Date: 13th Dec 2010

Ceva holds 80% share in licensable DSP unit shipments in 2009, study by Linley

Linley Group as analyzed CEVA with 78% and 80% market share in DSP licensing revenue and in licensable DSP unit shipments, respectively in 2009. The market share numbers were published in The Linley Group's recent report, titled 'Mobile and Wireless Semiconductor Market Share 2009' (1).

"CEVA is by far the most successful supplier of DSP IP, supplying DSPs to leading developers of chips for consumer electronics and communications," said Joseph Byrne, an analyst at The Linley Group and author of Mobile and Wireless Semiconductor Market Share 2009. "The company's strong customer base continues to gain significant market share at leading OEMs like Nokia and Samsung, further strengthening their leadership position in the licensable DSP arena. Furthermore, the serviceable market for merchant DSP IP in connected devices, portable and consumer electronics is rapidly expanding and CEVA is well positioned to capitalize on this."

"CEVA is pleased to be ranked by The Linley Group as the worldwide leader in DSP licensing revenue and licensable DSP unit shipments," said Gideon Wertheizer, CEO of CEVA. "Our clear leadership illustrates the strength of our DSP portfolio, and our ability to support our customers in the development of highly successful products based on our DSPs."

CEVA's DSP product includes CEVA-XC321 and CEVA-XC323. CEVA says seven of the world's top eight handset OEMs shipping CEVA-powered baseband processors today and its DSP technology now powers one out of every three handsets worldwide.