MIPS Technologies and Actions Semiconductor Collaborate to Bring Android(TM) 'Honeycomb' to New 1.3GHz Chipset for Tablets
May 31 2011 - 9:00AM
MIPS Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:MIPS), a leading provider of
industry-standard processor architectures and cores for digital
home, networking and mobile applications, and Actions Semiconductor
Co., Ltd. (Nasdaq:ACTS), one of China's leading fabless
semiconductor companies that provides solutions for portable
consumer electronics, announced that they are collaborating to
bring Android™ 3.0, also known as "Honeycomb," to a new 1.3GHz
MIPS-Based™ chipset from Actions. Honeycomb is the newest version
of the Android operating system designed specifically for tablets
and other large format products. After recently announcing that it
is porting Honeycomb to the MIPS® architecture, MIPS is now porting
Honeycomb to MIPS-Based™ tablets, with support from Actions.
The new high-performance system-on-chip (SoC) from Actions
leverages a superscalar MIPS32® 74Kf™ core (with floating point
unit) running at 1.3GHz. In addition to Android, the new chip
incorporates an OpenGL ES 2.0 3D graphics processing unit, USB 2.0
OTG, HDMI 1.3, support for multi-format high definition 1080p video
encoding and decoding, and other advanced functionality. Actions
and MIPS will also work together to enable the platform with Adobe®
Flash® Player 10.2 optimized for the MIPS® architecture.
"With its new 1.3GHz chip specifically designed for tablets,
Actions is a flag bearer for the MIPS architecture in the mobile
market," said Art Swift, vice president of marketing and business
development, MIPS Technologies. "This is one of the first times a
MIPS licensee has achieved such high frequency with a MIPS-Based
SoC targeted for mobile applications. As MIPS continues to make
inroads into the mobile market, we are working closely with
innovative licensees such as Actions to enable them to deliver
fully optimized MIPS-Based solutions for their specific target
applications."
"With the MIPS architecture, we are able to achieve extremely
high performance with power efficiency that differentiates our
solutions in the market. For more than 10 years, Actions has
experienced success in the market with SoCs for portable consumer
electronics. Our MIPS-Based chips are already shipping in portable
media player products including our Series 23, 25, 27, game family
G1000, tablet family ATM70, and a feature phone. Now we are pleased
to collaborate with MIPS to deliver a chip specifically designed
for tablets. Into this SoC we have integrated the most advanced
technologies that will provide an ideal user experience," said
Robert Wang, vice president of marketing, Actions
Semiconductor.
Availability
The new chip from Actions will be available in the third quarter
of 2011.
About Actions Semiconductor
Actions Semiconductor is one of China's leading fabless
semiconductor companies that provides mixed-signal and multimedia
SoC solutions for portable consumer electronics. Actions
Semiconductor products include SoCs, firmware, software, solution
development kits, as well as detailed specifications of other
required components and the providers of those components. Actions
Semiconductor also provides total product and technology solutions
that allow customers to quickly introduce new portable consumer
electronics to the mass market in a cost effective way. The company
is headquartered in Zhuhai, China, with offices in Beijing,
Shanghai, and Shenzhen. For more information, please visit the
Actions Semiconductor website at http://www.actions-semi.com.
About MIPS Technologies, Inc.
MIPS Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:MIPS) is a leading provider of
industry-standard processor architectures and cores that power some
of the world's most popular products for the digital home,
networking and mobile device markets. These include broadband
devices from Linksys, DTVs and digital consumer devices 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.
Founded in 1998, MIPS Technologies is headquartered in Sunnyvale,
California, with offices worldwide. For more information, contact
(408) 530-5000 or visit www.mips.com.
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CONTACT: Media Contact for MIPS:
Jen Bernier-Santarini
MIPS Technologies, Inc.
+1 408-530-5178
jenb@mips.com
Investor Relations Contact for Actions:
Lisa Laukkanen
The Blueshirt Group
+1 415-217-4967
lisa@blueshirtgroup.com
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