International CES – Imagination Technologies
(IMG.L) announces at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2016 the
latest developments and progress in driving widespread adoption of
its MIPS family of CPUs.
Says Jim Nicholas, VP of MIPS business operations: “Our
accelerated IP core roadmap and product delivery means that 2016
will be ‘the year of MIPS’, marking a turning point in recognition
and adoption for MIPS as the leading alternative CPU for
automotive, consumer, IoT and more.”
The next steps are the continuing expansion of Imagination’s
line of MIPS Warrior CPUs, and the growth of the already robust
ecosystem of tools and software for MIPS.
A key step for MIPS’ attack on the CPU status quo includes a new
end-to-end debug environment built for designs where customers want
to build in MIPS as an embedded processor alongside another
vendor’s processor, such as ARM cores. This development is making
it easier than ever for SoC companies to choose MIPS for their
designs.
MIPS Warrior CPUs are shipping now in markets including
embedded, IoT and communications, and are gaining momentum as
customers see them in action and recognize the differentiation they
can provide for myriad applications, based on unique features such
as hardware multi-threading, OmniShield multi-domain security, and
more.
MIPS demonstrations at CES will include:
- IoT: The new Creator Ci40 IoT-in-a-box development kit with
demos showcasing integration with Imagination’s FlowCloud
device-to-cloud technology and Google’s new Brillo operating system
for IoT
- IoT: New MIPS-based IoT solutions entering the market including
those from Ineda, Ingenic, MediaTek, Microchip Technology, Qualcomm
Atheros, Standing Egg and Vocore
- Automotive: Smart processing technologies for advanced driver
assistance systems (ADAS) where MIPS IP is already inside a
majority of deployed systems; including solutions from leading
automotive chip company Mobileye
- Wearables: Solutions with Imagination’s MIPS IP from a wide
range of manufacturers
- Audio: The latest multi-room audio and digital radio solutions
combining Imagination’s MIPS CPUs, Ensigma RPUs for connectivity
and Caskeid audio technology
- TV: MIPS based TVs using technology from companies including
Realtek
Recent developments around MIPS IP include:
- New additions to the MIPS family include the embedded 32-bit
M-class M6200 and M6250 CPUs and high-end P-class P6600 64-bit
CPU
- Multiple customers are now shipping products with MIPS Warrior
CPUs, at the high end and entry level; announced chips include
those from Altair, Baikal, Mobileye, Microchip Technology and
Standing Egg
- Multi-threaded CPUs continue to gain traction with I-class CPUs
securing design wins in high-performance embedded processing for
mobile and consumer SoCs, as well as strengthening their presence
in residential and enterprise networking applications
- PEZY Computing KK, a top developer of ultra-efficient
supercomputing processors, is to integrate 64-bit MIPS CPUs in
next-generation devices
- MIPS On-Chip Instrumentation (MIPS OCI), plus new Codescape
MIPS SDK and Codescape SysProbes, deliver a new end-to-end debug
environment that simplifies integration and debugging of MIPS
heterogeneous CPU based systems or systems that combine MIPS CPUs
with other CPU architectures
- MIPS CPU architecture is fully supported by Google’s new Brillo
OS for the IoT as well as Android Wear for wearables
Very significantly, Microchip Technology is now shipping the
industry’s richest portfolio of MCUs, including their PIC32MZ EF
family based on the MIPS M5150 Warrior M-class processor core.
- PIC32MZ EF MCUs integrate several vital security features,
including a crypto engine with RNG for data encryption/decryption
and authentication, and advanced memory protection.
- Multiple low-cost development boards using the new PIC32MZ EF
MCUs are in production from Microchip and leading partners,
including the new version of the Arduino-compatible chipKITTM
Wi-FIRE development board from Digilent.
- Over 180 MIPS-based, 32-bit PIC32 MCUs are now available from
Microchip Technology.
Education Imagination has made major strides in
the education of future CPU engineers using the MIPS architecture.
Imagination received the Educational Support Award 2015 in the
prestigious Elektra European Electronics Industry Awards for
MIPSfpga. MIPSfpga is the company’s program that transforms CPU
architecture education in universities around the globe by offering
them free and open access to a fully-validated, current generation
MIPS CPU in a complete teaching package.
