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Ambiq Micro's Next-Generation Subthreshold Power-Optimized Technology (SPOT) Platform Features CEVA's Bluetooth Low Energy IP
Ambiq Micro's Apollo3 Blue Family Wireless System-on-Chip (SoC) already powered by the new Bluetooth licensing agreement MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 10, 2020
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[{"type":"text","content":"Ambiq Micro's Apollo3 Blue Family Wireless System-on-Chip (SoC) already powered by the new Bluetooth licensing agreement\n\n\nMOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- CEVA, Inc. (NASDAQ: CEVA), the leading licensor of wireless connectivity and smart sensing technologies, today announced that Ambiq Micro, the leader in ultra-low power solutions has licensed CEVA's RivieraWaves Bluetooth® low energy IP for use in its next-generation Subthreshold Power-Optimized Technology (SPOT) platforms integrating Bluetooth connectivity. CEVA's Bluetooth low energy (BLE) IP is already powering Ambiq Micro's Apollo3 Blue Family Wireless System-on-Chip (SoC) that features in applications requiring intelligence everywhere, from wearables to animal trackers to smart home devices from the world's biggest brands.\nThe Apollo3 Blue family of SoC solutions represent a quantum leap forward in ultra-low power design. With unrivaled power numbers in both active and sleep modes, along with a high-performance processing engine, Apollo3 Blue devices provide the most efficient processing solutions on the market. For connectivity, Apollo3 Blue products integrate an energy-efficient Bluetooth 5 low-energy radio combined with improved communication features to enable always-connected, ultra-low power designs. At the heart of all Apollo3 products is Ambiq Micro's patented Subthreshold Power Optimized Technology (SPOT™). SPOT dramatically reduces energy consumption while still enabling abundant application processing power to add greater capability and extended life to battery-operated devices, including hearables, wearables, IoT endpoint devices, and voice-controlled applications.\n\"Ambiq Micro is pleased to partner with CEVA and integrate their BLE connectivity solutions into our next generation SPOT-based wireless SoCs,\" said Dan Cermak, Executive Director of Architecture and Product Planning at Ambiq Micro. \"CEVA's commitment to developing the lowest-power wireless connectivity solutions perfectly complements our strategy and is evident in the success of our Apollo3 Blue and Apollo3 Blue Plus wireless SoC, which has shipped in high volume products to date. We look forward to continuing our collaboration for our future SPOT-based wireless SoCs.\"\n\"We are delighted to announce Ambiq Micro as a licensee for our Bluetooth low energy IP,\" said An...