SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- MIPS Technologies,
Inc. (NASDAQ: MIPS), a leading provider of industry-standard
processor architectures and cores for digital home, networking and
mobile applications, announced that it has entered into a license
agreement with Myriad Group AG (SIX: MYRN), through which MIPS will
make Myriad's Dalvik Turbo Virtual Machine (VM) available to its
licensees as part of its standard distribution of Android™ for the
MIPS® architecture.
Myriad's Dalvik Turbo is a high-performance full method-based VM
that replaces the standard Android Dalvik engine, accelerating
performance up to 5x on real-world Android applications. MIPS
Technologies and Myriad announced last year that Dalvik Turbo had
been optimized for the MIPS architecture.
Through this strategic agreement, MIPS Technologies and Myriad
Group plan to work together to support the Dalvik Turbo VM on
current and future versions of the Android platform. The agreement
also includes continued support for MIPS architectural features
such as multi-threading and multiprocessing. Myriad will provide
optimized support for the MIPS architecture on its other products
for Java and Android in the future.
"This license agreement is the latest milestone in our
long-term, successful relationship with Myriad. Many of our
customers who are designing digital home and mobile products with
Android on the MIPS architecture have evaluated Myriad's Dalvik
Turbo VM, and are seeing performance increases up to 5x. By making
the fully supported, commercial-grade VM available to our licensees
as part of our standard Android on MIPS distribution, we are
speeding up not only Android application performance, but also our
customers' time to market," said Art
Swift, vice president of marketing and business development,
MIPS Technologies.
According to Ed Zylka, vice
president and general manager, North
America, Myriad Group, "With Dalvik Turbo VM, MIPS licensees
can develop MIPS-Based Android devices that support highly-complex
Java applications while keeping power consumption to a minimum. We
look forward to continuing to work closely together with MIPS to
provide its licensees with access to our market-proven
technologies."
With Myriad's Dalvik Turbo VM, MIPS licensees can create SoCs
with faster, more complex applications and richer game graphics
optimized for Android smartphones and other high-performance
consumer devices without requiring significant increases in device
memory. The VM also provides substantial battery life improvements
when running resource intensive tasks, all while retaining full
compatibility with existing software.
Availability
Information regarding the optimized Myriad Dalvik Turbo VM is
available now at developer.mips.com. The product is available to
MIPS licensees via a click-through agreement.
About MIPS Technologies, Inc.
MIPS Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: MIPS) is a leading provider of
industry-standard processor architectures and cores for digital
home, networking and mobile applications. The MIPS architecture
powers some of the world's most popular electronic products,
including 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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About Myriad Group:
Myriad Group AG is a global leader in mobile technology and has
shipped over 3.8 billion software applications in more than 2.2
billion mobile phones. Its comprehensive portfolio includes
browsers, messaging, Java, social networking, user interfaces and
middleware for all types of mobile phones, from ultra‐low cost
handsets to advanced smartphones.
The company provides both individual components and complete
solutions, which enable handset manufacturers and operators to
deliver amazing experiences on mobile phones. Myriad also develops
USSD-based customer self-care platforms that deliver over 10
billion messages a year to 220 million mobile users across more
than 35 mobile operators worldwide.
Myriad was created from the combination of industry leading
companies, Esmertec and Purple Labs. It operates worldwide, with
offices in Switzerland,
France, UK, USA, Mexico,
China, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan
and Australia. Headquartered in
Dubendorf Zurich Switzerland, Myriad is listed on the SIX Swiss
Exchange (SIX Symbol: MYRN).
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