A pioneering partnership with EUROPRACTICE will enable over 670
universities and research institutions in 44 countries to access a
fully supported MIPS Warrior M-class CPU with optional hardware
virtualization that can provide the basis for multi-domain security
solutions.
Quotes Tony King-Smith, EVP marketing,
Imagination says: “MIPS is entering 2016 with exciting momentum.
Building on strong delivery of new cores, new tools, robust
security technology, and new devices from our partners, Imagination
will take MIPS forward with a compelling roadmap from 32-bit MCUs
to 64-bit high-end processor clusters. We will be bringing
Heterogeneous Systems Architecture (HSA) support to Warrior,
expanding our portfolio of Codescape SysProbes, adding new partner
tools, growing our ecosystem as well as building stronger alignment
and synergies with PowerVR multimedia and Ensigma communications
core families.
This is making tier-one semiconductor companies think again as
they see the value of MIPS as a strategic choice across many
segments.”
Daniel Mandell, IoT & embedded technology market research
analyst at VDC Research says: “Imagination’s new debug environment
for MIPS is a significant development in that it enables companies
to more quickly integrate and debug a MIPS CPU in their SoC design
– whether as a management controller or a cluster of data
processors in heterogeneous CPU designs. This debug advantage in
combination with Imagination’s developer ecosystem puts MIPS in a
unique position among CPU architectures.”
Motoaki Saito, M.D., Ph.D., PEZY founder, president and CEO,
says: “To address important emerging opportunities in areas such as
supercomputing and artificial intelligence, we are building a
long-term strategic alliance with Imagination that we believe will
change the HPC world and offer disruptive solutions in many other
application areas as well. PEZY-SC2 powered by Imagination’s 64-bit
MIPS Warrior CPUs will be more than a game changing processor in
many ways and we are looking forward to propelling the technology
advancements in the HPC world.”
Jongsung Lee, CEO, Standing Egg, says: “When it came to
selecting a CPU, we chose MIPS for its outstanding performance
efficiency and features. Its ability to handle sophisticated
algorithms as well as its signal processing capability make the
MIPS M5100 ideal for our next-generation sensor hubs, and we
already have interest in these products from several
customers.”
Svetlana Legostaeva, CEO, Baikal Electronics, says: “Our new
MIPS-based communications processor, with its versatility,
high-performance and energy efficiency, will rival the industry’s
most advanced 32-bit communications chips.”
Dr. John A. McLean, head of the EUROPRACTICE design tool
service, says: “Our partnership with Imagination is historic since
for the first time it provides students with access to the
world-class MIPS architecture so they can learn how to design and
build cutting-edge products for tomorrow.”
Imagination is also continuing to fill out its ecosystems around
MIPS CPUs. Recent developments include the launch by the prpl
Foundation of prpl.works, an online community by and for open
source developers and users. Active for just a few weeks, the
community had already reached over 40,000 MIPS developers from
around the world by mid-Dec 2015.
To access Imagination’s press kit for International CES 2016,
please visit: https://imgtec.com/press-kit/. Email
tradeshows@imgtec.com to arrange a personal meeting in
Imagination’s suite at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
About MIPS CPUs MIPS CPUs comprise a
comprehensive portfolio of low-power, high-performance
microprocessor IP cores and architectures, ranging from solutions
for high-end applications processing down to solutions for
extremely small, deeply embedded microcontrollers. MIPS CPUs power
billions of products around the globe. The 64-bit MIPS architecture
is widely deployed in a large number of products, and is supported
by a vibrant and growing ecosystem built over more than 20
years.
About Imagination Technologies Imagination is a
global technology leader whose products touch the lives of billions
of people across the globe. The company’s broad range of silicon IP
(intellectual property) includes the key processing blocks needed
to create the SoCs (Systems on Chips) that power all mobile,
consumer and embedded electronics. Its unique software IP,
infrastructure technologies and system solutions enable its
customers to get to market quickly with complete and highly
differentiated SoC platforms. Imagination’s licensees include many
of the world’s leading semiconductor manufacturers, network
operators and OEMs/ODMs who are creating some of the world’s most
iconic products. See: www.imgtec.com.
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