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DSP Group

American semiconductor company

DSP Group, Inc. was an American company that manufactured chipsets for VoIP, multimedia, and digital cordless applications. Founded in 1987 with headquarters in San Jose, California, DSP Group employed over 400 people at three US sites and offices in Germany, Scotland, Israel, India, Hong Kong and Japan until it was acquired by Synaptics.3 Its shares trade on NASDAQ under the symbol DSPG.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

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Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1987Founded1

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  • TickerDSPG on NASDAQ1
  • IndustryVoIP, Voice over IP1
  • HeadquartersSan Jose1
  • Websitewww.dspg.com
  • Incorporated inDE5
  • Business address2055 Gateway Place, Suite 480, San Jose, X1 951105
  • Filer categoryAccelerated filer5
  • Legal formLimited Partnership4
  • Kind of organizationLimited partnership1
  • LEI5493006ZSYKN81DV2B654
  • StatusActive4
  • LEI statusLapsed (not renewed)4
  • Registered addressC/O Jeffrey C Hamann, 92020 El Cajon, United States4
  • Registered withSecretary of State, 2013079000104

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Photo: Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons7

DSP Group, Inc. was an American company that manufactured chipsets for VoIP, multimedia, and digital cordless applications. Founded in 1987 with headquarters in San Jose, California, DSP Group employed over 400 people at three US sites and offices in Germany, Scotland, Israel, India, Hong Kong and Japan until it was acquired by Synaptics.3

Financials

From the company’s reports to the SEC. Every number links to the filing it came from.

Key numbers, fiscal 2020

50.8%Gross margin8
-7.1%Operating margin8
-5.9%Net margin8
-2.7%Revenue growth, 20208
-4.3%Return on equity8
$13.6MFree cash flow8

Where the money goes

Where each dollar of revenue went, fiscal 2020

  • Cost of revenue49¢$56.3M
  • Research and development31¢$35.5M
  • Other costs20¢$22.6M
  • Interest0¢$11.0K
  • Income tax0¢$80.0K

Out of $114.5M in revenue.8 The company lost money this year.

Where each dollar of operating cash went, fiscal 2020

  • Capital spending7¢$973.0K
  • Share buybacks26¢$3.7M
  • Kept or used elsewhere68¢$9.9M

Out of $14.6M of cash from operations.8

Financial statements

Revenue9108$114.5M in 2020−20% since 2014
0$50.0M$100.0M$150.0M2014: $143.0M$143.0M20142015: $144.3M$144.3M2015+1%2016: $137.9M$137.9M2016−4%2017: $124.8M$124.8M2017−10%2018: $117.4M$117.4M2018−6%2019: $117.6M$117.6M2019+0%2020: $114.5M$114.5M2020−3%
Gross profit91011128$58.2M in 2020+2% since 2014
0$20.0M$40.0M$60.0M$80.0M2014: $57.0M$57.0M20142015: $59.9M$59.9M2015+5%2016: $60.8M$60.8M2016+2%2017: $57.7M$57.7M2017−5%2018: $57.4M$57.4M2018−0%2019: $59.5M$59.5M2019+4%2020: $58.2M$58.2M2020−2%
Operating income91011128-$8.1M in 2020+1729% since 2014
-$10.0M-$5.0M0$5.0M2014: -$443.0K-$443.0K20142015: $714.0K$714.0K20152016: $4.2M$4.2M2016+485%2017: -$4.8M-$4.8M20172018: -$5.6M-$5.6M2018+18%2019: -$4.4M-$4.4M2019−22%2020: -$8.1M-$8.1M2020+84%
Net income91011128-$6.8M in 2020
-$10.0M-$5.0M0$5.0M2014: $3.6M$3.6M20142015: $1.6M$1.6M2015−57%2016: $4.8M$4.8M2016+208%2017: -$3.0M-$3.0M20172018: -$2.0M-$2.0M2018−35%2019: -$1.2M-$1.2M2019−39%2020: -$6.8M-$6.8M2020+471%
Fiscal year2014201520162017201820192020
Revenue$143.0M9$144.3M10$137.9M10$124.8M10$117.4M8$117.6M8$114.5M8
Cost of revenue$86.0M9$84.4M10$77.0M10$67.1M10$60.0M8$58.1M8$56.3M8
Gross profit$57.0M9$59.9M10$60.8M11$57.7M12$57.4M8$59.5M8$58.2M8
Research and development$33.5M9$35.5M10$34.9M11$36.7M12$36.1M8$35.6M8$35.5M8
Operating income-$443.0K9$714.0K10$4.2M11-$4.8M12-$5.6M8-$4.4M8-$8.1M8
Interest$24.0K9$12.0K10$16.0K11$14.0K12$15.0K8$15.0K8$11.0K8
Income tax-$2.8M9$327.0K10$594.0K11-$92.0K12-$1.9M8-$1.6M8-$80.0K8
Net income$3.6M9$1.6M10$4.8M11-$3.0M12-$2.0M8-$1.2M8-$6.8M8
Earnings per share$0.169$0.0710$0.2211-$0.1411-$0.0911
Earnings per share (diluted)$0.169$0.0710$0.2111-$0.1411-$0.0911

