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Today sees a bold move to bring two key processor architectures, MIPS and ARC, under one umbrella, as GlobalFoundries announced it is buying Synopsys’ ARC processor IP solutions business, including its teams of engineers and designers, and integrating it into the MIPS business.

MIPS I8500 is a best-in-class match-action processor purpose-built for the Physical AI era—where sensing, thinking, acting, and communicating converge in real time. The MIPS I8500 features a scalable multithreaded architecture with 4 threads per core and support for multi-cluster deployments, enabling up to 24 threads per cluster. It delivers ultra-low-latency, deterministic data movement with integrated security, ideal for orchestrating packet flows across accelerators and enabling intelligent communication between compute blocks, humans, and networks.

GlobalFoundries (GF) today announced a definitive agreement to acquire MIPS, the 40-year-old processor company that has changed hands several times over that period. Having had a history in delivering RISC-based processing for gaming and then automotive, it pivoted in 2022 to a focus on delivering RISC-V-based processor IP and software tools for real-time computing in various applications, particularly for edge AI.

Last time I sat down with Sameer Wasson, CEO of IP company MIPS. He told me the company had absolutely no plans to make chips. Fast forward a year and MIPS has launched a silicon platform, Atlas.

Arteris, Inc. (Nasdaq: AIP), a leading provider of system IP for accelerating semiconductor creation, today announced the immediate availability of Magillem Packaging

Jim McGregor sits down with MIPS CEO, Sameer Wasson on the reinvention of MIPS as full service solution company, their decision to embrace RISC-V architecture and how they are helping their customers take advantage of MIPS’ core IP and capabilities, the RISC-V architecture and the customizable instruction set that it comes with…..

Ahead of the Embedded World show in Germany last week, MIPS rolled out its Atlas portfolio, which the company is aiming at a range of markets and applications looking for safe, secure and efficient physical AI at the edge, according to a company statement.

MIPS, the company redefining innovative compute subsystems for edge use cases, has unveiled its vision for the future of Physical AI—paving the way for a new generation of intelligent, self-directed machines.

MIPS is launching its Atlas chip designs for physical AI platforms such as industrial robots and autonomous cars.

MIPS has today introduced its MIPS Atlas portfolio, a product suite comprising compute subsystems and software platform to develop autonomous edge solutions addressing the market opportunity for physical AI: the ability to sense, think and act in real time to deliver on the promise of precision intelligent industrial robotics and autonomous mobility platforms.