MIPS Technologies Newsletter

The Word on the Street...

Featured below are links to some recent articles about MIPS Technologies. Read on to see what reporters, editors and industry analysts are saying about MIPS.

New line of Philips entry-level ICS tablets to use MIPS processors

"What caught our attention was the fact that Philips engineers have decided not to use an ARM processor or an x86 one, opting for a low-power MIPS processor instead," wrote Android Authority's Mihai Andrici. Read more

 

Cheap Android tablets to gain more app compatibility with MIPS SDK integration

Google is expected to bundle support for the MIPS architecture's application binary interface (ABI) in future Android code and library releases, making it easier to compile apps that can run natively on a MIPS processor. Read all about it here.

 

MIPS shows off $99 tablet at MWC

EE Times Reporter Sylvia Barak offers specs on MIPS' sub-$100 tablet, and a video interview with MIPS Mobile Architect Amit Rohatgi at Mobile World Congress 2012. Watch the full video interview here.

 

Hands-on Review: $99 Tablet Ainol NOVO Basic 7-MIPS

Editor John Oram provides a comprehensive review of the MIPS-Based, sub-$100 tablet, including full specs and multiple benchmarks. In his article, Oram writes about showing the MIPS tablet to a technology purchaser for a major California corporation that uses over 500 ruggedized tablets in its warehousing operations. Read the purchaser's response to the tablet's price here.

 

Ingenic makes first Android 4.0 tablet 4G LTE

Get ready for a 4G LTE tablet featuring MIPS for both applications and baseband processing. Electronics Weekly Web Editor Alun Williams writes, "This is significant because it sees MIPS having success with its MIPS32 architecture in the low power mobile processor market..." Read more.

 

A tablet for under a Benjamin?

Network World reporter Mark Gibbs evaluates the MIPS-Based, sub-$100 tablet. He concludes, "Performance is very good, 'Ice Cream Sandwich' is really polished, and in terms of value, the Novo7 is remarkable. For under a Benjamin this is a groundbreaking product that may well set the bar for the low end of tablets." Read full article here.

 

MIPS Showcases Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich Across Multiple Devices - CES 2012

Kevin Kitagawa, Director of Marketing for MIPS Technologies, shows numerous demonstrations to Technology Editor Bill Wong, including Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) on tablets and DTV, HD teleconferencing on TV and multiplayer gaming. Watch the video!

 

MIPS-Based Android 'Ice Cream Sandwich' Tablet Debuts in Indonesia

Indonesians now have their first Android 4.0 tablet - attractively priced at US$33 - thanks to collaboration between MIPS Technologies, Inc., MLW Telecom and MIPS-licensee Ingenic Semiconductor. Learn more about the SpeedUp Pad Ice here.

 

MWC 2012: Opera Mobile optimized for MIPS, Intel-based Android tablets

Good news for MIPS and mobile! Opera Software will optimize its Opera Mobile browser for MIPS-Based Android tablets. Opera Software CEO Lars Boilesen says, "Opera and MIPS have collaborated on the TV platform for a long time, and, now, we've decided to give people a great experience on mobile products." Read more.

 

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