MIPS® Licensees
This data was derived from the MIPS Technologies website: www.mips.com/customers/licensees
ALi Corporation
ALi Corporation is the world’s leading supplier of integrated circuits for PC, multimedia, and portable peripheral applications. ALi Corporation has further expanded into the consumer electronics market, with product offerings including STB and personal multimedia Audio/Video solutions. For more information, please www.ali.com.tw.
AMD
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has introduced the industry’s first High-Definition TV (HDTV) digital cable tuner for Windows VistaTM with its ATI TV WonderTM Digital Cable Tuner, a MIPS-BasedTM SoC. For the first time, users can build a media PC and watch, record and play back any and all of the content seen on a digital TV. In 2006, AMD and ATI joined forces, combining AMD’s technology leadership in microprocessors with ATI’s strengths in graphics, chipsets and consumer electronics, including DTV.
Amimon
AMIMON is a fabless semiconductor company pioneering wireless uncompressed high-definition video for universal connectivity among CE video devices. AMIMON’s uncompressed Wireless High-definition Interface (WHDITM) allows flat-panel televisions and multimedia projectors to wirelessly interface to all HDTV video sources at a quality equivalent to that achieved with wired interfaces such as component video, DVI and HDMITM. For more information is available at www.AMIMON.com.
Astri
Founded in 2001 by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), the Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Company Limited (ASTRI) promotes applied R&D, facilitates technology transfer and commercialization for innovation and technology development, and brings together industry and university R&D assets to enhance Hong Kong’s technological competitiveness. For more information, please visit www.astri.org or call + 852 3406 2800.
ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
ASUSTeK Computer Inc., the world’s leading motherboard manufacturer, has adopted the MIPS® architecture for portable and digital multimedia devices, licensing the low-power MIPS32® 4KEc® and 4KEpTM cores, and MIPS® Consumer Audio Platform and software tool kits to speed up its development cycles and accelerate its entry into a variety of new digital consumer markets.
Atheros Communications
Atheros Communications, Inc., a leading developer of advanced wireless LAN (WLAN) chipsets, is using the MIPS32® 24Kc™ core and 4KE™ and 4K® core families in next-generation products for a range of end markets, including advanced wireless access point, gateway and audio/video solutions.
Broadcom Corporation
Broadcom Corp. made a strategic commitment to the MIPS® architecture in 1998, when the company adopted it as its 32- and 64-bit standard. In 2007, Broadcom announced that it had licensed the entire range of MIPS cores for the development of next-generation MIPS-BasedTM products for business, consumer and networking applications.
Broadlight
BroadLight licensed the MIPS32® 4KEc® processor core for use in its BL2000 GPON (Gigabit Passive Optical Network) and BPON (Broadband Passive Optical Network) SoCs. By incorporating the 4KEc core, BroadLight was able to significantly reduce development cost and speed time to market with the industry’s first complete end-to-end GPON solution.
Cavium Networks
Cavium Networks is a leading provider of highly integrated semiconductor products that enable intelligent processing in networking, communications, storage and security applications. Cavium Networks offers a broad portfolio of integrated, software compatible processors ranging in performance from 10 Mbps to 10 Gbps that enable secure, intelligent functionality in enterprise, data-center, broadband/consumer and access & service provider equipment.
Centillium Communications
Centillium Communications, Inc., an innovator of broadband communications technology, is using the MIPS32® 4Kc™ core in powerful but cost-effective SOCs that can be easily programmed to meet changing communications protocols and standards.
Chartered Semiconductor
Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, Ltd., one of the world’s leading semiconductor foundries, gives SOC designers direct access the MIPS32® 4K® core family, which is optimized to Chartered’s advanced manufacturing processes.
Cheertek
Cheertek, Inc. is a leading supplier of high-performance, feature-rich chips for the rapidly growing STB and digital consumer entertainment markets. The company provides total system-level solutions that enable customers to shorten time to mass production. Cheertek, is leveraging the MIPS32® 4KEc® core and robust software Ecosystem to develop chips for advanced set-top boxes that will expand its presence in global markets.
Conexant Systems
Conexant Systems, Inc., a leader in semiconductor system solutions for communications applications, uses the MIPS64® 5Kc® core in devices targeted at advanced communications and consumer applications.
