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DSP IP core? CEVA is the undisputed worldwide leader, with 90% market shareSemiWiki - Eric EsteveMay. 18, 2012 |
Anybody working in the wireless handset segment probably knows that CEVA is the provider of DSP IP cores, and if you are simply a wireless handset user, you should know that the baseband digital signal processing is the function allowing your phone to process the RF (analog) signal coming from the outside world. If you have been involved in the wireless segment before 2002, you may remember a company named DSP Group: the merge of the IP licensing division of DSP Group and Parthus has been named CEVA, and CEVA has enjoyed 90% market share for DSP IP products in 2011, according with the Linley Group. A 90% market share simply means that CEVA’ DSP IP have been integrated into 1 billion IC shipped in production in 2011!