Open-Silicon recently completed physical design of a custom ASIC using the MIPS32® 24Kc™ processor core, a synthesizable 32-bit RISC CPU with an eight stage pipeline.

The 24Kc core has numerous configuration options for speed, area and power that put it in high demand for many consumer electronics and wireless applications. Read More

Product Showcase: MIPS Navigator™ ICS with Groundbreaking Linux Development Tools

In the latest Embedded Market Study from TechInsights (publishers of Embedded Systems Design magazine), when respondents were asked if they could improve one thing about their embedded design activities, the overwhelming response was “debugging tools.” In that same study, managers were asked, “Thinking about the next year, what areas will be your greatest technology challenges?” “Integration of new tools and technologies” and “software tools” topped the list. Read More

Featured Partner: Vivante Corp.

Increasing demand for advanced 3D user interfaces and image processing means that GPUs are a must-have for today’s high-definition home entertainment products, as well as traditional embedded graphics products like game consoles, navigation devices, smart phones and ultra-mobile computing devices.

Vivante is addressing this growing trend from its headquarters in the heart of Silicon Valley. The company offers a comprehensive set of silicon-proven GPU solutions for cutting-edge mobile device and home entertainment applications. Its products include a wide variety of 2D and 2D/3D GPUs that are scalable, built on industry standards, and optimized for power, performance and size, so customers can cost-effectively differentiate their products. Read More

MIPS Connectivity and Embedded Peripheral Solutions

Luis Laranjeira,
Director of Embedded Peripherals for MIPS Technologies’ Analog Business Group, discusses MIPS Connectivity IP Solutions.

What are the biggest
challenges today for SoC developers when integrating connectivity solutions?
When I was studying and building digital systems back in school, the biggest challenge was to find adequate discrete components so that at the board level we could connect them together—the assumption being that each discrete chip component was robust and acting according to specification. Read more

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Analog IP Highlights

Word on the Street

	Eclipse toolset eases the building of MIPS-based embedded systems that run Linux
	MIPS rolls out its own IDE
	Breaking the gigahertz speed barrier
	Achieving cache coherence in a MIPS32 multicore design
	IP cores put USB functions into advanced SoCs
	Tuner IP cuts costs, minimizes risks for GPS developers
	MIPS inks new licensing agreements with PMC-Sierra
	Audio signal processing can cut power
	Viewpoint: Analog IP integration needs support
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Did You Know?

MIPS® Support
	When licensing a MIPS connectivity interface solution—comprised of a digital controller and an analog PHY—MIPS will integrate the two components and validate ... Read more

MIPS Ecosystem
	More than 100 companies form the MIPS Ecosystem—including Green Hills Software, MontaVista Software and Wind River Systems ... Read more

Analog and Mixed-signal Highlights
	MIPS Technologies delivers analog and mixed-signal solutions in a broad range of processes, with over 200 GDSII databases shipped in calendar year 2007 ... Read more

Markets and Applications
	Automotive telematics provide a new level of visual information from sources such as GPS with mapping and routing, traffic congestion and other useful information ... Read more

Noteworthy MIPS-Based™ Products
	Clearview Technology’s new Infinity miPC uses a MIPS-Based RMI Alchemy AU1250 to power its full range of PC features. Read more

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