San Diego, California, 21 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 CDAM/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.
VIA Telecom's single-chip CBP4.0 CDMA Baseband Processor is the industry's most integrated single chip baseband processor solutions, providing a complete 3G cdma2000® Release 0 solution; it is also backwards-compatible to IS-95B and integrates mixed signal analog and digital functionality with a seamless interface to multiple RF components from the industry's leading suppliers.
"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
International: Richard Brown
Phone: (886)-2-2218-5452 #6201
Fax: (886)-2-2218-5453
Email: RichardBrown@via.com.tw
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