ParthusCeva and Cirrus Logic Form Relationship Targeting the Home Entertainment Market
San Jose, CA - January 22, 2003 - ParthusCeva, Inc. (NASDAQ:
PCVA; LSE: PCV), one of the industry's leading providers of licensable
Digital Signal Processor (DSP) cores and solutions, today announced a
relationship with Cirrus Logic, Inc. (Nasdaq: CRUS) for the co-development
of products targeting the home entertainment electronics marketplace.
As part of the agreement, both Cirrus and ParthusCeva have supplied
development resources and intellectual property to integrate ParthusCeva's
InfoStream 2000 platform with Cirrus' high performance analog and DSP chip
solutions. The co-development will result in one of the industry's most
integrated application/multimedia processing chips. The program will
target a broad range of digital and home entertainment products such as
set-top boxes, home audio jukeboxes, servers and portable smart connected
devices.
"Working with ParthusCeva, one of the leading experts in application
and multimedia solutions, will contribute to our leadership of the digital
entertainment revolution," said Daryl Sartain, Vice President of Audio
Systems Marketing at Cirrus Logic. "We expect that the solutions we are
jointly developing will enable the creation of an entirely new generation
of digital entertainment devices."
"We are delighted to have formed this relationship with Cirrus that
will target digitally connected home entertainment devices," said Gideon
Wertheizer, EVP and CTO of ParthusCeva. "Given Cirrus' premier position in
personal and home entertainment multimedia technologies, they are an ideal
partner for ParthusCeva to leverage our technology and extend our reach
into the home entertainment electronics marketplace."
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About Cirrus Logic, Inc.
Cirrus Logic is a premier supplier of high-performance analog and DSP
chip solutions for consumer entertainment electronics that allow people to
see, hear, connect and enjoy digital entertainment. Building on its global
market share leadership in audio integrated circuits and its rich
mixed-signal patent portfolio, the company targets mainstream audio, video
and Internet entertainment applications in the consumer entertainment
market. Cirrus Logic operates from headquarters in Austin, Texas, with
offices in California, Colorado, Europe, Japan and Asia.
About ParthusCeva, Inc.
Further information about ParthusCeva
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