DNP
Dai Nippon Printing, Ltd. (DNP), the world’s largest comprehensive printing company with diversified operations including LSI design services, will provide customers developing SOCs for leading-edge consumer applications turnkey solutions utilizing the MIPS32® 4KE processor family and MIPS64® 5Kc® and 5Kf® cores.
Entropic Communications
Entropic Communications is using its license for the MIPS32® 4KEc® and 4KEmTM cores to enable consumers to create high-speed multimedia home networks and share high-speed video and data using existing coaxial cables. In 2007, Entropic announced that it had shipped more than five million MIPS-BasedTM devices worldwide.
ESS Technology
ESS Technology, Inc., a leading supplier of audio, digital video and communications semiconductor solutions for the PC and consumer markets, has licensed the MIPS32® 4Kc® core and the MIPS32® 24Kc™ core. The MIPS32 4Kc was chosen because of MIPS Technologies’ powerful architecture and flexible business model, which allow ESS to develop SOCs that drive the next generation of consumer entertainment appliances. The MIPS32 24Kc core allows ESS to develop high-performance ICs for VoIP and High Definition DVDs while maintaining small die size and low power.
Fangtek
Fangtek Ltd., a leading provider of IC solutions for mobile devices with offices in the U.S. and China, has licensed the MIPS32® 24KEc™ core to develop high-performance, cost-effective cell phone media processors.
Genesis Microchip Inc.
Genesis Microchip, a world leader in the development of image processing technologies has licensed a broad range of MIPS® cores for use in next-generation consumer display products.
Genesys Logic
Genesys Logic specializes in high speed I/O technology, specifically USB 2.0 and PCI Express chip technology development. The company has licensed the MIPS32® 4KTM processor cores to develop high-speed SoCs for growth markets such as SOHO gateways and networking storage devices.
Huaya Microelectronics
Huaya Microelectronics, Limited, a world-class provider of custom chips for video solutions, has licensed the MIPS32® 4Kc® SMIC .18 hard core to develop innovative digital television (DTV) products for the China market.
IHP
IHP (Innovations for High Performance microelectronics), a European research center dedicated to advancing the state of the art in wireless communications, is using the MIPS32® 4KEp™ core to develop 5-GHz WLAN processors. IHP chose the 4KEp core because it offered a substantial power/performance advantage over other processor cores.
Ikanos Communications, Inc
Ikanos Communications, Inc. licensed the MIPS32® 24KETM core to develop chipsets that enable carriers to offer Fiber Fast bandwidth and Gigabit network processing for enhanced triple play services. Ikanos’ multi-mode VDSL2/ADSLx and network processor solutions power access infrastructure and customer premises equipment for many of the world’s leading network equipment manufacturers.
Infineon Technologies AG
Long-time licensee and blue-chip semiconductor and systems solutions supplier Infineon Technologies AG has utilized a broad range of MIPS cores, including the highperformance MIPS32® 74KTM core, to power a variety of next-generation IC designs.
Innova Card
Innova Card, a supplier of secure solutions for Europay-MasterCard-Visa (EMV) smart card trusted terminals and FINancial Transactional IC Card READers (FINREAD), is utilizing the MIPS32® 4KSd™ core in its Universal Secure Integrated Platform (USIP) Consumer and Professional platforms. USIP platforms address the needs of end-to-end security in the transaction chain of electronic commerce between consumers, service providers and the financial industry.
Integrated Device Technology
IDT (Integrated Device Technology, Inc.), a MIPS Technologies licensee for more than a decade, has used the MIPS32® and MIPS64® architectures and MIPS32® 4Kc® core to develop a number of innovative, high-performance, cost-effective solutions for a variety of communications applications.
ITE Technology
ITE Technology, Inc. is a professional fabless IC design house headquartered in Science Industrial Park, Hsinchu, with a sales office in Taipei. ITE is recognized as a leading global supplier of I/O chips and conducts business with leading PC manufacturers worldwide. ITE has licensed the MIPS32® 4KEm™ Pro and 4KEp™ Pro cores to develop next-generation SoCs for portable digital multimedia, including MP3, Portable Media Players (PMP), and other audio/video applications.
