MIPS Technologies Joins the Multicore Association to Drive Standards for Next-Generation Embedded Designs
November 27 2007 - 6:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Need for Standards Increases with Multi-core Proliferation MOUNTAIN
VIEW, Calif., Nov. 27 /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 it has joined the Multicore
Association, a global non-profit organization developing standards
to help speed time-to-market for products that feature multi-core
implementations. MIPS Technologies has extensive experience in
multi-processing, with the MIPS(R) architecture being widely used
in multi-core systems ranging from deeply embedded, low-power
applications to massively parallel supercomputers. As developers
increasingly turn to multi-core implementations to either boost
performance or decrease power consumption, there is a growing
requirement for software interface and tool standards. According to
industry analyst firm Venture Development Corporation (VDC),
revenue growth of the market for multi-core CPUs in embedded
applications is projected to be strong through 2011. VDC projects
2007 revenues to be $372 million, and estimates 2011 revenues will
be more than six times that amount. The firm says that revenues
will surpass the billion dollar mark as early as 2009. "Our
customers have long been successful in both homogenous and
heterogeneous multi-core implementations, and we will continue to
support the configurations that best suit their design parameters
and applications," said Jack Browne, vice president of marketing
for MIPS Technologies. "Standards, like those proposed by the
Multicore Association, are essential for the future development and
progression of the SoC market. Standards-based communication and
debug will help ease the transition to the software models needed
for next-generation multi-core designs." "As a leading provider of
processor architectures and cores for the embedded industry, we're
very pleased to welcome MIPS Technologies to the Multicore
Association," said Markus Levy, Multicore Association president.
"MIPS Technologies' renowned leadership in the embedded market as
well as its commitment to multi-processing systems will be
invaluable in helping us define future standards for multi-core
communication, resource and task management, and debug." About The
Multicore Association The Multicore Association provides a neutral
forum for vendors who are interested in, working with, and/or
proliferating multicore-related products, including processors,
infrastructure, devices, software, and applications. Currently, the
organization is set up with three working groups: Communications
API (CAPI), Debug API, and Transparent Inter Process Communication
(TIPC) protocol. Members include ARC International, Codeplay, Enea,
eSOL, Freescale Semiconductor, Imperas, Intel, Mentor Graphics,
MIPS Technologies, NEC Electronics America, Nokia Siemens Networks,
PolyCore Software, QNX, Texas Instruments, Tilera, the University
of York, and Wind River. Further information is available at
http://www.multicore-association.org/. About MIPS Technologies MIPS
Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:MIPS) is a leading provider of
industry-standard architectures, processor cores and analog IP 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 more than 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(TM) 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/. MIPS and MIPS-Based are trademarks or
registered trademarks of MIPS Technologies, Inc. in the United
States and other countries. All other trademarks referred to herein
are the property of their respective owners. DATASOURCE: MIPS
Technologies, Inc. CONTACT: Jen Bernier of MIPS Technologies, Inc.,
+1-650-567-5178, Web site: http://www.mips.com/
http://www.multicore-association.org/
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