Date: 30th Jun 2011
Software-based GPS solution for the CEVA-XC
communications processor
CEVA, Inc. and CellGuide, have announced a partnership
to offer a software-based GPS solution for the CEVA-XC communications
processor. Leveraging CellGuide's GPS/GLONASS software IP,
CEVA-XC licensees can add GPS capability to their processor
designs without any hardware modifications or increase in
die size.
CEVA-XC is a scalable, low-power communication DSP processor
designed for developing high-performance Software Defined
Radio multimode solutions. It supports multiple air interfaces
for various applications such as multimode cellular baseband,
connectivity, digital broadcast and smart grid. The software-defined
nature of the processor enables it to easily perform the
intensive GPS computations, completely in software, eliminating
the need for dedicated GPS baseband hardware within any
CEVA-XC based SoC design. CellGuide's GPS/GLONASS software
is specifically architected for integration into mobile
processors and can run concurrently with other air interfaces
allowing true SDR modem design.
"We are delighted to partner with CEVA to offer our
best-in-class GPS/GLONASS software to the broad range of
industry-leading customers adopting the CEVA-XC for their
cellular baseband processor designs," said Boaz EfroniRotman,
vice president of sales& marketing at CellGuide. "Enabling
a software GPS approach will allow ultra-low cost integration
of high-performance GPS functionality into their baseband
processor design, without compromising on performance, power
or accuracy."
"We are pleased to announce CellGuide as the latest
company to join our CEVA-XCnet partner program," said
Eran Briman, vice president, marketing at CEVA. "GPS
is a de-facto technology requirement for mobile handset
design today. In collaboration with CellGuide, our customers
have the ability to add high-performance GPS functionality
to CEVA-XC baseband designs without the added expense of
hardware modifications."
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