Balletto BLE 5.3 and Matter Wireless
Microcontroller family features Neural Co-Processor for AI/ML
Workloads targeting wireless audio and the smart home
ROCKVILLE, Md., July 23,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- 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, today announced that Alif Semiconductor®, a leading
global supplier of secure, connected, power efficient Artificial
Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML) enabled microcontrollers
(MCUs) and fusion processors, has licensed and deployed the
Ceva-Waves Bluetooth Low Energy and 802.15.4 IPs in its Balletto™
family of wireless microcontrollers.
The Balletto family is a complete Edge AI/ML microcontroller
solution for connected IoT platforms with integrated Bluetooth Low
Energy 5.3 and 802.15.4 wireless subsystem and a dedicated network
co-processor, enabling connectivity and class leading machine
learning performance in a single chip. The Balletto family opens a
new frontier for battery-powered EdgeML applications, delivering up
to 50x boost in machine learning performance and inference
efficiency versus traditional MCUs that lack neural co-processors.
The Ceva-Waves Bluetooth Low Energy IP provides Balletto MCUs with
the robust connectivity at ultra-low power consumption, and
supports Bluetooth LE Audio and Auracast broadcast audio, for
customers who wish to leverage Balletto to create highly
differentiated wireless audio products. The Balletto family also
relies on Ceva-Waves 802.15.4 IP for Thread, Zigbee and Matter
support in smart home applications.
"Our Balletto family of connected, intelligent MCUs are tailored
to meet the growing demand for AI/ML workloads in battery-powered
devices," said Mark Rootz, VP
Marketing at Alif Semiconductor. "Ceva's Bluetooth Low Energy and
802.15.4 IPs provide us with a highly-proven and robust
connectivity solution for our chip design, allowing us to focus our
R&D resources on differentiating our MCU to deliver outstanding
performance for the most demanding wireless audio and smart home
AI/ML use cases."
"Wireless connectivity is a fundamental requirement of every
intelligent device, and we're proud to be the trusted supplier of
embedded wireless IP to industry leaders and innovators alike,
including Alif Semiconductor," said Tal
Shalev, Vice President and General Manager, Wireless IoT
Business Unit at Ceva. "Our Bluetooth Low Energy IP has powered
billions of devices to date, and we're excited to partner with Alif
to enable their Balletto family of intelligent MCUs with robust
connectivity and high-bit rate audio."
About Ceva-Waves Bluetooth
The Ceva-Waves Bluetooth IP
platforms provide comprehensive solutions for both Bluetooth LE and
Bluetooth dual mode connectivity, spanning RF, Modem, Baseband
Controller, and complete Host and Profile software stacks. All the
latest features of Bluetooth are supported, including AoA / AoD /
Direction Finding, LE Audio / Auracast, Periodic Advertising with
Response, and other enhancements such as Channel Sounding. It also
comprises an IEEE 802.15.4 addon for Thread, Zigbee and Matter
support. With more than 4.5 billion devices shipped to date
and dozens of licensees, the Ceva-Waves Bluetooth IP is widely
deployed in consumer, automotive, industrial, medical and IoT
devices with many of the world's leading semiconductors companies
and OEMs, including smartphones, tablets, beacons, wireless
speakers, wireless headsets and earbuds, hearing aids and other
wearables.
The Ceva-Waves Bluetooth IP is part of the Ceva-Waves unique and
broad family of wireless connectivity IP platforms that also
includes the Ceva-Waves Wi-Fi, UWB, NB-IoT and Links multi-protocol
platforms. For more information, visit
https://www.ceva-ip.com/app/connectivity/.
About Alif Semiconductor:
Alif Semiconductor is the
industry-leading supplier of next-generation secure AI/ML-enabled
32-bit microcontrollers. Since 2019, Alif's expanding offering of
microcontrollers and fusion processors has been revolutionizing the
way developers can create broad, scalable, and connected AI-enabled
embedded applications that are genuinely power efficient. Alif
Semiconductor is the only choice for power efficient
microcontrollers that can handle heavy AI and ML workloads for
battery-operated endpoint devices. For more information go
to https://alifsemi.com/products/balletto .
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, 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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