MIPS Technologies Appoints Dave Singhal as Vice President of Corporate Development and Strategy
March 15 2011 - 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 semiconductor industry veteran
Dave Singhal has joined MIPS as vice president of corporate
development and strategy. Reporting to MIPS Technologies CEO
Sandeep Vij, Singhal will drive business expansion and strategic
initiatives for the company.
Mr. Singhal brings to MIPS Technologies more than 20 years
of experience with both early-stage and established companies. He
joins MIPS from Cisco, where in his role as director in the
corporate development and strategy organization, he drove vision,
incubation and investment in cloud visual processing, 3D, streaming
inference, mobile, and other advanced areas.
"We are pleased to welcome Dave to MIPS Technologies at
this important time in the company's development. We have a leading
position in the digital home, a strong and growing share in the
networking market, and are making aggressive inroads into the
market for mobile devices. As we expand our footprint in these key
areas, MIPS will benefit greatly from Dave's rare combination of
business acumen and deep technology expertise," said Vij.
According to Singhal, "To succeed and grow amidst constantly
changing industry dynamics, fierce competition and the
lightning-fast pace of innovation, companies must use all of the
resources at their disposal—from internal development to
partnerships to investment and M&A. With MIPS, I've joined the
maker of the most efficient high-performance processor architecture
in the world. My goal is to drive partnerships and investments in
our ecosystem to accelerate growth of that ecosystem and further
proliferation of the MIPS architecture. The ultimate goal is to
progressively increase the value we are delivering to customers and
shareholders."
About Dave Singhal
Singhal was previously a director in the Corporate
Development Technology Group at Cisco, the worldwide leader in
networking for the Internet. While at Cisco, he also held a
position in the Chief Architect's Office for the Service Provider
Group. Prior to Cisco, he was founding CEO at Luxxon Corporation, a
pioneer in both mobile network video transcoders and graphics
processors. Prior to that, he held engineering roles at Neomagic
Corporation, Trident Microsystems, Cirrus Logic and Advanced Micro
Devices. Dave holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer
Science from the University of California, Berkeley, and an M.S. in
Electrical Engineering from Stanford University. He holds eleven
issued patents, primarily in the areas of image processing and
streaming.
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 mobile device 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 is a trademark or registered trademark in the United States
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CONTACT: Media Contact:
Jen Bernier-Santarini
MIPS Technologies, Inc.
+1 408-530-5178
jenb@mips.com
Investor Contact:
Maury Austin
MIPS Technologies, Inc.
+1 408-530-5000
ir@mips.com
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