MIPS Technologies - MIPS Technologies Licenses High-Performance, Power-Efficient Processor to Novatek for Next-Generation SoC Designs

MIPS Technologies, Inc. (NasdaqGS: MIPS), a arch provider of industry-standard processor architectures and cores for home entertainment, communications, networking and carriageable multimedia markets, today appear that Novatek Microelectronics Corp. has accountant the MIPS32® 24KEc™ processor amount to ability beat cavity designs for a array of multimedia accessories for the agenda home. Based in Taiwan, Novatek is a apple baton in the development of solutions for high-growth markets including collapsed console displays, DTVs, set-top boxes (STBs), agenda still cameras and carriageable media devices.

“Today’s consumers ambition ball accessories that are both feature-rich and cost- and power-efficient,” said Tommy Chen, carnality president, Novatek Microelectronics. “Working with MIPS Technologies and the industry-standard MIPS architectonics gives us the adaptability to architecture above solutions that beat aggressive offerings.”

“We’re actual admiring that Novatek has called our 24KEc amount to architecture SoCs abnormally tailored to their ambition markets,” said Art Swift, carnality admiral of marketing, MIPS Technologies. “Leveraging our accumulated ability and MIPS’ administration in the agenda home will acquiesce Novatek to advance its aggressive bend and extend its ample ability about the world.”

The MIPS32 24KE™ amount ancestors leverages the top achievement 24K™ microarchitecture while accumulation the MIPS® DSP Application-Specific Extension (ASE). These instructions advance arresting processing achievement up to 200 percent over a ambit of anchored applications if compared to RISC implementations after the DSP ASE. The 24KE ancestors decidedly reduces all-embracing SoC die area, amount and ability consumption. The 24KE amount ancestors is accurate by a complete apartment of software development tools, the MIPS DSP Library and a third-party DSP applications network. This enables SoC designers to plan in a individual architecture ambiance and lower arrangement costs by brief DSP functionality assimilate a 24KE core.

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About Novatek
Novatek spun-off from UMC and was accustomed in 1997, specializing in affectation absolute solutions and angel processing accompanying products. The aggregation is one of the better FPD drivers and SoC suppliers in the world. Novatek is currently ranked No. 2 a allotment of the fabless companies in Taiwan, and No. 9 in the world. For added information, amuse appointment the company’s web website at www.novatek.com.tw.

About MIPS Technologies, Inc.
MIPS Technologies, Inc. (NasdaqGS: MIPS) is a arch provider of industry-standard processor architectures and cores that ability some of the world’s a lot of accepted articles for the home entertainment, communications, networking and carriageable multimedia markets. These cover broadband accessories from Linksys, DTVs and agenda chump accessories from Sony, DVD recordable accessories from Pioneer, agenda set-top boxes from Motorola, arrangement routers from Cisco, 32-bit microcontrollers from Microchip Technology and laser printers from Hewlett-Packard. Founded in 1998, MIPS Technologies is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with offices worldwide. For added information, acquaintance (408) 530-5000 or appointment www.mips.com.

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