Business	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2012
Business [Abstract]
Business	NOTE 1: BUSINESS The financial information in this quarterly report includes the results of CEVA, Inc. and its subsidiaries (the "Company" or "CEVA"). CEVA licenses a family of programmable DSP cores and application-specific platforms, including wireless baseband (both terminal and infrastructure), HD video and imaging, HD audio, Voice over IP, Bluetooth, Serial ATA (SATA) and Serial Attached SCSI (SAS). CEVA's technologies are licensed to leading semiconductor and original equipment manufacturer (OEM) companies in the form of intellectual property (IP). These companies design, manufacture, market and sell application-specific integrated circuits ("ASICs") and application-specific standard products ("ASSPs") based on CEVA's technology to OEM companies for incorporation into a wide variety of end products.

NOTE 1: BUSINESS

The financial information in this quarterly report includes the results of CEVA, Inc. and its subsidiaries (the "Company" or "CEVA").

CEVA licenses a family of programmable DSP cores and application-specific platforms, including wireless baseband (both terminal and infrastructure), HD video and imaging, HD audio, Voice over IP, Bluetooth, Serial ATA (SATA) and Serial Attached SCSI (SAS).

CEVA's technologies are licensed to leading semiconductor and original equipment manufacturer (OEM) companies in the form of intellectual property (IP). These companies design, manufacture, market and sell application-specific integrated circuits ("ASICs") and application-specific standard products ("ASSPs") based on CEVA's technology to OEM companies for incorporation into a wide variety of end products.