MIPS-Based Home Entertainment, Networking, Gaming, VoIP and Portable Media
Devices Poised to Deliver Ultimate Consumer Experience
SAN JOSE, Calif., April 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- 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:
-- Cavium Networks will showcase products from Lanner and Portwell
based on its OCTEON(TM) multicore MIPS64(R) processor targeted at
networking, communications and security applications
-- 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
-- PMC-Sierra will display its newly-announced high performance MSP7100
Series residential gateway SoCs, integrated with the multi-threaded
MIPS32(R) 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:
-- Express Logic's ThreadX(R) RTOS run on MIPS' ground-breaking 34K
multi- threaded core for superior processor performance
-- First Silicon Solutions' Eclipse-based Navigator(TM) IDE (Integrated
Development Environment) for MIPS-Based software development. FS2 is a
division of MIPS Technologies, Inc.
-- Green Hills Software's high performance compilers, software
development tools and real-time operating systems (RTOS) for developers of
MIPS-Based embedded systems
-- Mentor Graphics' Seamless software debugger connects to RTL hardware
to speed software execution, and identify software/hardware problems
-- 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
-- TimeSys' LinuxLink support empowering developers of MIPS-Based SoCs
to rapidly and efficiently create their own commercial-grade custom Linux
platform
-- Viosoft's support for RTOS-aware debugging of embedded Linux and
ThreadX running on the MIPS32 24K(R) Malta(TM) platform
-- Virage Logic's Core Optimized IP Kits supporting the 24K, 24KE(TM)
and 34K core families, delivering improved performance
Note to editors: 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.
NOTE: MIPS, MIPS-Based, MIPS32, MIPS64, Malta, First Silicon Solutions,
FS2, Navigator, 24K, 24KE and 34K are trademarks or registered trademarks
in the United States and other countries of MIPS Technologies, Inc. All
other trademarks referred to herein are the property of their respective
owners.
SOURCE MIPS Technologies, Inc.
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Related links:
http://www.mips.com/
CONTACT:
Cathy Browne of MIPS Technologies, Inc.,
+1-650-567-5178, or cbrowne@mips.com
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