MIPS Technologies Names Ravikrishna Cherukuri Vice President of Engineering
March 30 2010 - 8:00AM
MIPS Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:MIPS), a leading provider of
industry-standard processor architectures and cores for digital
consumer, home networking, wireless, communications and business
applications, today announced that it has named Ravikrishna
Cherukuri vice president of engineering. Mr. Cherukuri is
responsible for all of the company's hardware and software
engineering efforts. Mr. Cherukuri has a deep background in
microprocessors and software solutions with companies including
AMD, Nexgen Microsystem, Siara Systems and Sonoa Systems.
"We are delighted to welcome Ravi to the company to lead our
engineering efforts as we increase our focus on building tightly
integrated hardware and software solutions," said Sandeep Vij,
president and CEO, MIPS Technologies. "Ravi's expertise in
microprocessor architectures, networking, cloud services
infrastructure and system development will be a great benefit to
MIPS Technologies and to our customers as they design the next
generation of connected products."
"I have long been familiar with the elegance, simplicity and
power of the MIPS® architecture," said Mr. Cherukuri. "I am looking
forward to working with MIPS Technologies' hardware and software
engineering teams who have long proven their ability to deliver
high-performance, power efficient products. It is an exciting time
to join the company as we continue our legacy of microprocessor
innovation and create optimized solutions for Linux, Android™ and
other key software platforms."
Prior to joining MIPS Technologies, Mr. Cherukuri was co-founder
and vice president of engineering of Sonoa Systems, an
infrastructure provider of analytics, management and governance
solutions for cloud services and APIs. Prior to Sonoa, Mr.
Cherukuri was on the founding team and managed ASIC and hardware
development for Siara Systems, a KPCB funded company acquired by
Redback Networks in 2000. Previously, Mr. Cherukuri spent eight
years at Nexgen Microsystem/AMD, where he was a key designer of
AMD's K6 microprocessor and also led the K7 chipset (Irongate)
development effort. Before that, Mr. Cherukuri was an engineer with
HCL Infosystems Ltd., working on architecture and implementation of
the company's flagship Magnum multiprocessor platform. Mr.
Cherukuri holds a Bachelor's degree in Engineering from IIT Roorkee
and a TRIUM Global EMBA jointly offered by NYU Stern, London School
of Economics and HEC, Paris. He holds 19 approved U.S. patents in
the fields of computer architecture and networking.
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 home entertainment,
communications, networking and portable multimedia 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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