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Andrew Uerkwitz 212 667-5316 [email protected] Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. does and seeks to do business with companies covered in its research reports. As a result, investors should be aware that the firm may have a conflict of interest that could affect the objectivity of this report. Investors should consider this report as only a single factor in making their investment decision. See "Important Disclosures and Certifications" section at the end of this report for important disclosures, including potential conflicts of interest. See "Price Target Calculation" and "Key Risks to Price Target" sections at the end of this report, where applicable. Stock Price Performance Q2 Q3 Q1 Q2 Q3 0 8 16 24 32 40 2011 1 Year Price History for CEVA Created by BlueMatrix Company Description CEVA Inc. designs and licenses silicon intellectual property for handsets, portable media, and consumer electronics. It focuses on digital signal processor cores. August 4, 2011 ISRAEL/ISRAELI TECHNOLOGY AND DIVERSIFIED COMPANIES Stock Rating: OUTPERFORM 12-18 mo. Price Target $34.00 CEVA - NASDAQ $25.62 3-5Yr. EPS Gr. Rate 26% 52-Wk Range $35.60-$11.12 Shares Outstanding 23.0M Float 22.7M Market Capitalization $590.2M Avg. Daily Trading Volume 267,756 Dividend/Div Yield NA/NM Fiscal Year Ends Dec Book Value $7.39 2011E ROE 8.2% LT Debt NA Preferred NA Common Equity $177M Convertible Available No EPS Diluted Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Year Mult. 2009A 0.11 0.08 0.12 0.11 0.42 61.0x 2010A 0.12 0.12 0.14 0.19 0.56 45.8x 2011E 0.23A 0.22A 0.22 0.20 0.87 29.4x 2012E -- -- -- -- 0.98 26.1x 2013E -- -- -- -- 1.25 20.5x CEVA Inc. Using Handset/Merchant Chip 2Q Results to Look Forward to CEVA 4Q SUMMARY We view recent weakness in CEVA's stock price (-8.4% last 30 days vs. NASDAQ's -4.4%) as a buying opportunity. Aside from several negative macro trends, we believe weakness in the stock is from investors fearing a slowdown in the company's growth trajectory. We find evidence in both the end market, handset manufacturers, and CEVA's customers, merchant chip makers. Furthermore, we believe CEVA's real strength lies in its ability to work across the handset verticals—feature phones, smartphones, and tablets—but is hard to see in the company's latest results. This report attempts to siphon recent company earnings reports to bear this out. Maintain Outperform rating and $34 price target. KEY POINTS Handset Makers: Apple and Samsung reported strong smartphone growth and we believe this was driven by CEVA DSP-powered handsets. Thus CEVA guided to slightly positive royalty sequential growth despite some weakness. More importantly, the companies forecast a better 3Q, which sets CEVA up well for 4Q as the company reports royalties one quarter in arrears. Merchant Chip Makers: The softness Broadcom experienced with Nokia in 2Q is the primary driver for the "slightly higher" royalty headwind. However, Broadcom stated that it expects double-digit growth for 3Q which sets CEVA up well for 4Q. Other merchant chip makers using CEVA DSP are expected to be on track for similar growth. Headwinds Overblown: While declining market share for Nokia and possibly downside risk associated with Apple and its iPhone will be challenges, we believe company-specific dynamics in favor of CEVA are being overlooked. Moreover, CEVA's diverse customer and product mix will help to insulate any weakness. Maintain Outperform: We believe CEVA's growth story will continue and its recent results actually strengthen it as we believe inroads in the smartphone/tablet space show that the company is executing its plan. However, larger macroeconomic dynamics keep us from pushing our price target higher. Inside we take a look at customer and OEM dynamics affecting CEVA. EQUITY RESEARCH COMPANY UPDATE Oppenheimer & Co Inc. 300 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10017 Tel: 800-221-5588 Fax: 212-667-8229

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Page 1: Stock Rating: CEVA Inc. · to Price Target" sections at the end of this report, where applicable. Stock Price Performance Q2 Q3 Q1 Q2 Q3 0 8 16 24 32 40 2011 1 Year Price History

Andrew Uerkwitz212 [email protected]

Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. does and seeks to do business with companies covered in its research reports. Asa result, investors should be aware that the firm may have a conflict of interest that could affect theobjectivity of this report. Investors should consider this report as only a single factor in making theirinvestment decision. See "Important Disclosures and Certifications" section at the end of this report forimportant disclosures, including potential conflicts of interest. See "Price Target Calculation" and "Key Risksto Price Target" sections at the end of this report, where applicable.

