Next-Generation MIPS-Based(TM) Designs Spotlight Innovation at Embedded Systems Conference
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SAN JOSE, Calif., April 3 - EMBEDDED SYSTEMS CONFERENCE - MIPS Technologies (NASDAQ:MIPS) will showcase a wide array of industry-leading processors and embedded technologies with partners and customers targeting digital consumer, broadband, networking and portable devices. With nearly 120 licensees and more than 900 MIPS-Based(TM) designs worldwide, MIPS Technologies powers some of the world's most popular and revolutionary products for home, office and mobile markets.
"Consumers increasingly demand more from their favorite products-superior performance, longer battery life, and cutting-edge features at appealing prices," said Jack Browne, vice president of marketing at MIPS Technologies. "As a market leader in digital home, communications and networking applications, we're empowering our customers to build ground-breaking, innovative products that consistently deliver these features and help them remain competitive in key emerging markets worldwide."
Among the MIPS-Based devices featured will include home networking storage powered by Broadcom and Maxtor, Sony's PSP personal gaming system, a single-use video camcorder from CVS featuring Zoran's COACH 7 chipset, digital cameras from Canon and Toshiba, and VoIP phones from D-Link, enabled by D2 Technologies.
MIPS' presenting partners displaying a host of next-generation products in booth # 1238 include:
o Cavium Networks will showcase products from Lanner and Portwell based on its OCTEON(TM) multicore MIPS64® processor targeted at networking, communications and security applications
o Raza Microelectronics Inc. will feature products based on its Alchemy and XLR processors, including Samsung's digital media broadcast mobile TV, the Blufin combination PMP/GPS/PDA from Tinnos, and NEC's VoTol Portable Media Player with voice translation
o PMC-Sierra will display its newly-announced high performance MSP7100 Series residential gateway SoCs, integrated with the multi-threaded MIPS32® 34K(TM) core
Central to MIPS Technologies' ability to support its customers' successful design initiatives is a robust ecosystem of software, debug tools and IP. This year at ESC, the MIPS Partner Pavilion will feature several key vendors and solutions, including:
o Express Logic's ThreadX® RTOS run on MIPS' ground-breaking 34K multi-threaded core for superior processor performance
o First Silicon Solutions' Eclipse-based Navigator(TM) IDE (Integrated Development Environment) for MIPS-Based software development. FS2 is a division of MIPS Technologies, Inc.
o Green Hills Software's high performance compilers, software development tools and real-time operating systems (RTOS) for developers of MIPS-Based embedded systems
o Mentor Graphics' Seamless software debugger connects to RTL hardware to speed software execution, and identify software/hardware problems
o Sonics' SMART Interconnect(TM) solutions, used in conjunction with MIPS cores and FS2 system-level debugging tools, for improved power management and faster time-to-market
o TimeSys' LinuxLink support empowering developers of MIPS-Based SoCs to rapidly and efficiently create their own commercial-grade custom Linux platform
o Viosoft's support for RTOS-aware debugging of embedded Linux and ThreadX running on the MIPS32 24K® Malta((TM) platform
o Virage Logic's Core Optimized IP Kits supporting the 24K, 24KE(TM) and 34K core families, delivering improved performance
ESC 2007 will be held from April 1-5 at the McEnery Convention Center, San Jose, Calif. Exhibit hours are Tuesday, April 3 12:00-7:00 pm, Wednesday, April 4 10:00 am-7:00 pm, and Thursday, April 5 10:30 am-3:30 pm.
About MIPS Technologies
MIPS Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:MIPS) is a leading provider of industry-standard processor architectures and cores for digital consumer, networking, personal entertainment, communications and business applications. The company drives the broadest architectural alliance that delivers 32- and 64-bit embedded RISC solutions to the embedded market, and in combination with its licensees, offers the widest range of robust, scalable processors in standard, custom, semi-custom and application-specific products worldwide. MIPS Technologies licenses its intellectual property (IP) to today's leading semiconductor companies, ASIC developers and system OEMs.
Today, MIPS-Based designs are integrated in millions of products around the world, including broadband devices from Linksys, digital cameras from Canon, DTVs and entertainment systems from Sony, DVD Recordable devices from Pioneer, digital set-top boxes from Motorola, network routers from Cisco and laser printers from Hewlett-Packard. Founded in 1998, MIPS Technologies is based in Mountain View, California, with offices worldwide. For more information, please contact (650) 567-5000 or visit http://www.mips.com/.
Source: MIPS Technologies, Inc.
CONTACT: Cathy Browne of MIPS Technologies, Inc., +1-650-567-5178, cbrowne@mips.com
Web site: http://www.mips.com/
