CEVA Expands Market-Leading Wireless Connectivity Portfolio with New UWB Platform IP

• Ultra-low power RivieraWaves™ UWB platform IP targets mobile, automotive, consumer and IoT applications, lowering the barrier to entry for companies to integrate UWB into chip designs

• Industry's first Bluetooth and UWB technology combination IP product is ideal for new use cases in emerging broad applications

CEVA, Inc. (NASDAQ: CEVA), the leading licensor of wireless connectivity and smart sensing technologies, today announced the launch of RivieraWaves™ UWB, an extremely power-efficient UWB turnkey MAC and PHY platform IP compliant with the IEEE 802.15.4z standard and FiRa Alliance specifications. The RivieraWaves UWB platform IP provides secure centimeter-level location accuracy and reliable position information through Time of Flight (ToF) ranging and Angle of Arrival (AoA) processing. The new RivieraWaves UWB platform IP expands CEVA's market-leading wireless connectivity IP portfolio for IoT devices and is ideal for a variety of ultra-low power applications and products, such as tags for precise asset finding, secure digital key functionality for door locks, real-time location services (RTLS) and payment systems.

UWB has recently seen explosive growth due to its adoption by leading smartphone brands, with ABI Research predicting annual shipments of UWB devices will approach 1 billion by 2025. The RivieraWaves UWB Platform IP consists of a power-optimized hardware PHY and a flexible, low-latency hardware and software MAC layer, designed to lower barriers to entry and accelerate time to market for semiconductor and IoT companies seeking to develop UWB devices. The MAC layer software can be deployed on the CEVA-BX1 DSP along with other connectivity workloads or modes such as direction finding, positioning or radar, or as a standalone UWB MAC on commercial Arm and RISC-V MCUs.

Through a flexible RF interface, customers can deploy the RivieraWaves UWB Platform IP with their own RF technology or with CEVA's partners' RF IP. In addition, the RivieraWaves UWB Platform IP is designed for ultra-low power use cases, providing the industry's best performance and cost-effectiveness, especially when combined with the RivieraWaves Bluetooth IP. This unique combination IP product is an industry first and can address emerging applications and use cases that use both standards simultaneously.

Ange Aznar, Vice President and General Manager of the Wireless IoT Business Unit at CEVA, commented: "Demand for UWB technology is at an all-time high, driven by emerging applications in smartphones, accessories and other consumer and IoT devices. Our new RivieraWaves UWB Platform IP provides a licensable solution to address this emerging market, lowering the barrier to entry for companies seeking to leverage UWB technology in their chip designs. As the only company to offer a combined licensable IP portfolio of UWB and Bluetooth, CEVA extends its leadership as the world's foremost developer and licensor of wireless connectivity IP."

RivieraWaves UWB IP Key Features:

• MAC and PHY support enhanced ranging and security based on IEEE 802.15.4z HRP standard, compliant with FiRa Alliance requirements

• Uses low-power hardware PHY, high-sensitivity coherent receiver with power-optimized synchronization, supports centimeter-level accurate ranging and multi-antenna based AoA estimation

• Portable MAC layer software and hardware for encryption/authentication (CCM AES) and key management, autonomous ACK handshakes, and other real-time critical operations

• Flexible low-power operation mode suitable for FiRa ranging scenarios

• FiRa standard UWB Command Interface (UCI) simplifies the interface to application-level software

• Flexible digital RF interface, adaptable to various RF

• Available as a standalone UWB IP or in combination with the RivieraWaves Bluetooth Platform IP

CEVA's RivieraWaves UWB Platform IP is part of its broader portfolio of positioning solutions, covering Wi-Fi (for access point scanning), Bluetooth (for AoA/AoD and HADM position), Dragonfly-GNSS (GNSS snapshot positioning for Cellular-IoT/LPWA), VSLAM (for camera-based positioning), and MotionEngine Scout (for IMU-based dead reckoning).

Availability

RivieraWaves UWB is available for licensing from CEVA now.

About CEVA

CEVA is the leading licensor of wireless connectivity and smart sensing technologies, committed to building a smarter, more secure connected world. We provide digital signal processors, artificial intelligence engines, wireless platforms, cryptographic cores and supporting software for sensor fusion, image enhancement, computer vision, voice input and artificial intelligence applications. CEVA provides these technologies and combines them with Intrinsix turnkey chip design services to help customers handle the most complex and time-sensitive integrated circuit design projects. By leveraging our technology and chip design skills, many of the world's leading semiconductor companies, system companies and OEMs can create energy-efficient, intelligent and secure connected devices for terminal markets including mobile, consumer electronics, automotive, robotics, industrial, aerospace and defense, and the Internet of Things.

CEVA's DSP-based solutions include platforms for 5G baseband processing for mobile, IoT and infrastructure; advanced imaging and computer vision technologies for any camera-enabled device; audio/sound/voice solutions for multiple IoT markets and ultra-low power always-on/sensing applications. For sensor fusion, our Hillcrest Labs sensor processing technology provides a wide range of sensor fusion software and inertial measurement unit ("IMU") solutions for markets such as hearables, wearables, AR/VR, PCs, robotics, remote controls and IoT. For wireless IoT, our Bluetooth (low energy and dual mode), Wi-Fi 4/5/6 (802.11n/ac/ax), UWB and NB-IoT platforms are the industry's most widely licensed connectivity platforms.