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Company Description

CEVA Inc. designs and licenses siliconintellectual property for handsets, portablemedia, and consumer electronics. It focuses ondigital signal processor cores.

August 4, 2011 ISRAEL/ISRAELI TECHNOLOGY AND DIVERSIFIED COMPANIES

Stock Rating:

OUTPERFORM12-18 mo. Price Target $34.00

CEVA - NASDAQ $25.62

3-5 Yr. EPS Gr. Rate 26%

52-Wk Range $35.60-$11.12

Shares Outstanding 23.0M

Float 22.7M

Market Capitalization $590.2M

Avg. Daily Trading Volume 267,756

Dividend/Div Yield NA/NM

Fiscal Year Ends Dec

Book Value $7.39

2011E ROE 8.2%

LT Debt NA

Preferred NA

Common Equity $177M

Convertible Available No

EPS Diluted Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Year Mult.

2009A 0.11 0.08 0.12 0.11 0.42 61.0x

2010A 0.12 0.12 0.14 0.19 0.56 45.8x

2011E 0.23A 0.22A 0.22 0.20 0.87 29.4x

2012E -- -- -- -- 0.98 26.1x

2013E -- -- -- -- 1.25 20.5x

CEVA Inc.Using Handset/Merchant Chip 2Q Results to LookForward to CEVA 4Q

SUMMARY

We view recent weakness in CEVA's stock price (-8.4% last 30 days vs. NASDAQ's

-4.4%) as a buying opportunity. Aside from several negative macro trends, we

believe weakness in the stock is from investors fearing a slowdown in the

company's growth trajectory. We find evidence in both the end market, handset

manufacturers, and CEVA's customers, merchant chip makers. Furthermore, we

believe CEVA's real strength lies in its ability to work across the handset

verticals—feature phones, smartphones, and tablets—but is hard to see in the

company's latest results. This report attempts to siphon recent company earnings

reports to bear this out. Maintain Outperform rating and $34 price target.

KEY POINTS

■ Handset Makers: Apple and Samsung reported strong smartphone growth and

we believe this was driven by CEVA DSP-powered handsets. Thus CEVA

guided to slightly positive royalty sequential growth despite some weakness.

More importantly, the companies forecast a better 3Q, which sets CEVA up well

for 4Q as the company reports royalties one quarter in arrears.

■ Merchant Chip Makers: The softness Broadcom experienced with Nokia in 2Q

is the primary driver for the "slightly higher" royalty headwind. However,

Broadcom stated that it expects double-digit growth for 3Q which sets CEVA up

well for 4Q. Other merchant chip makers using CEVA DSP are expected to be

on track for similar growth.

■ Headwinds Overblown: While declining market share for Nokia and possibly

downside risk associated with Apple and its iPhone will be challenges, we

believe company-specific dynamics in favor of CEVA are being overlooked.

Moreover, CEVA's diverse customer and product mix will help to insulate any

weakness.

■ Maintain Outperform: We believe CEVA's growth story will continue and its

recent results actually strengthen it as we believe inroads in the

smartphone/tablet space show that the company is executing its plan. However,

larger macroeconomic dynamics keep us from pushing our price target higher.

■ Inside we take a look at customer and OEM dynamics affecting CEVA.

EQUITY RESEARCH

COMPANY UPDATE

Oppenheimer & Co Inc. 300 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10017 Tel: 800-221-5588 Fax: 212-667-8229

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Investment Thesis We are maintaining our Outperform rating and $34 price target for CEVA as we believe

that CEVA:

1. is executing its plan to expand its customer base and ultimately OEM base as

seen by new models driving OEM growth

2. headwinds with Nokia and Apple are overblown and there is a disconnect

between perceived weakness and our expectation of continued strength

3. out-year growth rates remain intact based on its strong licensing wins

Bottom line: We believe recent weakness in the stock price is a buying opportunity as

recent results from OEMs as well as CEVA licensing wins indicate to us that the company

will continue its long-term growth trajectory. We keep our price target, however, as

general negative macroeconomic issues overhang the market. Even in a negative

economic environment, we believe CEVA will continue to grow its DSP shipments by

being in growth markets and executing its plan for market share gain.

