CEVA and Silentium Partner to Deliver Active Noise Cancellation Solution for the CEVA-TeakLite DSP Family

Silentium Broadband P2P ANC technology readily available for industry's lowest power audio/voice DSP family, enabling greatly enhanced headsets and hearables experience

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Jan 08, 2018, 06:59 ET

LAS VEGAS, Jan. 8, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Consumer Electronics Show -- CEVA, Inc. (NASDAQ: CEVA), the leading licensor of signal processing platforms and artificial intelligence processors for smarter, connected devices, and Silentium Ltd., a leading provider of Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) technology and adaptive sound management solutions, announced today that the companies have partnered to deliver a low power active noise cancellation solution for headsets and hearables. CEVA and Silentium will showcase a headset reference design based on this solution at CES 2018, January 9-12 in Las Vegas. To schedule a demonstration in CEVA's private meeting suite, email [email protected].

For consumers constantly looking for an improved experience from their wireless headsets, earbuds and hearables, Active Noise Cancellation is a must-have feature. Headset chip developers require a flexible solution to suit their specific product needs and Silentium's software-based algorithms coupled with CEVA's programmable DSP deliver this flexibility, within the stringent power budget of a portable product. The solution is based on a CEVA-TeakLite-4 implementation of Silentium's acclaimed Broadband P2P ANC technology which enhances the personal audio experience. The P2P solution supports broadband fully adaptive ANC technology up to 1 KHz and licensees can choose from feedforward, feedback or hybrid systems for their desired application.

"The CEVA-TeakLite family of DSPs are broadly adopted in wireless headsets and hearables, thanks to its ideal blend of power, performance and footprint for small form factor use cases", said Amit Grauer, senior director of business development at Silentium. "Our active noise cancellation technology delivers a premium experience and together with CEVA, we offer a highly compelling ANC solution to its audio/voice DSP licensees."

"Silentium's Broadband P2P ANC technology offers a tremendous value add with its demonstrable improvement in sound quality when implemented on our audio/voice DSPs," said Moshe Sheier, director of strategic marketing at CEVA. "The flexibility to tailor the solution for a specific use case is something our customers truly value and we're delighted to extend our sound ecosystem with this exciting technology."

About Silentium Ltd.
A leading innovative Broadband Active Noise Reduction technology and solutions provider for different markets. Silentium's technology generates an "Anti-Noise" signal that reduces unwanted noise in many different applications. The company offers several core technologies for different applications. "Broadband P2P" Technology for headphones applications, "Broadband P2Z" to reduce the noise at the source and "Broadband Quiet Bubble" technology to create a quieter space around the users, regardless of the source of the noises in Automotive EV/HEV, Cars and Airplanes.
Silentium technology is already available for consumer goods, automotive, train and other markets.
Visit us at www.silentium.com

About CEVA, Inc.
CEVA is the leading licensor of signal processing platforms and artificial intelligence processors 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, industrial and IoT. Our ultra-low-power IPs for vision, audio, communications and connectivity include comprehensive DSP-based platforms for LTE/LTE-A/5G baseband processing in handsets, infrastructure and machine-to-machine devices, advanced imaging and computer vision for any camera-enabled device, audio/voice/speech and ultra-low power always-on/sensing applications for multiple IoT markets. For artificial intelligence, we offer a family of AI processors capable of handling the complete gamut of neural network workloads, on-device. For connectivity, we offer the industry's most widely adopted IPs for Bluetooth (low energy and dual mode) and Wi-Fi (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac up to 4x4). Visit us at www.ceva-dsp.com and follow us on Twitter, YouTube and LinkedIn.

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