MIPS Technologies Builds on Leadership Position in Products for the Digital Living Room
29 October 2007 - 9:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
One of Taiwan's Largest Fabless Semiconductor Companies - SiS -
Licenses MIPS32(R) 24Kc(TM) Core for Advanced Video Applications
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Oct. 29 /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 SiS Holding Ltd., a
subsidiary of Silicon Integrated Systems Corp. (SiS), has licensed
the MIPS32(R) 24Kc(TM) synthesizable processor core to advance
development of applications for consumer electronics. Asia Pacific
continues to be the fastest growing region for MIPS Technologies,
driving the company's continued leadership in markets including
cable set-top boxes, DVD recorders and cable modems. According to
market research firm In-Stat in its Consumer Electronics Rollup
2007, the market for these digital consumer products is expanding
significantly: DVD recorders are growing at a 33% annual rate, set
top boxes will see 18.5% growth through 2010, and portable digital
audio players will show significant worldwide growth of 41.8%
annually. "As a leading provider of core logic chipsets in Taiwan
and beyond, we are pleased that SiS has selected the
MIPS-Verified(TM) 24Kc core for its next-generation digital
entertainment applications," said Brad Holtzinger, vice president
of worldwide sales at MIPS Technologies. "We look forward to
teaming with SiS to bring high-performance solutions to market as
products for the digital living room continue to proliferate." "We
are pleased to be working closely with the market leader in digital
consumer IP as SiS continues to gain traction in that market," said
Michael Chen, CTO at SiS. "We chose the MIPS 24Kc not only because
we believe it offers the perfect combination of high performance
and area and power efficiency, but also because the MIPS ecosystem,
including development tools, reference flows, and partners across
the design chain will help us to quickly bring high-quality
products to market." The MIPS32(R) 24K(R) core family offers
superior performance and low power consumption while minimizing die
area and cost. Tailored SoC design methodologies, an Open Core
Protocol (OCP) interconnect structure, standard libraries and on
chip memories from industry-leading companies ensure that products
based on 24K cores are brought to market with speed, ease and
efficiency. To-date, 24K cores have been selected by more than 40
companies around the world for their SoC designs. About Silicon
Integrated Systems Corp. (SiS) Silicon Integrated Systems Corp.
(SiS) is a worldwide leader in the development of leading-edge core
logic chipsets. Over the last 20 years, its products have been
widely used in various applications such as Desktop PCs, notebook
PCs, Embedded Systems, Wireless Communications, Servers, and
Digital Entertainment Devices. Furthermore, in order to provide a
full-scope of solutions for customers, SiS gets involved in DRAM
Module business. With the accumulated PC-based chipset developing
experiences and its remarkably innovative technologies, SiS is able
to fulfill customers' requirements and even exceed their
expectations. Therefore, the company has built up close
partnerships with numerous worldwide customers, and won the
reputation of "Outstanding Chipset Innovator." For more
information, visit http://www.sis.com/. 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 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, MIPS32, 24K, 24Kc,
MIPS-Based and MIPS-Verified 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. DATASOURCE: MIPS Technologies
CONTACT: Jen Bernier of MIPS Technologies, Inc., +1-650-567-5178,
Web site: http://www.mips.com/ http://www.sis.com/
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