RivieraWaves® UWB IP for FiRa 2.0, with
cutting-edge interference cancelation, extends Ceva's
market reach beyond automotive and mobile into high-volume UWB
navigation, detection and remote control use cases in the smart
home, smart factory and beyond
BARCELONA, Spain, Feb. 26,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- MWC Barcelona 2024 -- Ceva,
Inc. (NASDAQ: CEVA), the leading licensor of silicon and software
IP that enables Smart Edge devices to connect, sense and infer data
more reliably and efficiently, announced today the general release
of its RivieraWaves® ultra-wideband (UWB) IP for FiRa
2.0, the latest technical specification released by the FiRa
industry consortium promoting standardization and compliance
efforts for the widespread adoption of UWB-driven applications.
Leveraging its unique low-power MAC-to-PHY solution, Ceva's latest
generation UWB IP includes a cutting-edge interference cancelation
scheme to offer outstanding performance for micro-location in
high-density wireless environments such as the smart home and smart
factory where other wireless standards such as Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and
ZigBee are pervasive.
UWB is continuing its rapid march to stand alongside Bluetooth
and Wi-Fi as a ubiquitous wireless technology in modern life. ABI
Research forecasts that the global market of UWB-enabled device
shipments will achieve a compound annual growth rate of 14% over
the next five years – growing from 435 million units in 2023 to
nearly 1.3 billion units by 2028. This impressive forecast stems
from increased penetration in the consumer and industrial markets.
From the initial early adoption in the automotive industry as a
secure, robust technology for digital keys – as embodied in the
Connected Car Consortium (CCC) Digital Key specifications – UWB is
expanding to new, exciting consumer and industrial applications,
offering innovative ways based on spatial awareness and
micro-location for users to interact and sense with their devices,
which further enables AI-based applications like gesture
recognition.
The FiRa 2.0 specification expands UWB into the consumer and
industrial markets with particular attention on three use
cases.
- Private Indoor Navigation – enables users of UWB-enabled
smartphones or tablets to find their way in indoor positioning
systems (such as shopping malls, airports), with centimeter-level
accuracy while maintaining location privacy.
- Find-It – helps users of UWB-enabled devices to find missing
items such as keys, asset tracking and compliance monitoring in
smart factories or to easily find acquaintances in crowded
areas.
- Smart Remote Control – lets users seamlessly control
UWB-enabled connected devices in the home and factory, like
televisions, lights, or thermostats, through simple
point-and-trigger interactions from a smartphone or
smartwatch.
"Ceva's latest generation UWB IP addresses the increasing
adoption of UWB in consumer and industrial multi-mode wireless IoT
devices," said Tal Shalev, Vice
President and General Manager, Wireless IoT Business Unit at Ceva.
"With time-to-market in mind, our customers value our comprehensive
Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and UWB IP portfolio, and the system experience
behind that. With a complete MAC and PHY FiRa 2.0 grade UWB IP,
tested against the Rohde & Schwarz CMP200 Validated Test Tool,
our customers can confidently develop next-generation UWB-enabled
devices to meet the most demanding use cases in a wide range of
applications from the smart home and factory to automotive, retail
and healthcare."
"Our FiRa 2.0 Validated R&S®CMP200 radio
communication tester is invaluable for ensuring compliance and
inter-operability" said Christoph
Pointner, Senior Vice President of Mobile Radio Testers at
Rohde & Schwarz. "We are delighted to support and work closely
with a leading UWB IP provider like Ceva on the FiRa 2.0 PCTT
testing of their RivieraWaves® UWB IP."
Ceva technical experts will be available to discuss its UWB
solutions and its wider Wireless IoT portfolio at MWC Barcelona, 26
- 29 February 2024. Please contact
events@ceva-ip.com to arrange a meeting.
About Ceva RivieraWaves FiRa 2.0 UWB
Ceva RivieraWaves UWB for FiRa 2.0 is a complete, low power
ultra-wideband (UWB) MAC and PHY digital platform IP based on
802.15.4z HRP and the FiRa Consortium specifications. A companion
MAC solution is also available for CCC Digital Key 3.0
applications, and for Radar/CPD applications, forming a
comprehensive portfolio for integrating UWB into next generation
ICs for mobile, automotive, consumer and industrial.
Ceva RivieraWaves UWB delivers secure, centimeter-level accuracy
and robust location information through Time-of-Flight (ToF)
ranging and Angle-of-Arrival (AoA) processing, architected from the
ground up for best-in-class low power consumption. A flexible radio
interface enables Ceva RivieraWaves UWB to be deployed with
customers' own RF technology or with Ceva partners' RF IP.
Leveraging Ceva's unmatched RivieraWaves® wireless
connectivity IP portfolio, it is designed for seamless integration
with Ceva's Bluetooth connectivity IP, and supports advanced
interference suppression from Wi-Fi signals.
For more information, visit
https://www.ceva-dsp.com/product/rivierawaves-uwb-platform/
About Ceva, Inc.
At Ceva, we are passionate about bringing new levels of
innovation to the smart edge. Our wireless communications, sensing
and Edge AI technologies are at the heart of some of today's most
advanced smart edge products. From Bluetooth connectivity, Wi-Fi,
UWB and 5G platform IP for ubiquitous, robust communications, to
scalable Edge AI NPU IPs, sensor
fusion processors and embedded application software that make
devices smarter, we have the broadest portfolio of IP to connect,
sense and infer data more reliably and efficiently. We deliver
differentiated solutions that combine outstanding performance at
ultra-low power within a very small silicon footprint. Our goal is
simple – to deliver the silicon and software IP to enable a
smarter, safer, and more interconnected world. This philosophy is
in practice today, with Ceva powering more than 17 billion of the
world's most innovative smart edge products from AI-infused
smartwatches, IoT devices and wearables to autonomous vehicles and
5G mobile networks.
Our headquarters are in Rockville,
Maryland with a global customer base supported by operations
worldwide. Our employees are among the leading experts in their
areas of specialty, consistently solving the most complex design
challenges, enabling our customers to bring innovative smart edge
products to market.
Ceva: Powering the Smart Edge™
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