MIPS Technologies' Processor IP Drives New Hybrid Media Player/Set-Top Box Chipset From ALi Corp.
25 April 2011 - 11:00PM
MIPS Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:MIPS), a leading provider of
industry-standard processor architectures and cores for digital
home, networking and mobile applications, announced today that
Taiwan's ALi Corporation based its new system-on-chip (SoC), which
is targeted for the emerging "triple play" market, on the popular
MIPS32® 24KEf™ core. MIPS32 24K® cores are widely used across the
globe in digital home and networking products including broadband
access devices, digital televisions, set-top boxes, and digital
media players.
Through triple play initiatives, telecom carriers will provide
to consumers a combination of voice, digital television
broadcasting and broadband internet services. To support triple
play, many governments and carriers around the world are upgrading
network infrastructure and broadband technology, and developing new
hardware platforms. With a hybrid design for DVB-C HD / DVB+IP
dual-mode operation, the new M3701G chipset from ALi is targeted
for products that support triple play services, such as the next
generation of networked media players and set-top boxes.
"As a leader in digital TV set-top box SoC chips, ALi is pleased
to facilitate three-network integration. With our new chipset, we
are offering our customers a scalable and flexible path to triple
play success. For triple play, the performance and architecture of
the SoC chips are extremely important. The 24KEf core provides high
performance multimedia processing, an open architecture for Linux
support, floating point design for support of value added services,
and extremely efficient operation. Supported by MIPS' broad
ecosystem of tools and software for the digital home, this core is
the ideal choice for our new SoC," said Mr. Daniel Huang, COO, ALi
Corporation.
"ALi has continually shown its commitment to developing
leading-edge products to drive the next-generation home
entertainment experience. From being one of the first MIPS
licensees to join our Early Access Program for the Android™
platform on MIPS two years ago, to unveiling this new hybrid
networks design with support for the latest applications, the
company continues to design innovative MIPS-Based products," said
Art Swift, vice president of marketing and business development,
MIPS Technologies.
The M3701G chipset is available now from ALi. It includes
support for MPEG-2/4, H.264, AVS (Audio Video Standard), VC-1 and
VP8 decoder. It also includes a high-performance graphics
acceleration Open VG v1.1 engine. It features built-in QAM,
Ethernet MAC, three USB ports, HDMI, a double-tuner, and more.
About MIPS32 24KE™ Cores
The 24KE core family leverages the high-performance 24K®
microarchitecture and adds the MIPS® DSP Application-Specific
Extension (ASE), resulting in improved signal processing
performance and efficient DSP capability while significantly
reducing overall SoC die area, cost and power consumption. 24KE
cores are supported by software development tools, the MIPS DSP
Library and a third-party DSP applications network. Pro Series
cores allow SoC designers to write their own instruction set
extensions to significantly increase performance, reduce power
consumption, implement critical operations and more, leading to
highly differentiated and competitive products.
The 24KEf core includes a floating point unit that provides
enhanced performance for graphics-intensive functionality, making
it a critical technology for multimedia devices and platforms such
as Java, Adobe® Flash® Player and Android.
About ALi Corp.
ALi Corporation is a professional IC design company with
innovative technologies, competitive performance, and comprehensive
solutions for digital set-top boxes and multimedia players.
Established in 1987, ALi Corporation is a publicly listed company
on the Taiwan Stock Exchange, stock code 3041. The company is
headquartered in Taiwan and has sales and R&D operations in
mainland China and Korea. For more information, visit
www.alitech.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 Contacts:
Jen Bernier-Santarini
MIPS Technologies, Inc.
+1 408-530-5178
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