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Corporate structure

DSP Group sits at the top of its group. 1 entity, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Major holders of DSP Group

  • DSP Group El Cajon, California, United States

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What DSP Group reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Property and equipment

ItemLatestA year beforeChange
Property and equipment, before depreciation$28.4M8 Dec 31, 2020$26.8M8 Dec 31, 2019+5.9%
Accumulated depreciation$21.8M8 Dec 31, 2020$20.0M8 Dec 31, 2019+9.1%
Property and equipment, net$6.6M8 Dec 31, 2020$6.8M8 Dec 31, 2019−3.4%
Operating-lease assets (leased space)$11.1M8 Dec 31, 2020$11.7M8 Dec 31, 2019−4.7%

Investments

ItemLatestA year beforeChange
Cash and cash equivalents$16.9M8 Dec 31, 2020$28.7M8 Dec 31, 2019−41.1%
Marketable securities, current$50.6M8 Dec 31, 2020$39.1M8 Dec 31, 2019+29.3%
Debt securities available for sale$88.8M8 Dec 31, 2020$87.0M8 Dec 31, 2019+2.2%
Long-term investments$60.5M8 Dec 31, 2020$62.9M8 Dec 31, 2019−3.9%

Intangibles and goodwill

ItemLatestA year beforeChange
Goodwill$13.1M8 Dec 31, 2020$6.2M8 Dec 31, 2019+109.9%
Intangible assets, net (excluding goodwill)$7.5M8 Dec 31, 2020$661.0K8 Dec 31, 2019+1042.1%
Finite-lived intangibles, gross$10.0M8 Dec 31, 2020$2.1M8 Dec 31, 2019+379.7%
Accumulated amortization$2.5M8 Dec 31, 2020$1.4M8 Dec 31, 2019+72.5%
Finite-lived intangibles, net$7.5M8 Dec 31, 2020$661.0K8 Dec 31, 2019+1042.1%

Inventory

ItemLatestA year beforeChange
Inventory, total$9.1M8 Dec 31, 2020$7.5M8 Dec 31, 2019+21.4%
Work in process$6.0M8 Dec 31, 2020$4.5M8 Dec 31, 2019+32.4%
Finished goods$3.1M8 Dec 31, 2020$3.0M8 Dec 31, 2019+4.6%

The story

DSP Group was founded in 1987 by Davidi Gilo, who served as the company's CEO and chairman until 1993.

DSP Group developed the world's first telephony answering device (TAD) speech processor in 1989. The company entered the digital cordless industry with the acquisition of Advanced Micro Devices' (AMD) 900 MHz technology in 1999, and the subsequent development of 900 MHz narrow-band cordless and 2.4 GHz multi-handset technology.

