Brazil’s Unitec licenses MIPS CPU from Imagination Technologies for chip targeting smart cities
07 March 2017 - 3:00AM
Imagination Technologies (IMG.L) announces that Brazil’s Unitec
Semiconductores has selected a MIPS M-class CPU to be used as a
controller in a new power management IC that will be used in IoT
smart city applications through products from Unitec Solutions, a
subsidiary of Unitec Semiconductores.
The MIPS microAptiv MCU IP core is a highly-efficient, compact
core ideal for microcontrollers (MCUs) and embedded applications
that have real-time requirements with a high level of performance
efficiency and security needs. It is the smallest, lowest power CPU
family available from Imagination, and has higher performance than
competing converged MCU/DSP solutions in its class.
José Vidal, Unitec’s vice-president, says: “Through our
combination of semiconductors and solutions, Unitec is developing
highly competitive products for smart cities, IoT, industrial
applications, life sciences and other exciting areas. Our goal is
to make people’s lives better through innovation. We’ve had a very
positive experience with Imagination, from the high quality and
performance of its MIPS CPU IP to the great support the company
provides. We look forward to future strategic collaboration with
Imagination.”
Says Jim Nicholas, EVP MIPS Processor IP, Imagination: “Many
factors are coming together in Brazil including ecosystem
development, industrial policies and the emergence of new growth
markets such as IoT and smart cities, which are all combining to
create a great opportunity for semiconductor enterprises. MIPS
M-class CPUs are ideally suited for many embedded CPU applications,
and we’re delighted that an innovative company like Unitec has
selected MIPS for its forthcoming chip.”
About MIPS Processors The MIPS family of CPU IP
is a comprehensive portfolio of low-power, high-efficiency
32/64-bit processor architectures and cores, ranging from the
ultimate high-performance cores for high-end applications
processors down to extremely small cores for deeply embedded
microcontrollers. With a strong position in home entertainment,
embedded, and networking products, MIPS CPUs power billions of
products around the globe, and are supported by a broad ecosystem
of commercial and open source software, operating systems and
tools.
About Unitec Semiconductores Unitec
Semicondutores is the biggest and the most modern semiconductor fab
in the Southern Hemisphere. Located in Brazil, the company is
working to improve the technology sectors in the country and in
Latin America. Unitec has wide capability to design and develop
products by acting in the whole integrated circuits production
process for smart cities, smartcards, industrial applications and
life sciences. The company has IoT as an important business focus
for its technologies. Unitec has as shareholders the Brazilian
National Economic and Social Development Bank (BNDES), Corporación
America, Minas Gerais Development Bank (BDMG), IBM Corporation,
Matec and WS In Tecs.
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 multimedia, processor
and connectivity technologies enable its customers 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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Imagination Technologies’ Press Contacts:
UK: David Harold
david.harold@imgtec.com
+44 (0)1923 260 511
USA: Jen Bernier-Santarini
jen.bernier@imgtec.com
+1 408-530-5178
Unitec Semiconductors Press Contact:
Danielle de Paula
danielle.depaula@unitecgroup.net
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