The news is out Monday June 12, 8:05 am Eastern Time Wind River, MIPS Technologies Create Center of Excellence, Align High-Demand Embedded RISC Processors, Development Tools biz.yahoo.com Multi-Year Collaborative Agreement Ensures Early, Optimized Products for Digital Consumer, Networking Markets SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 12, 2000--Wind River Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:WIND - news) and MIPS Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:MIPS - news) today announced creation of the Wind River/MIPS Center of Excellence (COE), part of a unique Wind River initiative to collaborate closely on a one-on-one basis with key embedded semiconductor partners.
Altera and MIPS Technologies Agreement Fuels Next-Generation System-on-a-Programmable-Chip Design biz.yahoo.com SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 12, 2000--MIPS Technologies (Nasdaq:MIPS - news), one of the leading providers of embedded processor intellectual property (IP), and Altera Corporation (Nasdaq:ALTR - news), a leading programmable logic device (PLD) supplier, today announced that Altera has licensed MIPS Technologies embedded processor cores to enable true system-on-a-programmable-chip (SOPC) solutions. Under the terms of the agreement, MIPS Technologies will supply Altera with a MIPS32 4K(TM) processor core for integration into Altera's APEX(TM) architecture. The resulting devices will be made available to customers as part of Altera's Excalibur(TM) embedded processor solutions, also announced today (see release entitled, ``Altera Unveils Strategy for Embedded Processor Integration in System-On-A-Programmable-Chip Design''). These MIPS-based(TM) Excalibur embedded processor solutions will provide the single-chip integration, high-performance, and flexibility needed for a broad range of applications in the communications, computing, digital consumer, and industrial markets.
MIPS Technologies Revolutionizes Digital Entertainment With 64-Bit Processor and Core Featuring Graphics Acceleration SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 12, 2000--MIPS Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:MIPS - news) biz.yahoo.com MIPS Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:MIPS - news) today announced the MIPS64 R20K(TM) CPU and SOC-ready MIPS64 20Kc(TM) processor core that set a new performance standard for licensable embedded processors. The CPU and core are compatible with the MIPS64(TM) architecture and feature advanced 64-bit processing resources ideal for exciting new digital entertainment systems while offering the flexibility to support applications in networking and office automation.
Altera Licenses MIPS Technologies Core to Use in APEX Programmable Logic Devices Dramatically Cuts Time-to-Market for High-Performance System-On-Programmable-Chip (SOPC) Designs biz.yahoo.com MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 12, 2000-- MIPS Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:MIPS - news), a leading provider of embedded processor IP (intellectual property), and Altera Corp. (Nasdaq:ALTR - news), a leading programmable logic device (PLD) supplier, today announced that Altera will integrate a ``hard'' MIPS32 4K(TM) processor core with its APEX(TM) PLD architecture as part of Altera's Excalibur embedded processor solutions. This will allow system designers to develop high performance MIPS-based(TM) system-on-a-programmable-chip (SOPC) designs in their own labs, dramatically reducing development time and cost. |