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Milestones

2010

MIPS targets the mobile market with LTE and 3.5G software stacks, 4G licensees and plans for use as cell phone applications processor

Industry veteran Sandeep Vij appointed CEO of MIPS Technologies

MIPS demonstrates world’s first Android set-top boxes; plus Android on MIPS netbook, MIDs and more

MIPS Technologies collaborates with Adobe to optimize Flash Player 10.1 for MIPS architecture; collaborates with Yahoo! to bring Yahoo! TV Widgets to MIPS-Based DTV platforms

2009

Altera Corporation licenses the MIPS32 architecture, marking entry of the MIPS architecture into the FPGA channel

MIPS Technologies joins the Open Handset Alliance

China’s Institute of Computing Technology licenses the MIPS32 and MIPS64 architectures

MIPS announces availability of the Android platform on MIPS architecture

Divests its Analog Business Group to sharpen focus on its core competencies in processor architectures, cores and tools

With its MIPS32® 1004KTM Coherent Processing System (CPS), MIPS becomes the first company to certify a multi-core system on EEMBC® MultiBenchTM benchmark software.

MIPS Technologies joins the Linux Foundation.

2008

MIPS introduces the MIPS® Navigator Integrated Component Suite (ICS) to enable embedded developers to more easily code, debug and analyze Linux systems on MIPS-BasedTM SoCs and embedded systems

The MIPS32® 1004KTM debuts as the industry's first multi-threaded, multiprocessor IP core for the embedded market

MIPS Technologies launches its first European university program for design engineers

2007

MIPS Technologies announces its strategic entry into the 32-bit microcontroller market; signs MCU leader Microchip Technology as first licensee

MIPS Technologies acquires Chipidea, the world leader in analog and mixed-signal IP

MIPS Technologies unveils the MIPS32® 74KTM, the industry's only fully-synthesizable processor cores to achieve >1GHz in a 65 nm TSMC process

MIPS licensees shipped more than 350 million units during fiscal year 2007

STMicroelectronics licenses the MIPS64® architecture for its cooperation with the Chinese Institute of Computing Technologies

Broadcom Corporation licenses entire range of MIPS® cores for next-generation SoC development

MIPS launches MIPS-VerifiedTM program to authenticate the integrity of MIPS-BasedTM products around the world

2006

MIPS Technologies appoints Shanghai-based SinoSys Technologies as the first MIPSTM Authorized Training Center in China

Mobileye licenses MIPS Technologies' multi-threading MIPS32® 34KfTM core for next-generation driver assistance SoC

MIPS Technologies introduces new multi-threading 34K core family for high performance, cost-sensitive embedded applications

MIPS32® 4KEc® core powers high-speed 802.11n WLAN chipset from Metalink

2005

MIPS Technologies acquires First Silicon Solutions (FS2).

MIPS achieves 97% market share in cable modem market.

MIPS introduces the MIPS32® 24KETM core family, the first to offer the breakthrough performance of the 24K family with DSP enhancements.

MIPS establishes its China operation with the opening of an R&D Center in Shanghai.

2004

The new MIPS32® 24KTM family, the industry's highest-performance, 32-bit synthesizable cores, achieves the fastest rate of early licensing of any MIPS Technologies core in the company's history.

The highest Java performance in the SOC industry is achieved on the MIPS32 24KcTM core.

The industry's most comprehensive audio solution, the MIPS Consumer Audio Platform, is introduced.

MIPS becomes the #1 architecture in the IDTV and DVD Recorder markets.

2003

New Pro SeriesTM cores enable SOC designers to supercharge application performance.Microsoft and MIPS Technologies form an alliance with leading silicon vendors to drive MIPS-BasedTM designs in digital consumer devices.

2002

Microprocessor Report's Analysts' Choice Awards are announced.
Best High-Performance Embedded Processor: Broadcom's MIPS64®-based BCM1250

MIPS Technologies acquires leading GNU tool chain vendor Algorithmics.

The SOC-itTM system level solution optimized for MIPS® cores accelerates system-level design.

The small, high-performance, low-power MIPS32 M4K core, designed for SOCs with multiple CPU cores, is introduced.

MIPS Technologies expands its presence in Asia with a new, larger office in Japan and a new office in Taiwan that serves the Greater China region.

2001

2001 Enhancements to the MIPS32 and MIPS64 architectures are introduced (known as "Release 2" of the architecture).

The industry's highest performance, synthesizable, 32-bit cores available for licensing, the MIPS32 4KETM family, is introduced. LSI Logic is among the first licensees of the MIPS32 4KEcTM core.

Smart card leader Gemplus and MIPS Technologies announce the ultralow-power, high-performance SmartMIPS architecture and MIPS32 4KSc smart card core. Philips Semiconductors is among the first licensees.

The industry's first synthesizable 64-bit core with an integrated floating-point unit, the MIPS64 5Kf core, is introduced. LSI Logic, Texas Instruments, Atmel Corp. and Broadcom are among the licensees.

2000

Sony Computer Entertainment and Toshiba America receive Microprocessor Report's "Best Embedded Processor" award for their MIPS-basedTM 128-bit Emotion Engine design for the Sony PlayStationTM2 computer entertainment system.

Philips Semiconductors will use the MIPS64 and MIPS32 architectures in its Nexperia platform for digital video and set-top box applications.

1999

The MIPS64 and MIPS32 architecture standards are introduced, incorporating all previous MIPS® instruction-set architectures and providing a foundation for all future MIPS processor development. Also introduced are the MIPS32 4Kc core and MIPS64 5Kc core.

NEC, Toshiba and SiByte (later acquired by Broadcom) each obtain licenses for the new MIPS64 architecture.

1998

MIPS Technologies, Inc. makes an initial public offering on June 30, 1998

1997

MIPS licensees ship 48 million processors, making ours the first RISC architecture to exceed Motorola's 32-bit 68000 CISC volume.

1996

The MIPS architecture becomes the highest-volume and fastest-growing RISC architecture in the world, with 19.2 million processors shipped by MIPS licensees.

1995

R4700 named "Microprocessor of the Year" by Microprocessor Report.

1992

Silicon Graphics, Inc. (SGI) acquires MIPS Computer Systems, continues MIPS microprocessor development through its internal MIPS Group, and incorporates MIPS Technologies, Inc. (a wholly owned subsidiary of SGI).

1991

R4000TM, the first 64-bit microprocessor, named "Microprocessor of the Year" by Microprocessor Report.

1984

MIPS Computer Systems, Inc. founded by Dr. John Hennessy.

1981

A Stanford University engineering team headed by Dr. John Hennessy initiates the MIPS RISC architecture project.