Summary of the Macro Handset Environment: We expect total handset shipments to

increase 10.5% from 2010 to 2011. Looking at the near term, we see it increasing 4% in

3Q11 and 12.8% in Q411. This sets up nicely for CEVA for the 4Q11 and 1Q12 as it

reports royalty rates one quarter in arrears. More specifically, we see weakness at

Motorola Mobility, RIM, and LG, 3 makers CEVA has no or little exposure to (we highlight

below the dynamic at LG that limits CEVA downside). The biggest gains we see in the

near term are at Samsung, Apple, and HTC, where CEVA has exposure at the first two

with the third only commanding about 3% of the market. Please see Oppenheimer &

Co.’s Industry Update entitled, “2Q11 Wireless and Tablet Snapshot” for more discussion.

Summary of Tablet Market: With Apple commanding the tablet market (we estimate 72%

in 2011 and 76% in 2012) and Samsung’s Galaxy tablet in a distant but commanding 2nd

CEVA is the leader in DSP technology in this space as it is in all non-CDMA tablets of

both Apple and Samsung. We believe more than 75% of tablets are non-CDMA. New

competitors – Sony, Acer, and Panasonic – all use CEVA-based technologies which

should allow CEVA to comfortably maintain and grow its share. We expect tablets to

increase from 17 million units in 2010 to 94.5 million in 2013. We estimate the share of

baseband DSPs for CEVA of tablets will represent about 3% in 2011 and about 6% in

2013 (yet in aggregate gain about 58 million units).

Licensing Revenue = Icing on the Cake Today, Growth Tomorrow: Licensing

Revenue is currently outpacing management forecasts at the beginning of the year ($18-

$19 million guided vs. 1H11 of $10.3 million). We also note an increase of $3.3 million in

deferred revenue on the balance sheet related to licensing. While this has been a

positive for this year’s results, we believe the more important takeaway is CEVA’s

technology acceptance in new generation products as most of the new licensing

agreements have been for 4G networks or using older CEVA offerings for new markets –

such as smart grid. We believe using CEVA – XC for smart grid applications when this

technology is also used for mobile handsets shows the breadth of the technology as well

as the incremental income potential of new markets.

As CEVA continues to grow its market share and customer base, we see potential upside

to our price target; however, due to macroeconomic concerns, we reiterate it at $34 and

our Outperform rating.

CEVA Inc.

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Selection of OEM Results and the Effects on CEVA

Samsung

Samsung reported strong 2Q11 handset/smartphone shipments QoQ growth of high

single digits with gains driven by smartphones (from all regions) which offset slight

weakness in feature phones. The market was flat quarter-over-quarter. Based on our

analysis of 374M handsets sold in the quarter, Samsung’s market share gained 150 basis

points. Most importantly, management is bullish on more share gains in 3Q11 with high

single digit or more quarter-over-quarter growth. This push is from the newer models –

Galaxy S and S II, Ace, Mini, and Gio. Each of these models is supported by CEVA

technologies if it’s on a non-CDMA network – which we estimate is upwards of 80% of the

models. Moreover, on future models that support CDMA/EV-DO (the LTE standard),

Samsung will use CEVA technologies in all of them.

Tablets: The majority of the Samsung Galaxy tablets are also supported by CEVA

technologies, and Samsung management expects shipments to be 5x 2010 levels (~1.5

million last year).

Bottom line: With Samsung growing market share on the back of smartphones, of which

the large majority are using CEVA technology, tablet growth, and future models further

increasing CEVA customer share, Samsung devices are quickly becoming a primary

driver for CEVA.

Apple

Apple shipped 20.3 million units in 2Q11. This is up from 18.6 million in 1Q11 and more

than double year-over-year. We estimate that 85-90% use CEVA technology since all

non-CDMA iPhones use CEVA. We expect 22 million units to be sold in 3Q and the

percentages to hold regarding CEVA based iPhones since the growth is coming from

emerging markets.

