CEVA to Display Advanced Portable Multimedia Technologies & CEVA-Powered End Products, Including Handsets from 4 of the top 5 Handset Manufacturers

SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CEVA, Inc. [; ], a leading licensor of silicon intellectual property (SIP) platform solutions and DSP cores for the handset, consumer electronics and portable device markets, today announced that it will showcase its leadership in Mobile intellectual property through a range of new and innovative demonstration platforms at Mobile World Congress 2009 in Barcelona, Spain from February 16th through 19th. CEVA will be located at stand 2F07 in Hall 2.

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United under the banner theme "CEVA Makes it Mobile™", CEVA will display a broad range of industry-leading technologies for advanced mobile devices and portable multimedia applications and a showcase of CEVA-powered handsets & consumer electronic devices. Visitors to CEVA's stand will have the opportunity to try the "MediaSphere" ultimate portable multimedia user experience, incorporating CEVA's interactive touch-screen media player reference device in a unique setting.

At the show, more than forty five leading semiconductor companies and handset OEMs will display CEVA-powered™ products and solutions, including 4 of the world's top 5 handset OEMs; Nokia, Samsung, LG and Sony Ericsson. Other new CEVA-powered products to be debuted at the show include netbooks, smartphones, advanced camera phones, and portable multimedia players.

Demonstration platforms on display at CEVA's stand 2F07 in Hall 2 include:

• PMP Reference Device: An interactive touch-screen media player prototype device powered by CEVA's Mobile-Media™, decoding various video clips, encoding video streams in D1 resolution 30fps, playing audio clips and decoding JPEG pictures. Learn how our low-power fully-programmable multimedia engine can enable all your portable multimedia feature requirements by experiencing our MediaSphere portable media player prototype device in a unique setting.

• Multi-Format Multimedia Decoder: CEVA's Mobile-Media™ decoding advanced multimedia clips at D1 resolution, 30fps. Demo features highest-quality H.264 mixed with HE-AAC streams, all decoded completely in software using a single programmable multimedia engine. Come check the best-quality H.264 player on a 42" screen.

• Image Enhancements Algorithm: extending the capabilities of CEVA's Mobile-Media™ solution beyond standard video codecs, using Dynamic Range Compression Technology to achieve optimal image quality automatically.

• Real-Time Multimedia Encoder: Real-time capturing, encoding and decoding of H.264, powered by the fully programmable CEVA Mobile-Media™ solution.

To request a meeting with CEVA at Mobile World Congress 2009, email [email protected] .

About CEVA, Inc.

Headquartered in San Jose, Calif., CEVA is a leading licensor of silicon intellectual property (SIP) platform solutions and DSP cores for mobile handsets, consumer electronics and portable devices. CEVA's IP portfolio includes comprehensive solutions for multimedia, audio, voice over packet (VoP), Bluetooth and Serial ATA (SATA), and a wide range of programmable DSP cores and subsystems with different price/performance metrics serving multiple markets. In 2008, CEVA's IP was shipped in over 300 million devices. For more information, visit ceva-dsp.com

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