Products Powered by MIPS Technologies get Top Honors
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Jan. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MIPS
Technologies, Inc., (Nasdaq: MIPS), a leading provider of industry-standard
architectures, processor cores and analog IP for digital consumer, home
networking, wireless, communications and business applications, today
announced that a broad array of the world's leading consumer electronics
companies debuted and demonstrated design innovations based on the
industry-leading MIPS(R) architecture at last week's Consumer Electronics
Show (CES) in Las Vegas.
"The most innovative consumer products are launched each year at CES,
and this year was no exception," said Jack Browne, vice president of
marketing at MIPS Technologies. "The MIPS architecture and cores were
prolific throughout CES, from high-end home theater products to the latest
in home networking. MIPS-Based(TM) products generated tremendous buzz at
the show, and several won coveted CES Innovation Awards."
Top MIPS-Based Highlights
Philips Consumer Electronics was honored with the coveted "Best in
Show" in the annual "CNET Best of CES" awards for its 42" 1080p LCD HDTV
with advanced power saving technologies.
Winning a CES "Best of Innovations 2008" award was Sling Media's
SlingCatcher(TM), a set-top box (STB) that lets users "sling" video content
from one TV to another and from a PC or laptop to a TV. The SlingCatcher
leverages NXP Semiconductors' STB810 IP solution, based on the Philips
Nexperia PNX8550 home entertainment engine, which combines a MIPS32(R)
application processor with two powerful DSPs for advanced AV processing.
VUDU Inc.'s VUDUBX100 was also honored with an "Innovations 2008"
award. The company launched the VUDU XL, a new high-end version of its
already successful VUDU box for integration into high-end home theaters.
The VUDU XL has one terabyte of storage to hold 500 movies and uses a
peer-to-peer scheme to download movies.
Additionally, Polaroid Consumer Electronics' next generation HDTV STB
was honored with an "Innovations 2008" award. Its new Freescape(TM) Digital
Media Exchange, which incorporates a MIPS-based chip from Sigma Designs, is
designed to capture and manage personal media including pictures, camcorder
video, music, and TV shows.
Westell Technologies' new UltraLine(TM) Series3 was another
"Innovations 2008" award honoree. The UltraLine Series 3 Digital Home
Controller delivers a comprehensive set of broadband services-including
IPTV, media sharing, home security, remote access and energy management-to
networked devices throughout the home.
Additional MIPS-Based Show Highlights
AMD
AMD announced a new family of AMD Xilleon(TM) panel processors designed
to provide unrivaled visual quality in liquid crystal display (LCD) digital
TVs. The technology was chosen by Samsung for its patented 120Hz Motion
Compensated Frame Interpolation (McFi(TM)) solution. Mitsubishi's MZW
series 120Hz LCD TVs are based on Samsung's McFi solution and the AMD
Xilleon panel processor.
Broadcom Corporation
Broadcom made several announcements at CES, including that the company
is collaborating with Microsoft to enable Microsoft Mediaroom(TM) IPTV
client software to operate on next-generation STBs utilizing the
Broadcom(R) BCM7405 System-on-a-Chip (SoC). The BCM7405 combines a fast
1000-DMIPS MIPS32 CPU for high-speed graphics processing. Broadcom also
announced two SoC solutions for direct broadcast satellite STBs; the
BCM7335, a high-definition dual channel PVR satellite which operates on a
dual-threaded MIPS core running at 450 MHz resulting in over 950 DMIPS in
performance, as well as the BCM7325 a low cost single tuner satellite SoC.
Broadcom's new BCM7440 SoC, provided with a turnkey Blu-ray Disc(R) and HD
DVD reference design, leverages a multi-core MIPS architecture.
Broadcom also announced that its dual-band 802.11n solutions deliver
the first real Wi-Fi multimedia experience by boosting the performance and
range of Wi-Fi products. Routers with Broadcom's Gigabit Ethernet
processor, the BCM4705, provide ample bandwidth for several HD video
streams, plus voice over IP (VoIP) calls. The company also demonstrated a
DTV design platform that enables connection to the web and home network,
allowing consumers to access personal videos, photos and music from their
televisions.
Cisco
Cisco(R) introduced the latest additions to its 8500HDC Digital Video
Recorder (DVR) Set-Top Series. The new 8500HDC DVR models offer a broader
set of features and technical innovations to enable delivery of
next-generation visual networking experiences, including sharing Internet
services and content across multiple device platforms and the portability
of personal photos and video content.
Entropic Communications
Entropic Communications announced it is partnering with D-Link to
provide the industry's first home networking MoCA 1.0 compliant bridge for
consumers, online gamers and digital home entertainment enthusiasts.
D-Link's DXN-220 incorporates Entropic's EN2210 c.LINK chip set, which
enables a complete coaxial networking solution for the distribution of
multiple streams of HD video, digital, voice, broadband data and other
digital content.
Entropic also joined with Oxford Semiconductor to demonstrate a HANA
(High Definition Audio Video Network Alliance) over MoCA (Multimedia Over
Coax Alliance) entertainment network. This was the first demonstration
leveraging a MoCA PHY in HANA-enabled devices. The two companies
additionally showcased combined technologies that create a MoCA-enabled
network attached storage device. Entropic recently announced it has
surpassed the milestone of 10 million shipments of its MIPS-Based c.LINK
chipsets for connected home entertainment.
