RISC Pioneers to Impart MIPS(R) Architecture Creation Story
July 22 2011 - 8:00AM
MIPS Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:MIPS), a leading provider of
industry-standard processor architectures and cores for digital
home, networking and mobile applications, announced today that
during a panel discussion to be held at the Computer History Museum
on July 27th, several of its progenitors will discuss the creation
of the MIPSĀ® architecture and its continued influence on the
semiconductor and computing industries.
In 1981, Dr. John Hennessy led a Stanford University research
team that developed the MIPS architecture, a Reduced Instruction
Set Computing (RISC) microprocessor architecture with the potential
to dramatically increase performance and reduce costs. Thirty years
after the birth of the MIPS architecture, Dr. Hennessy, now
president of Stanford University, will join former MIPS colleagues
to reflect on the creation and evolution of the powerful
architecture, ranging from its leading role in the exploding
workstation market of the 1980s to its continued success in a range
of markets today.
"We're delighted to welcome John Hennessy, Bob Miller, Skip
Stritter and Joe DiNucci for another of our signature events in
semiconductor history," said John Hollar, president and CEO of the
Computer History Museum. "They were the pioneers and risk-takers of
the early days of MIPS and RISC, and theirs is a game-changing
story. The Museum is proud to capture and present this program as
an inspiration for engineers and entrepreneurs to come."
"The inherent elegance, performance and efficiency of the MIPS
architecture have enabled it to become prolific in the digital home
and networking markets, with a growing presence in mobile devices.
The MIPS architecture is the industry's most scalable, powering
products that range from low-power 32-bit microcontrollers all the
way to ultra high-performance 64-bit networking infrastructure
products and supercomputers. This is the beauty of what Dr.
Hennessy and his colleagues created with MIPS," said Sandeep Vij,
president and CEO of MIPS Technologies.
The "Risking It All on RISC" panel discussion will address a
peak business and technological moment in computer history. The
session will be hosted at the Computer History Museum in Mountain
View, Calif., at noon on July 27th, 2011. For more information and
to register for the event, visit
www.computerhistory.org/events/#mips-risking-it-all-risc.
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 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.
MIPS and MIPS-Based are trademarks or registered trademarks in
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respective owners.
CONTACT: Jen Bernier-Santarini
MIPS Technologies, Inc.
+1 408-530-5178
jenb@mips.com
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