MIPS Technologies and Mavrix Technology Collaborate on Mobile SoC Development
10 February 2010 - 5:00PM
Mobile World Congress
-- MIPS Technologies, Inc.
(Nasdaq:MIPS), a leading provider of industry-standard processor
architectures and cores for digital consumer, home networking,
wireless, communications and business applications, and Mavrix
Technology, Inc., a fabless company developing complete SoC
solutions for the emerging Mobile Digital TV (MDTV) and portable
multimedia market, announced they are working together to develop a
MIPS-Based™ applications processor for mobile devices. Mavrix is
one of MIPS Technologies' lead customers as it expands into the
mobile phone market.
Mavrix and MIPS are working closely with companies in MIPS
Technologies' mobile ecosystem to develop a mobile SoC design that
leverages the revolutionary Android™ platform. Leveraging a MIPS32®
CPU core from MIPS, Mavrix will target mobile applications
including cell phones, portable media players (PMPs) and mobile
internet devices (MIDs). Mavrix already has design wins with major
Chinese cell phone OEMs using its MIPS-Based™ SoCs as co-processors
for audio/video decoding. This new relationship builds on the
companies' existing relationship and involvement in these cell
phone products.
"We have had marked success with MIPS cores, and are pleased to
announce that our next-generation MIPS-Based SoCs will run Android
for mobile devices including handsets," said Dr. Zhenyu Zhou, CEO,
Mavrix. "Our customers will benefit from the high performance and
low power consumption of MIPS Technologies' cores, and the speed
and ease of development that the Android platform can provide.
Android on MIPS, combined with our unique technology for multimedia
processing, offers a valuable solution to OEMs and ODMs."
"Android on the MIPS architecture provides a powerful platform
for companies to develop unique and differentiated connected
devices," said Art Swift, vice president of marketing, MIPS
Technologies. "Mavrix Technology is an innovative company that is
on the leading edge of development, leveraging Android on MIPS for
a new generation of high-performance, low-power SoCs for cell
phones. We are pleased to team with Mavrix and other companies in
the evolving MIPS Technologies mobile ecosystem to enable these
next-generation products."
About Mavrix Technology, Inc.
Mavrix Technology provides integrated mobile digital TV (MDTV)
receiver and multimedia processor SoC solutions for the handheld
market. Tailored specifically to meet Chinese OEM and ODM
requirements, Mavrix's manufacture-ready total solutions help its
customers to quickly and cost-effectively add MDTV and movie play
functions into handheld devices. Since its establishment in
February 2005, Mavrix has raised $16 million in venture capital
funding. The company currently has 80 employees with offices in
Shanghai, China and Newport Beach, California. Visit
www.mavrixtech.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 home entertainment,
communications, networking and portable multimedia 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.
MIPS, MIPS32 and MIPS-Based 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. Android is a trademark of
Google Inc. Use of this trademark is subject to Google
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CONTACT: MIPS Technologies, Inc.
Media Contact:
Jen Bernier
+1 408-530-5178
jenb@mips.com
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