Goodix GR551x series of highly-integrated Bluetooth low energy SoCs simplify product development for a wide range of low power, connected smart devices

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Feb. 24, 2020 — (PRNewswire) —  CEVA, Inc. (NASDAQ: CEVA), the leading licensor of wireless connectivity and smart sensing technologies, today announced that Goodix Technology has licensed and deployed CEVA's RivieraWaves Bluetooth® low energy IP in its GR551x series of Bluetooth low energy System-on-Chip (SoCs). The GR551x series is designed to help users develop low-power Bluetooth-based products including smart mobile devices, wearables, IoT applications.

Leveraging CEVA's Bluetooth low energy IP, the GR551x series delivers Goodix's high standard of product performance and quality, and has achieved comprehensive industry-leading performances in terms of RF, integration, and safety, injecting new innovation momentum into the evolution of IoT applications.

"We are delighted to announce Goodix as a licensee for our Bluetooth low energy IP," said Ange Aznar, Vice President and General Manager of the Wireless IoT Business Unit at CEVA. "Goodix is a household name in the mobile industry we're proud to be their partner for Bluetooth IP as they continue their strategic expansion into broad IoT markets."

About RivieraWaves Bluetooth
CEVA's RivieraWaves Bluetooth IP platforms provide comprehensive solutions for both Bluetooth LE and Bluetooth dual mode connectivity. Each platform consists of a hardware baseband controller, plus a feature-rich software protocol stack. A flexible radio interface allows the platforms to be deployed with either RivieraWaves RF or various partners' RF IP, enabling optimal selection of foundry and process node. All the latest features of Bluetooth are supported, including Isochronous Channels for LE Audio, Direction Finding (AoA/AoD), Randomized Advertising Channel Indexing, Periodic Advertising Sync Transfer, GATT Caching and other enhancements. With more than 2 billion devices shipped to date and dozens of licensees, the RivieraWaves Bluetooth IP is widely deployed in consumer and IoT devices with many of the world's leading semiconductors companies and OEMs, including smartphones, tablets, wireless speakers, wireless headsets and earbuds, hearing aids and other wearables. For more information on RivieraWaves Bluetooth IP platforms, go to https://www.ceva-dsp.com/product/rivierawaves-bluetooth-platforms/

About Goodix Technology
Goodix Technology (SH: 603160) is an integrated solution provider for applications based on IC design and software development offering industry-leading software and hardware semiconductor solutions for smart devices, IoT applications, and automotive electronics. For more information, visit http://www.goodix.com.

About CEVA, Inc.
CEVA is the leading licensor of wireless connectivity and smart sensing technologies. We offer Digital Signal Processors, AI processors, wireless platforms and complementary software for sensor fusion, image enhancement, computer vision, voice input and artificial intelligence, all of which are key enabling technologies for a smarter, connected world. We partner with semiconductor companies and OEMs worldwide to create power-efficient, intelligent and connected devices for a range of end markets, including mobile, consumer, automotive, robotics, industrial and IoT. Our ultra-low-power IPs include comprehensive DSP-based platforms for 5G baseband processing in mobile and infrastructure, advanced imaging and computer vision for any camera-enabled device and audio/voice/speech and ultra-low power always-on/sensing applications for multiple IoT markets. For sensor fusion, our Hillcrest Labs sensor processing technologies provide a broad range of sensor fusion software and IMU solutions for AR/VR, robotics, remote controls, and IoT. For artificial intelligence, we offer a family of AI processors capable of handling the complete gamut of neural network workloads, on-device. For wireless IoT, we offer the industry's most widely adopted IPs for Bluetooth (low energy and dual mode), Wi-Fi 4/5/6 (802.11n/ac/ax) and NB-IoT. Visit us at www.ceva-dsp.com and follow us on Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram.

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Company Name: CEVA, Inc., Goodix Technology CEVA, Richard Kingston, CEVA, Inc. Phone: +1 650-417-7976, richard.kingston@ceva-dsp.com; Andrew Town, Publitek for CEVA Phone: +44 1582 390980 Email Contact Web: http://www.ceva-dsp.com Financial data for CEVA, Inc., Goodix Technology