Xpert DSP arrives from CEVA

GPS World, June, 2004

CEVA, Inc., of San Jose, California has introduced Xpert-GPS, a software-configurable digital signal processor (DSP)-based GPS solution. According to the company, the product will reduce cost and power dissipation while improving location performance when integrated into GPS-enabled devices such as wireless phones and telematic devices.

CEVA predicts that Xpert-GPS will bring the cost per unit of implementing GPS in such devices down to $3; this figure is seen as a key benchmark for mass market success. CEVA also claims that the Xpert will increase battery life--another critical factor for cell phones--by a factor of four.

Xpert-GPS will reportedly provide location accuracy to within 5 meters with a time-to-first-fix to of 2.5 seconds, supports all wireless standards including GSM, CDMA, WCDMA, GPRS and UMTS, and meets or exceeds service carrier requirements and the FCC's E911 cell phone location mandate. It uses a DSP-centric approach and runs on either a single-MAC CEVA-TeakLite DSP or a Dual-MAC CEVA-X DSP

Created in 2002 by the merger of DSP Group and Dublin, Ireland-based Parthus Technologies, which brought GPS technology into the fold, CEVA licenses digital signal processing (DSP) cores and communications solutions to the semiconductor industry. Its cell phone manufacturing customers include Samsung, which already produces GPS-enabled handset.