MIPS Technologies Joins TSMC IP Alliance to Speed Customers' Time-to-Market
October 11 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 joined the TSMC
(TWSE:2330) (NYSE:TSM) Soft IP Alliance Program to speed customers'
time-to-market. Through the Soft IP Program, TSMC is expected to
provide specific design documents and technology information so
that MIPS and other Alliance partners can optimize IP cores for
TSMC's process technologies. The companies will also collaborate on
roadmap alignment to expedite IP readiness.
"We're pleased to expand our relationship with TSMC by joining
its IP Alliance," said Art Swift, vice president of marketing and
business development, MIPS Technologies. "By sharing design,
technology and roadmap information with TSMC, we can drive toward
closer alignment and speed development for our many customers who
work with TSMC on chip fabrication. We look forward to continuing
to deepen our relationship with TSMC to further benefit our mutual
customers."
"The combination of TSMC's foundry-leading technologies and
manufacturing capability with MIPS Technologies' soft IP cores will
enable customers to gain early insight into the power, performance
and area trade-offs inherent in their SoC designs. This is an
increasingly critical factor in meeting time to market objectives.
We are pleased to be able to deliver this important information to
our customers to help them make the best possible decisions," said
Dan Kochpatcharin, deputy director, IP Portfolio Marketing at
TSMC.
TSMC's new Soft IP Program enriches TSMC's IP alliance
portfolio, encourages soft IP innovation and reuse through TSMC's
Open Innovation Platform™ initiative, and aims to deliver power,
performance and area optimization that is important at advanced
technology nodes.
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.
MIPS and MIPS-Based are trademarks or registered trademarks in
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CONTACT: MIPS Technologies, Inc.
Media Contacts:
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