CEVA, Inc. (CEVA), is a licensor of silicon intellectual property (SIP) primarily for the handsets, mobile broadband, portable and consumer electronics markets. CEVA licenses a portfolio of digital signal processor (DSP) cores, subsystems and platforms to semiconductor and original equipment manufacturer (OEM) companies worldwide, which include a family of programmable DSP cores and a portfolio of application-specific platforms, including wireless baseband, audio, imaging and vision, voice over Internet protocols (VoIP), Bluetooth and Serial Storage technology (Serial ATA (SATA) and Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)). CEVA addresses the requirements of the handsets, portable and home electronics markets by designing and licensing programmable DSP cores, application-specific platforms and a range of software components which enable the rapid design of DSP-based chipsets or application-specific solutions for developing a variety of applications. In July 2014, CEVA , acquired Rivierawaves SAS.