April 3, 2012 -- CEVA, Inc. today announced the availability of the industry's first implementation of the popular Skype SILK super-wideband speech codec on a DSP core. Optimized for the 32-bit CEVA-TeakLite-III family of audio DSPs and forward compatible with future versions of the CEVA-TeakLite DSP architecture, CEVA's implementation of the SILK codec delivers a high-quality, cost-efficient voice-communications solution for both mobile and digital home applications, with significant power savings compared to alternative solutions.

The SILK super-wideband 24-KHz codec, developed and used by Skype, enables high-quality voice communications through PC, mobile device and Smart TV applications. The computational complexity of wideband codecs, including the SILK codec, requires native 32-bit data processing rather than traditional 16- or 24-bit DSPs to achieve the optimal performance. The CEVA-TeakLite-III DSP is the only mass market proven native 32-bit DSP IP core that has been specifically architected to address these stringent wideband codec-performance requirements.

For the many of those already deploying the CEVA-TeakLite-III DSP for voice/ audio processing in their mobile and digital home SOCs, this implementation of SILK enables them to easily embed this super-wideband speech codec for Skype support into their existing designs.

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