Companies Reach Agreement on Patent, Trademark Lawsuit
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., April 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MIPS
Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: MIPS), a leading provider of industry-standard
processor architectures and cores for digital consumer, networking,
personal entertainment, communications and business applications, today
announced that Trident Microsystems, Inc., a leading provider of digital TV
technology for the consumer digital video marketplace, has licensed the
MIPS32(R) 24KEc(TM) Pro core for use in Trident's next-generation consumer
devices. Additionally, the patent and trademark infringement lawsuit filed
by MIPS Technologies last December has been dismissed.
"We are pleased that Trident has selected MIPS Technologies' cores for
its next-generation digital SOC designs," said John Bourgoin, president and
CEO of MIPS Technologies. "Our joint success in resolving our differences
quickly avoided costs for both companies. MIPS and Trident are both leaders
in the DTV market, and working together, we are quite optimistic about the
inroads we can make. We are committed to the success of this new
collaboration."
"Trident is delighted that both companies are focused on mutually
beneficial business opportunities," said Dr. Jung-Herng Chang, president of
Trident. "Our engineers are excited to upgrade our core processing to the
MIPS family of high-performance microprocessors. As DTVs begin to access
broadband media, the demands on embedded CPU computational power will
increase. We believe the MIPS architecture and products will help us
continue to provide the competitive solutions our customers need to compete
effectively in the fast-changing digital era."
The MIPS32 24KE(TM) core family leverages the high-performance 24K(TM)
microarchitecture while incorporating the MIPS(R) DSP Application Specific
Extension (ASE). These instructions improve signal processing performance
up to 200 percent over a range of embedded applications when compared to
RISC implementations without the DSP ASE. The distinguishing feature of the
24KE family is that it provides very efficient DSP capability while
significantly reducing overall SoC die area, cost, and power consumption.
The 24KE core family is supported by a complete suite of software
development tools, the MIPS DSP Library, and a third party DSP applications
network. This enables SoC designers to work in a single design environment
and lower system costs by migrating DSP functionality onto a 24KE core.
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 currently owns
over 400 patent properties (patents and applications) worldwide, and
licenses its intellectual property 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.
About Trident Microsystems, Inc.
Trident Microsystems, Inc., with headquarters in Santa Clara,
California, designs, develops and markets digital media for the masses in
the form of integrated circuits (ICs) for HDTV, LCD TV, PDP TV, DLP TV, and
DCRT. Trident's products are sold to a network of OEMs, original design
manufacturers and system integrators worldwide. For further information
about Trident and its products, please consult the company's web site:
http://www.tridentmicro.com.
MIPS, MIPS-Based, MIPS32, 24KEc Pro, 24KE and 24K are trademarks or
registered trademarks of MIPS Technologies, Inc. in the United States and
other countries. Trident is a registered trademark of Trident Microsystems,
Inc. Features, pricing, availability and specifications are subject to
change without notice.
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