RMI Corporation
RMI launched the industry's fastest and most power-optimized consumer
processor for multi-function portable media players, enabling media
playback, mobile TV reception, GPS navigation, Internet browsing and
running Windows CE. The new MIPS-Based RMI Alchemy(TM) Au1250 Media
Processor brings 700MHz performance at remarkably low power. RMI also
announced with BSQUARE that the companies are collaborating to support
Adobe Flash Lite 3.0 on the Au1250 Media Processor. RMI announced that
multiple customers selected the new Media Processor, including:
-- COWON Systems, a global leader in digital multimedia solutions, for its
Q5w PMP
-- Digital Cube, the largest provider of full-featured portable media
solutions, for its latest offerings -- the iStation U43 and the
iStation T7 multi-function PMPs
-- Geotel, a worldwide navigation leader, for its XROAD MO1000
navigation-based powerful multi-function PMP
-- Hyundai Autonet (HD Autonet), the largest automotive electronics
company in Korea, for its Personal Navigation Device -- the Broadzone
BZN-600
-- Reigncom (iRiver), a leader in global digital device markets, for its
recently announced iRiver P10 PMP with touch screen
-- Yukyung (Viliv), for its latest mobile multimedia devices -- the X5 and
the X70 Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) supporting HSDPA, WiFi and
Bluetooth(TM) wireless connectivity on top of PMP, mobile TV, GPS
navigation, dictionary and Internet browsing with Adobe Flash on a
touch screen-based Windows CE system
Sigma Designs
Sigma Designs demonstrated several technologies that leverage MIPS
cores, including its next generation SoC media processor technology,
Blu-ray player reference design, IPTV STB with the latest Microsoft
Mediaroom IPTV platform, DOCSIS 3 and OCAP middleware working with Sigma's
SMP8634 SoC for HDTVs incorporating digital cable, a DTV reference design
showing ATSC and PVR middleware, VXP image processing demonstrations, and
the latest Microsoft Media Center extender (MCX) platform based on Sigma's
SMP8634 SoC.
Several leading consumer electronics companies also demonstrated
products that leverage MIPS-Based chips from Sigma Designs. These include
Tatung's STB and multimedia server products, TV Guide's new consumer PVR
product and Gracenote's integrated media player STB for DLNA-compliant
playback and Gracenote MusicID, Cover Art, Playlist, and other advanced
technologies.
SRS Labs
SRS Labs, Inc. announced that SRS WOW HD audio enhancement technology
is now available for the RMI Alchemy(TM) family of multimedia applications
processors, and that Digital Cube is its first public licensee. Initially
enabled through a relationship with MIPS Technologies, the WOW HD solution
is applicable for multimedia devices supporting music and video, GPS-based
navigation, digital photo frames and mobile TV.
Teledex
Teledex selected Broadcom's voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)
technology for three of its newest IP phones. The Teledex IP phones
leverage Broadcom's BCM1103 VoIP processor that combines superior voice
services with rich, graphical content to meet the needs of hotel
environments.
Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc (TAEC)
Toshiba announced the latest addition to its popular line of SoC ICs
for mass-market ATSC high-definition LCD TVs, the TC90413XBG. The
TC90413XBG IC incorporates a 64-bit 333 MHz MIPS processor. It is available
as part of TAEC's new Customizable Universal DTV Platform (CUDP) for DTV
applications.
Toshiba also announced that the company's TX4961 64-bit automotive
graphics controller is now compatible with the QNX(R) Neutrino(R) real-time
operating system (RTOS). The TX4961 integrates a MIPS CPU with a display
controller and hardware graphics accelerators in a single SoC IC.
Zoran Corporation
Zoran Corporation demonstrated its new HD DVD, Blu-ray Disc, HDTV,
digital camera and connected technologies. These included the SupraHD(R)
high definition television designs and STB products, as well as new digital
camera design platforms and new models from Nikon, Olympus, Pentax,
Samsung, Sony and others using the COACH digital camera processor. Zoran
also demonstrated the new VaddisHD(TM) High Definition Multimedia Processor
platforms supporting both Blu-ray Disc and HD-DVD formats, and new combo
products based on Zoran's Activa(R) 200 family of processors.
Processor Business Group
MIPS Technologies provides the number one processor architecture across
a wide array of high-growth markets, including digital television,
broadband access, WiFi, cable set-top boxes, DVD recorders, HD DVD, Blu-ray
Disc, mobile gaming, multi-function PMPs and VoIP. The company offers the
most comprehensive line of processor cores available for the embedded
market-ranging from high-performance to low power products with unique
efficiencies and cost advantages for next-generation SoC designs. MIPS
Technologies licenses its intellectual property to leading semiconductor
companies, ASIC developers and system OEMs. As an industry-standard
architecture for more than two decades, MIPS Technologies provides the most
extensive range of scalable microprocessors in standard, custom,
semi-custom and application-specific products worldwide. The MIPS(R)
Ecosystem provides a robust infrastructure of world-class standard tools,
software suites and services to help ensure rapid, reliable, high-quality
and cost-effective SoC development.
About MIPS Technologies, Inc.
MIPS Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: MIPS) is the world's second largest
semiconductor design IP company and the number one analog IP company
worldwide. With more than 250 customers around the globe, MIPS Technologies
powers some of the world's most popular products for the digital consumer,
broadband, wireless, networking and portable media markets-including
broadband devices from Linksys, DTVs and entertainment systems from Sony,
DVD recordable devices from Pioneer, digital set-top boxes from Motorola,
network routers from Cisco, 32-bit microcontrollers from Microchip
Technology and laser printers from Hewlett- Packard. Today, the company
owns more than 400 patent properties (patents and applications) worldwide.
Founded in 1998, MIPS Technologies is headquartered in Mountain View,
California, with offices worldwide. For more information, contact (650)
567-5000 or visit http://www.mips.com.
MIPS, MIPS32 and MIPS-Based are trademarks or registered trademarks of
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CONTACT:
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