Tablets: Apple shipped 9.2 million tablets in the 2Q – up from 4.7 million in 1Q. For the

year, we estimate that Apple will sell 33.3 million compared to 7.5 million 2010. Like the

iPhone, a good majority of these use CEVA technology (again, all iPads that are not on

the CDMA network use CEVA technology).

Implications of the iPhone 5: We believe the market is overstating the downside risk to

CEVA of Apple potentially using Qualcomm as a sole source for chipsets in the iPhone 5.

We believe the unit impact over the next 12-18 months is overstated. We also believe that

longer term, CEVA is well positioned. First, let’s look at the numbers. Based on our

expectations for 2011, approximately 65 million iPhones will be sold using CEVA

technology. This represents about 5% of CEVA DSP basebands sold. Second, we

expect iPhone 5 sales in emerging markets (where we think most of the current strength

for Apple iPhone sales is) will be minimal as we believe the older Apple models, the 3GS

and the 4, will continue to dominate these markets’ sales – thus limiting the impact to

CEVA.

This leads us to believe that Apple will ultimately differentiate its offerings based on

networks/price points. What we mean by this is that we expect in the near term the

iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4 will continue to play a large role in sales to the emerging

markets – China, Brazil, India, etc. because the iPhone 5 will not only be too expensive for

CEVA Inc.

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these markets, but also over-specced. Moreover, Apple management has indicated they

view a lower price iPhone as integral to their strategy and used the 3GS as an example of

how older models will play a role in entering the lower price point markets.

If Apple develops a new phone for the emerging markets, this plays to CEVA’s strength –

being able to offer multi-network capable DSPs at very good price points relative to

performance. The 3GS and the 4 are a testament to this.

Bottom line: So while we view the potential QualComm – Apple relationship as a threat

to CEVA, we do not expect CEVA to lose a material amount of baseband units.

Nokia

Nokia shipped 88.5 million devices in 2Q11 vs. 108.5 million in 1Q11 with more than half

the decline coming from China (down 12.6 million units quarter-over-quarter). Looking at

handset breakdown, we estimate smartphone sales declined 7.5 million units and feature

phones declined 12.5 million units. Either trend if it continues is worrisome for CEVA in

the long run. However, over the next 6 – 12 months, we are not worried. First, CEVA is

gaining market share within Nokia. We estimate that within the 350 million units Nokia

sold in 2010, approximately 100 million units used CEVA DSP technology. In 2011, we

estimate Nokia will sell 391 million units and of this at least 200 million will use CEVA

technology. And in 2012, we expect the penetration trend to continue as we believe 100%

of Nokia feature phones will use CEVA going forward.

Second, we believe Nokia will be able to stabilize its sales by the time CEVA is fully

integrated in Nokia models by the end of 2012. We gain further confidence with the Nokia

management indicating it is focused on feature phones to the emerging markets – its

traditional strength – and this is CEVA’s strength within Nokia. Finally, the companies

Nokia is losing share to are companies that predominantly use or are trending their use

more to CEVA.

Bottom line: Yes, Nokia is losing share to its competitors but the perceived effects on

CEVA are overblown. Even with declining sales, CEVA should increase its units within

Nokia as its “market share” within Nokia increases. Second, the OEMs Nokia is losing

share to are competitors that use CEVA technology.

LG

LG reported increased shipments to 24.8 million units, up from 24.5 million last quarter,

but down from the year before. Its market share held steady at an estimated 6.6%. To

CEVA’s benefit, LG’s mix shifted more toward smart phones. Management noted positive

sales of the Optimus 2X/Black in Europe and the Optimus One in North America. All of

the European models and the non-CDMA models in North America use CEVA

technologies.

Bottom line: With LG’s focus on smartphones – especially with advanced features such

as 3D and 4G LTE – CEVA will benefit as these phones are expected to continue to use

CEVA-based technologies.

Sony-Ericsson

Sony-Ericsson shipped 7.6 million devices in 2Q, down 6.2% quarter-over-quarter and

down 30.9% year-over-year. Like LG, Sony-Ericsson saw increased sales of

smartphones. The earthquake in Japan is estimate to have shaved 1.5 million devices off

its sales. Also like LG, its smart phones use CEVA technologies.

CEVA Inc.

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Bottom line: As more OEMs look to the smartphone for growth, CEVA should benefit.