In 1993 one of the company's co-founders and its CTO Shabtai Adlersberg started a new company AudioCodes, with the initial investment provided by the DSP Group. AudioCodes became a provider of VoIP technology, and had an initial public offering on the NASDAQ in 1999. In 2004 DSP Group sold all its holdings in AudioCodes making a significant profit on its initial investment.

In 1994 the DSP Group had an initial public offering on the NASDAQ.

In 1996 DSP Group spun off its cellular chip design and development division into a new company called DSP Communications (DSPC). DSP Communications had an initial public offering on the NASDAQ the same year. In 1999 Intel bought DSP Communications for US$1.6 billion.

In November 2002, DSP's IP licensing division and the Irish company Parthus Technologies Plc were merged to form a new company called CEVA, Inc.

DSP Group entered into the multimedia communications sector with the acquisition of Teleman Multimedia in 2003. Incorporating VoIP and Wi-Fi technologies obtained through the acquisition of VoicePump and Bermai, DSP Group entered the residential multimedia communications over broadband market with the 2006 development of a chipset integrating DECT and Wi-Fi technologies with an application processor. DSP Group acquired NXP Semiconductors' cordless and VoIP terminals business in 2007.

On 30 August 2021, San Jose, California-based developer of human interface (HMI) hardware and software Synaptics announced that it would acquire the company.

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DSP Group provided integrated circuits for residential communications products in three areas: connected multimedia screens, VoIP cordless phones, and digital cordless products.

Affiliations included:

DECT Forum, for the digital enhanced cordless telecommunications standard

European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI)

CAT-iq Marketing Working Group

ETSI CAT-iq working groups

Wi-Fi Alliance

CableLabs

Home Gateway Initiative (HGI)

Business data

DSP Group at Google Finance

DSP Group at Yahoo! Finance

DSP Group at Hoover's

DSP Group at Standard and Poor's

DSP Group SEC filings at EDGAR Online

DSP Group IR site

From Wikipedia’s article on DSP Group, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.6

Leadership

Who has led DSP Group, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Chief executive

  1. Inon Beracha2006
  2. Eliyahu Ayalon2006–2010
  3. Ofer Elyakim2010–2021

Chair

  1. Eliyahu Ayalon2006–2010

President

  1. Tal Simchony2006–2007
  2. Brian Neil Robertson2007–2011
  3. Ofer Elyakim2009–2010

Chief financial officer

  1. Moshe Zelnik2006
  2. Dror Levy2006–2021

Chief operating officer

  1. Boaz Edan2006–2010
  2. David Dahan2012–2016
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Board members and other officers (20)

Products and brands

  • Voice over IP

Listed on Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. Dec 2, 20218-K Completed an acquisition or sale; Listing notice or transfer; Change to shareholders' rights45
  2. Nov 30, 20218-K Shareholder vote46
  3. Nov 19, 20218-K Other events47
  4. Nov 3, 20218-K Results of operations48
  5. Jan 29, 2010New chief executive Ofer Elyakim becomes CEO15
  6. Feb 13, 2006New chief executive Eliyahu Ayalon becomes CEO17
  7. Jan 5, 2006New chief executive Inon Beracha becomes CEO16
  8. Nov 6, 1998Went public Listed on NASDAQ1
  9. 1987Founded Founded1

Calendar

When it reported results

  1. Nov 3, 2021Reported quarterly or annual results48

Upcoming dates from Nasdaq's calendar; past results from the company's 8-K filings (Item 2.02). The full markets calendar

Filings

40 filings to the SEC since October 2021: 1 quarterly reports, 4 major events, 12 insider forms, 2 large holders, 21 other. The latest 20:

  1. Feb 9, 2022SC 13G/A DSP GROUP, INC. EDGAR
  2. Dec 13, 202115-12B EDGAR
  3. Dec 9, 2021SC 13G EDGAR
  4. Dec 3, 20214 EDGAR
  5. Dec 3, 20214 EDGAR
  6. Dec 3, 20214 EDGAR
  7. Dec 2, 20214 EDGAR
  8. Dec 2, 20214 EDGAR
  9. Dec 2, 20214 EDGAR
  10. Dec 2, 20214 EDGAR
  11. Dec 2, 20214 EDGAR
  12. Dec 2, 20214 EDGAR
  13. Dec 2, 20218-K EDGAR
  14. Dec 2, 202125-NSE EDGAR
  15. Dec 2, 2021S-8 POS EDGAR
  16. Dec 2, 2021S-8 POS EDGAR
  17. Dec 2, 2021S-8 POS EDGAR
  18. Dec 2, 2021S-8 POS EDGAR
  19. Dec 2, 2021S-8 POS EDGAR
  20. Dec 2, 2021S-8 POS EDGAR

The 40 filings since October 2021 can be filtered by form type and year here when JavaScript is on.

Every filing from the last five years, summarized. The full record is on SEC EDGAR.

Insider trades

3 open-market trades by officers, directors and large owners since October 2021: 0 buys and 3 sales. Grants, option exercises and gifts are left out.

DateWhoTradeSharesPriceValueFiling
Nov 15, 2021Chen TaliChief Business OfficerSale1,156$21.94$25.4KForm 4
Nov 10, 2021Chen TaliChief Business OfficerSale1,130$21.93$24.8KForm 4
Nov 8, 2021Chen TaliChief Business OfficerSale403$21.94$8.8KForm 4

From Forms 4 filed with the SEC.

Major holders

Investors who own more than 5% of the shares must tell the SEC: a 13D if they may seek to influence the company, a 13G if they hold passively.

Funding

Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.

Money received by year$244.3K 2020–2020
Money received by yearMoney received by year, 2020–2020: $244.3K in all. PPP loans $244.3K.$0$100K$200K$300K2020 · PPP loans: $244.3K2020
Figures by year
YearPPP loansTotal
2020$244.3K$244.3K

PPP loans

Paycheck Protection Program loans of $150,000 and up, approved April 2020 to July 2021, from the SBA51. Matched to this company by name and state.

  1. Apr 14, 2020$244.3K PPP loan (first draw) from Valley National Bank51To DSP GROUP INC, San Jose CA; $247.0K forgiven May 21, 2021

SEC filer profile

How DSP Group is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, from its EDGAR record and the cover page of its latest annual report.

  • Name on EDGARDSP GROUP INC /DE/2
  • CIK0000915778
  • Employer ID (EIN)94-26836432
  • Filer statusAccelerated filer2
  • Incorporated inDelaware2
  • Fiscal year endsDecember 312
  • Industry code (SIC)3674 Semiconductors & Related Devices2
  • Business address2055 Gateway Place, Suite 480, San Jose, X1 951102
  • Phone972-9-952-96962
  • Shares outstanding24,252,324 as of Nov 1, 202152
  • Public float$349.4M as of Jun 30, 20208
  • On EDGAR sinceMay 15, 19962
  • Filings1,132 in all: 4 (453), 8-K (184), SC 13G/A (87), 10-Q (78), SC 13G (32), SC 13D/A (28), S-8 (27), 5 (26)2
    All 42 form types

    10-K (25), 3 (24), DEF 14A (24), DEFA14A (22), S-8 POS (19), UPLOAD (17), 4/A (13), CORRESP (9), SD (8), 10-Q/A (6), SC 13D (6), ARS (5), DFAN14A (5), PRE 14A (4), 8-K/A (3), S-3 (3), 10-K/A (2), 424B2 (2), 425 (2), CT ORDER (2), DEFC14A (2), PREC14A (2), 15-12B (1), 25-NSE (1), 3/A (1), 8-A12B (1), 8-A12G (1), DEFM14A (1), DEFR14A (1), NT 10-K (1), NT 10-Q (1), PREM14A (1), PRRN14A (1), S-3/A (1)

  • Latest filingsAnnual report (10-K) Mar 15, 2021
    Quarterly report (10-Q) Nov 9, 2021
    Proxy statement (DEF 14A) Apr 30, 2021
    Latest 8-K (8-K) Dec 2, 2021

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