MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Nov. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- CEVA, Inc. (NASDAQ: CEVA ), the leading licensor of silicon intellectual property (SIP) platform solutions and DSP cores, today announced it has joined the Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA) Foundation to further the power efficiency and performance of next-generation imaging and vision-enabled platforms through the development of a common specification for hybrid SoC designs. CEVA will offer its vast expertise in DSP integration and programming for the benefit of heterogeneous architectures composed of CPUs, GPUs and special purpose processors, and collaborate with other HSA members to push forward innovations in mobile and embedded computing.