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency relies on MIPS Technologies’ low-power, high-performance MIPS64® 5Kf® core to ensure flawless operation in its next-generation satellites.
Kawasaki Microelectronics, Inc.
Kawasaki Microelectronics, Inc., a leader in advanced, affordable ASICs, has adopted the complete line of 32- and 64-bit processor cores from MIPS Technologies to develop high-performance SoCs for consumer, networking and office automation markets. K-Micro recently introduced the Topaz advanced computing subsystem, the first working silicon based on the MIPS32® 24K® processor core.
Kolorific, Inc.
Kolorific, Inc. is a fabless semiconductor supplier of advanced video processors and total solutions for the fast-growing flat-panel HDTV market. Kolorific’s SoCs process and optimize video, computer graphics and Web content on a variety of display devices, allowing OEM and ODM customers to simplify their product design, lower development and total bill-ofmaterial costs, and reduce time-to-market.
LSI Logic Corporation
LSI Logic is one of the highest volume shippers of MIPSBased ™ SoCs based upon its design wins in high-growth embedded market segments such as office automation, networking, storage and home media products. LSI continues its innovation with the MIPS® architecture using its licenses for the MIPS32® and MIPS64® ISAs, and the 24K™, 4KE™ and 5K™ product families.
Magima Technology Company Ltd.
Magima is an IC design company founded by overseas Chinese investors in 1998 and headquartered in the Shanghai Pudong Zhang Jiang High Technology Park. Magima focuses on embedded System on Chip (SoC) design and technology development to serve the ODM system house with low cost, high performance SoC solutions. Magima has licensed the MIPS32® 4Kc® SMIC 0.18 hard core to develop SoC solution for Set-Top-Box (STB) and digital television (DTV) projects, extending MIPS Technologies’ reach into a rapidly expanding STB/DTV market in China.
Magnum Semiconductor
Magnum Semiconductor is a premier provider of chips, software, reference platforms and engineering support for recording, viewing and managing highquality audio/video content.
Marvell Semiconductor
Marvell, a leading supplier of broadband communications solutions for the data communications and storage markets, is using the MIPS64® 5Kf™ core in its next-generation broadband communications products. Marvell chose the 5Kf core because it delivers the scalability, speed and power efficiency to meet the extreme performance requirements of emerging broadband applications.
MegaChips LSI Solutions, Inc.
MegaChips LSI Solutions, Inc. is using the MIPS32® 4KETM core family to target low-power, mobile applications such as cell phones and digital cameras. MegaChips selected the MIPS architecture® for handheld devices due to its ability to deliver high performance using very small power budgets.
Metalink
Metalink Ltd. is using the MIPS32® 4Km® core to get to market quickly with high-performance, cost-effective xDSL solutions for DSLAM and CPE equipment. In April of 2003 Metalink announced its licenses for the MIPS32 M4K™ and 4KEc™ cores that the company will use in its Olympus-DSL platform targeted at the global telecommunications market.
Microchip Technology
A leading provider of 8- and 16-bit microcontroller and analog semiconductors, long-time MIPS licensee Microchip Technology is powering its new PIC32 family of 32-bit microcontrollers (MCUs) with the MIPS32® industry-standard embedded architecture. Microchip has integrated the low-power MIPS32 M4K® processor core into its new family of high-performance MCUs.
Micronas
Micronas, a leading provider of ICs for consumer electronics, multimedia and automotive applications, wanted to offer future-proof, high-performance, low-power designs for home entertainment platforms. The company chose MIPS Technologies’ 32-bit core intellectual property, including the MIPS32® 24K®core family, for its new product development, which includes digital TV solutions and high-end set-top boxes (STBs).
Mobileye
Mobileye is a world leader in the development of visionbased applications for driver assistance and safety systems for the automotive industry. The company recently licensed the MIPS32® 34Kf™ core for its nextgeneration driver-assistance SoC, the EyeQ-2™, which will debut in 2008-model-year production vehicles.
Motorola
Motorola, Inc. Broadband Communications Sector has helped make the MIPS® architecture the de facto standard in digital cable set-top terminals with its MIPS-Based™ DCT5000 series, DCT2500 and DCT2600 terminals.
