SiFlower licenses and deploys CEVA’s 802.11ac Wi-Fi IP in its smart home access point SoC

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CEVA has announced that Shanghai SiFlower Communication Technology (SiFlower), a designer and supplier of advanced Smart Home platforms, has licensed and deployed CEVA’s RivieraWaves 802.11ac Wi-Fi IP in its latest SoC targeting smart home access points.

The SF16A18 is said to be a highly integrated single chip solution that combines the flexible RW-11AC IP with a powerful processing engine (dual-core CPU) and suite of interfaces (Ethernet, GMAC, USB, SD, IIS), creating a platform for intelligent routers/access points, smart home gateways and smart speakers.

“Highly integrated and optimised Wi-Fi solutions are the key to opening the mass Smart Home market,” stated Albert Lee, CEO of SiFlower. “We are proud of the solution we have created in the SF16A18, and CEVA’s RW-11AC Wi-Fi IP along with their engineering excellence and technical support have been instrumental in our success.”

“We are delighted to announce SiFlower as a licensee for our Wi-Fi IP”, said Aviv Malinovitch, vice president and general manager of the Connectivity Business Unit at CEVA. “The SF16A18 is a leading example of the next-generation of fully-integrated and differentiated Wi-Fi enabled SoCs that are available at a very cost-effective price point.”

CEVA’s RivieraWaves Wi-Fi IP family offers a suite of platforms for embedding Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax into SoCs/ASSPs. Optimised implementations are available targeting a broad range of connected devices, including smartphones, wearables, consumer electronics, smart home, industrial and automotive applications. CEVA also offers RISC-V based fully integrated platforms.

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