For 3Q, we expect modest growth for Sony-Ericsson based on smartphone sales and a

more normalized quarter after the earthquake.

Others + China

We believe CEVA continues to make inroads with ZTE, Micromax, and Huawei among

others. We’ll highlight one relationship: Mstar Semiconductor, known for its LCD monitor

and TV industry. However, it has entered the mobile phone chip business. It uses CEVA

DSP technology. Mstar has made inroads mostly in India and provides the basebands for

Micromax – a larger Indian carrier – and its successful Qube model line. We believe this

quarter really highlights CEVA strength in that it continues to grow its 2G business, has a

broad enough base to overcome weakness from a large customer, and has shown that it

can quickly penetrate the next generation market in developed countries.

China: While Spreadtrum hasn’t reported its 2Q11 results as of this writing, we expect it

to show continued market gains in China. Further, we note that China Mobile – using the

GSM (2G) and TD-SCDMA (3G) network – has the largest subscriber base for both, 581

million and 35 million, respectively. Both of these networks play to CEVA’s strengths.

Further, because of the different networks in China, CEVA’s DSP technology has the

ability to unify the different protocols onto a single DSP. And according to CEVA

management, the industry predicts Spreadtrum to have 40-45% of the TD-SCDMA market

in China.

CEVA Inc.

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Other companies mentioned in this report (prices a/o 6/20/11):

Qualcomm (QCOM - NASDAQ, $53.73, Outperform)

Nokia, (NOK – NYSE, $5.42, Perform)

Apple (AAPL – NASDAQ, $392.57, Outperform)

Samsung (005930 – KSE, 821000 KRW, Not Rated)

LG (003550 – KRX, 73200 KRW, Not Rated)

Broadcom (BRCM – NASDAQ, $36.10, Outperform)

Sony Corp. (SONY – TSE, $25.06, Not Rated)

Spreadtrum Communications (SPRD, $14.29, Not Rated)

CEVA Inc.

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Investment Thesis

CEVA, the leading baseband DSP solution provider, is well positioned to continue growing its market share as more

handsets come to market using its technology both in the 2G/3G feature phone market (developing countries) and the

smartphone markets (developed countries). Moreover, recent license agreements indicate the trend should continue as

handset makers move to 4G/LTE networks and CEVA licenses are moved to new markets such as the smart grid.

Price Target Calculation

Our $34 price target is derived using a peer group 2013 P/E multiple of 27x on our estimate of $1.25. As CEVA has become better

known in the investing world, it has traded most closely with a peer group that includes ARM Holdings (ARMH-NASDAQ, $25.21, Not

Rated) and Imagination Technologies (IMG.L-LSE, £3.27, Not Rated). Because each has similar end-markets and business model, we

believe this trend will continue. We believe due to ARMH's outsized market share and size, it should be trading at a premium while

IMG.L should be trading at a discount as CEVA has better longer term growth prospects. Thus, we believe that an average of the two

(27x 2013E P/E) seems most appropriate.

Key Risks to Price Target

Slow adoption of new technologies means slower growth; slow to innovate, as seen with 2G, first-mover advantage can be a defining

one; business model moves back toward vertically integrated semiconductor companies or moves in-house at the OEM level.

Important Disclosures and CertificationsAnalyst Certification - The author certifies that this research report accurately states his/her personal views about the

subject securities, which are reflected in the ratings as well as in the substance of this report.The author certifies that no

part of his/her compensation was, is, or will be directly or indirectly related to the specific recommendations or views

contained in this research report.

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Stock Prices as of August 4, 2011

Broadcom Corporation (BRCM - Nasdaq, 34.38, OUTPERFORM)QUALCOMM Incorporated (QCOM - Nasdaq, 51.25, OUTPERFORM)Nokia Corporation (NOK - NYSE, 5.02, PERFORM)Apple Inc. (AAPL - Nasdaq, 377.37, OUTPERFORM)

CEVA Inc.

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Distribution of Ratings/IB Services Firmwide

IB Serv/Past 12 Mos.

Rating Count Percent Count Percent

OUTPERFORM [O] 319 54.50 140 43.89

PERFORM [P] 256 43.80 84 32.81

UNDERPERFORM [U] 10 1.70 2 20.00

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