NEC Electronics
NEC, a leading proponent of the MIPS® architecture for more than a decade, has developed innovative, award-winning solutions around both the MIPS32® and MIPS64® architectures. Products include the 64-bit VR Series, which includes 14 family members with countless design wins, and single-chip offerings for a wide range of digital consumer products, such as personal video recorders and DVD recorders. NEC has also selected the MIPS32® 24KEcTM and 24KEfTM cores to power advanced solutions for the digital home.
NXP Semiconductors
NXP Semiconductors, a MIPS Technologies licensee since 1995, develops products that range from ultralow-power 32-bit cores to high-performance 64-bit processors. The company based its Nexperia™ Home Entertainment Engine on the MIPS® architecture. It also is developing multiapplication smart cards using the MIPS32® 4KSc™ smart card core and SmartMIPS™ architecture. Most recently, NXP licensed the MIPS32® 4KEc® core to develop SoCs for advanced set-top boxes and PC TV cards.
Octalica
Octalica develops leading edge digital home entertainment networking products, including DVRs (Digital Video Recorders), STBs (Set-Top Boxes), and Residential Gateways that allow consumers to enjoy an IP-based, high definition TV experience anywhere throughout the home. The company licenses a MIPS32® core for next-generation MoCA-driven applications. In 2007, Octalica was acquired by Broadcom Corporation.
Opulan Technologies Corporation
Opulan Technologies Corp. is a fabless semiconductor company focusing on developing and marketing broadband multiservice access solutions to telecommunications OEMs. Opulan Technologies Corporation has licensed the high performance, low power MIPS32® 4KEc® core will be used to develop SoCs for xDSL access equipment for the Asia Pacific Service Provider market.
Pixelworks
Pixelworks is a leading provider of SOCs for advanced displays in consumer electronic applications. With their licenses for the MIPS32® 4KEc™ and M4K™ cores, Pixelworks has standardized upon the MIPS architecture for advanced TV and multimedia projector products.
PMC-Sierra
PMC-Sierra, Inc. licenses the MIPS64® and MIPS32® architectures and a variety of MIPS® cores, including the multi-threaded 34KTM family, to develop MIPSBasedTM processors that span a broad range of applications, from networking equipment to printers and set-top boxes.
PowerLayer Microsystems
With major operations in Asia Pacific including Hong Kong, Beijing and Shenzhen, PowerLayer Microsystems develops advanced digital consumer SoCs for DTV, computer, broadband, mobile communication, information appliance and other emerging applications. PowerLayer has licensed the MIPS32® 24KEcTM processor core to advance the development of nextgeneration digital television (DTV) products.
Quartics
Quartics leverages breakthrough semiconductor architectural advantages to provide dominant media processing and media extension solutions for laptop computer and display markets.
QuickLogic Corporation
QuickLogic Corp. is using the MIPS32® 4Kc® core as the basis of its QuickMIPS Embedded Standard Product (ESP) family. QuickLogic’s ESPs provide significant time and cost savings, high performance and flexibility to engineers of advanced systems.
Ralink Technology, Corp.
A global developer of wireless IEEE 802.11x chipsets, Ralink has licensed the MIPS32® 4KEc® core to develop high-performance, low-cost solutions for wireless access points.
Raza Microelectronics, Inc.
Raza Microelectronics, Inc. (RMI®) is a fabless semiconductor company providing highly-integrated feature-rich products ranging from power-optimized System-on-a-Chip (SoC) solutions to High-Performance Processors for the Digital Consumer, Wireless, Networking and Security markets. RMI offers the most advanced and most complete MIPS-Based® processing solutions with both 32/64-bit architectures supporting frequencies from 300MHz to 1.2GHz. The company is headquartered in Cupertino, CA with branch and subsidiary Raza Microelectronics, Inc. (RMI®) is a fabless semiconductor company providing highly-integrated feature-rich products ranging from power-optimized System-on-a-Chip (SoC) solutions to High-Performance Processors for the Digital Consumer, Wireless, Networking and Security markets. RMI offers the most advanced and most complete MIPS-Based® processing solutions with both 32/64-bit architectures supporting frequencies from 300MHz to 1.2GHz. The company is headquartered in Cupertino, CA with branch and subsidiary
Realtek Semiconductor Corporation
Realtek, one of Taiwan’s leading fabless semiconductor companies, has taken a license for a number of 32-bit cores from MIPS Technologies, including the 24Kc™ core, which is part of the industry’s highest-performance family of synthesizable processor cores. Realtek is using its multi-core license to develop highly differentiated, low-cost solutions for the broadband market.
