation 3G Wireless Modems
Established TeakLite DSP Technology to be integrated
into cellular system on chip products
San Diego, California, 22 October 2003 - VIA Telecom,
Inc, a leading innovator and developer of CDMA chipsets,
today announced that it has licensed the TeakLite DSP
Core of ParthusCeva, Inc. (Nasdaq: PCVA, LSE: PCV),
the industry's leading licensor of Digital Signal Processor
(DSP) cores and solutions, for its new product lines
targeting the CDMA/CDMA2000 market. ParthusCeva and
VIA Telecom have also entered into additional licensing
agreements for various applications to run in conjunction
with the TeakLite powered baseband; these agreements
will be announced at a later date.
"ParthusCeva's TeakLite architecture gives us
access to a wide array of technologies that can be built
around this leading DSP core," said Ker Zhang,
CEO of VIA Telecom, Inc. "Our next generation of
CDMA modems will lead the industry in terms of cost,
performance and power consumption and will offer best-in-class
applications."
The requirement for low-power, low-cost modem solutions
for the price sensitive CDMA markets drove the licensing
of ParthusCeva's TeakLite DSP core over other available
DSP IP solutions. ParthusCeva DSP architectures are
specifically designed for high volume 2G as well as
emerging 3G CDMA2000 standards.
"ParthusCeva is a true one-stop partner for DSP
cores and integrated applications IP in the industry,
so we are delighted that VIA Telecom has joined the
community of semiconductor and handset manufacturer
partners using our DSP cores for the cellular market,
" said Chet Silvestri, CEO of ParthusCeva. "With
our TeakLite DSP cores and VIA Telecom's broad CDMA
technology base, we hope to see more market-leading
products serving the next generation of handheld products."
About TeakLite
TeakLite is a 16-bit fixed-point general-purpose DSP
core. Designed for low power and high-performance applications
such as cellular handsets, MP3 players, disk drive controllers,
cordless, VoIP terminals and various embedded control
applications. TeakLite, a fully synthesizable soft core,
is a process independent core that is easily portable
to any ASIC library.
TeakLite is the third member of ParthusCeva's SmartCores™
family. These low-power, fixed-point licensable DSP
cores offer a range of performance, price and power
consumption balances, addressing a wide range of applications,
from low-end, high-volume applications, such as digital
answering machines, hard disk controllers, low speed
modems and Voice over IP terminals, to high performance
applications such as third generation (3G) cellular
communications, broadband modems, consumer multimedia
and Voice over IP gateways. A comprehensive portfolio
of software and hardware development tools supports
the SmartCores family. In addition, a large network
of third party companies offers applications, tools
and design services solutions.
About ParthusCeva
Headquarted in San Jose, ParthusCeva (Nasdaq: PCVA)
and (LSE: PCV) is the leading licensor of DSP and a
leading provider of application-specific platform Intellectual
Property (IP) to the semiconductor industry. ParthusCeva
was created as a result of the combination of Parthus
Technologies plc, a leading provider of application-specific
platform IP, and Ceva, formerly the licensing division
of DSP Group, the leading licensor of DSP cores.
For more information, visit us at http://www.parthusceva.com.
About VIA Telecom, Inc.
VIA Telecom is a leading innovator and developer of
Baseband Processors for 3G CDMA2000 mobile applications
used in a wide range of 3G devices spanning voice, data,
and GPS-enabled applications. Headquartered in San Diego,
California, VIA Telecom has design centers in San Diego
and Fremont, California, and Hangzhou, China, and sales
offices in the US, Taiwan, China, and Korea. For additional
information, please visit the website at www.via-telecom.com
or send an e-mail to
marketing@via-telecom.com.
Parthus Ceva Contacts:
Barry Nolan
Tel: 1-408-514-2900
+353-1-4025700
Bat-Sheva Ovadia
Tel: +972-9-952-9616
Batsheva.ovadia@parthusceva.com
VIA Telecom PR Contact
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