Scientific Atlanta
A Cisco company, Scientific Atlanta is one of the leading global manufacturers and suppliers of products, systems and services that help broadband operators connect consumers with a world of integrated, interactive video, data and voice services. Scientific Atlanta has licensed the MIPS32® 24KcTM core for use in their next generation of highly integrated semiconductors for digital set- top boxes.
Sharp Corporation
Sharp is a worldwide developer of core digital technologies which will combine its advanced high density 1M-byte flash memory with the industry’s most secure, licensable, 32-bit cores, the 4KSc™ and 4KSd™ cores, to set new standards of security and performance for consumer products.
SiCortex
SiCortex Inc. has licensed MIPS Technologies` industry-standard 64-bit architecture for its new generation of high-performance, low-power Linux teraflop computers.
Sigma Designs
Sigma Designs specializes in silicon-based media processors and wireless chipsets for IPTV set-top boxes, digital media receivers, high definition DVD players, HDTV, and portable media players. The company has licensed the MIPS32® 4KETM and 24K® core families for a range of high-performance processor solutions.
Silicon Integrated Systems Corp. (SiS)
Silicon Integrated Systems Corp. (SiS) is a worldwide leader in the development of leading-edge core logic chipsets. Over the last 20 years, its products have been widely used in various applications such as Desktop PCs, notebook PCs, Embedded Systems, Wireless Communications, Servers, and Digital Entertainment Devices. Furthermore, in order to provide a full-scope of solutions for customers, SiS gets involved in DRAM Module business. For more information, visit www.sis.com.
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI)
Sony has long relied on the MIPS® architecture, most notably for its PlayStation® family of products, including the 128-bit Emotion Engine® multimedia processor in the PlayStation® 2 computer entertainment system. In 2002, SCEI acquired a license for the MIPS64® architecture.
STMicroelectronics
STMicroelectronics is a global leader in developing and delivering semiconductor solutions across the spectrum of microelectronics applications. An unrivalled combination of silicon and system expertise, manufacturing strength, Intellectual Property (IP) portfolio and strategic partners positions the Company at the forefront of System-on-Chip (SoC) technology and its products play a key role in enabling today`s convergence markets. ST has licensed MIPS Technologies’ 64-bit architecture.
Stream Processors, Inc
Stream Processors, Inc. (SPI) is a privately held fabless semiconductor company delivering an innovative stream processing architecture. The company`s technology and products improve application productivity by making parallel processing easier to program and use. The company has licensed the MIPS32® 4KEc® core for use in breakthrough stream processor architecture.
Sunplus Technology
A long–time MIPS Technologies licensee of a variety of cores, including the MIPS32® 4KEc® and 4Kp™ processors, Sunplus Technology Co., Ltd., has also licensed the MIPS32® 24KEc™ Pro core. One of the leading consumer IC companies in the world, Sunplus will initially integrate the high-performance, lowpower 24KEc Pro core into SoCs targeting digital home entertainment markets including Digital TVs, set-top boxes, high-end DVD players and DVD recorders. Additionally Sunplus will target personal entertainment devices such as portable media players and handheld products.
Teradici Corporation
Teradici has selected the MIPS32® 24KcTM Pro processor core for Teradici’s ground-breaking TERA Host and Portal chipset, the engine of Teradici’s PC-over-IP technology. PC-over-IP makes network-delivered computing a viable corporate computing reality, employing a combination of unique graphics algorithms and high-performance silicon processing to change how personal computers are used, deployed and managed.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments Inc. features the MIPS32® 4K™, MIPS32® 24Kc™ and MIPS64® 5K™ core families in its ASIC library to enable a broad range of embedded applications. In addition, TI is developing broadband solutions by integrating the MIPS32 4KEc™ and MIPS32® 24Kc™ cores with its programmable DSP technology.
THALES Communications
THALES Communications (formerly Thomson-CSF Communications), is using the MIPS32® 4KEm™ core in ASICs for low-power, high-performance secure access devices. After evaluating cores from leading suppliers, THALES chose the MIPS® core because it delivered the requisite performance without a coprocessor, resulting in a smaller, less expensive ASIC that runs on less power.
Thrane and Thrane
Thrane and Thrane, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of terminals for global mobile satellite communications, chose the MIPS32® 4KEm™ core for its next-generation satellite mobile phones.
Toshiba Corporation
Toshiba Corporation, a long-standing MIPS® architecture licensee, has developed 32- and 64-bit products for a broad range of applications, from digital cameras and automotive telematics to home gateways and office automation. Toshiba also selected the MIPS32® 24KEcTM Pro and 24KEfTM Pro cores as the company’s latest microprocessor line-up for providing advanced solutions for next-generation digital consumer products. Targeted applications include DTV, HD DTV, and set-top boxes.
TranSwitch
TranSwitch Corporation has selected the MIPS32® 4KEc® Pro processor core for use in next-generation Passive Optical Network (PON) SoCs for Customer Premises Equipment. Design and development activities will be centered in TranSwitch`s India operations in New Delhi, making this the first MIPS-Based design in India. TranSwitch Corporation designs, develops and markets innovative semiconductors that provide core functionality and complete solutions for voice, data and video communications network equipment.
TrendChip Technologies
TrendChip Technologies Corporation is a fast-growing communication IC company focusing on broadband ICs including DSL chipsets. TrendChip has shipped more than 12 million DSL chipsets to 30 telephone companies/ISPs in more than 20 countries worldwide. TrendChip has licensed the MIPS32® 24KETM and multi-threaded MIPS32 34KTM processor cores for next-generation broadband access products.
Trident Microsystems, Inc.
Trident Microsystems, Inc. designs, develops and markets digital television System-On-Chip (SoC) solutions for the rapidly growing consumer electronics markets in Digital Television (LCD, PDP, High Definition, Digital CRT, Micro Display Projection) and AV Multimedia PCs. Trident`s products are sold to a network of OEMs, original design manufacturers and system integrators worldwide. The company has licensed the MIPS32® 24KEcTM Pro core.
TSMC
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (TSMC), the world’s largest semiconductor foundry, shares a broad strategic alliance with MIPS Technologies. The company makes available a full range of hard cores based on the MIPS32® and MIPS64® architectures, optimized to TSMC processes.
TZero
TZero Technologies, Inc. is using the MIPS32® 24Kc™ core in an ultra wideband chipset that will deliver long-range and highly reliable broadband wireless connectivity for consumer electronics, mobile and networked devices.
UMC
UMC, a leading semiconductor foundry, has a license for MIPS Technologies’ highest performance 64-bit cores that includes the award-winning MIPS64® 20Kc™ and 0.18um 4Kc® cores.
ViXS Systems
ViXS Systems Inc. has made high-quality wireless distribution a reality with a video-over-IP solution based on the MIPS32® 4KEm™ core. ViXS’ Xcode™ chip enables a single set-top box to feed broadcast-quality video over wired and wireless networks to multiple TVs in the home, as well as PCs, PDAs, laptops, webpads and other devices, allowing each to display a different program.
Wintegra
Wintegra, Inc., which targets the access infrastructure market, is using the MIPS64® 5Kc™ core in the industry’s first access packet processors. As of 2002, the company had secured more than 40 design wins for its WinPath® family of single-chip packet processors, which is based on a revolutionary architecture and features a broad list of protocols, supplied with the silicon.
Wipro Technologies
Wipro Technologies, the global IT services division of Wipro Ltd., enables embedded design engineers using MIPS-Based® technology to lower their product development costs and speed time-to-market by using Wipro’s comprehensive range of SoC design services. Under the terms of this agreement, Wipro will have access to MIPS32® 4KEc® and MIPS64® 5Kf® synthesizable cores to support joint customers.
Zoran
Zoran Corp., a leading supplier of high-performance digital solutions-on-a-chip in the consumer electronics markets, chose the MIPS® architecture on which to base its future product roadmap. Zoran will initially use the MIPS32® 4KE™ core family to develop additions to its COACH (Camera On A Chip) digital camera and digital TV processors and, in the future, its DVD product solutions.
