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Overview

The MIPS® architecture is one of the most widely supported processor architectures, with a vast infrastructure of industry-standard tools, software and services that help ensure rapid, reliable and cost-effective SoC design. MIPS Technologies delivers the widest range of low power, high-performance processor cores with distinct cost advantages to semiconductor companies, ASIC developers and system OEMs worldwide. The company offers award-winning embedded microprocessor cores, instruction set architectures, as well as system controllers, and incorporates a complete array of software and system level debug tools to provide maximum flexibility and convenience for ever-changing market requirements: high-performance, low power, low silicon cost and rapid time-to-market.

MIPS Technologies, through Chipidea - now the Analog Business Group of MIPS - is the world's #1 leader in analog/mixed-signal IP targeted for wireless communications, digital media, consumer electronics, power management, data conversion and advanced connectivity applications. The company's advanced and extensive analog/mixed-signal IP portfolio enables next-generation SoC designers to integrate silicon-proven functionality previously available only to large integrated device manufacturers. The technology is licensed to leading semiconductor companies across all major markets, offering high-precision, single-function blocks to complete analog sub-systems.

Processor Cores

32-bit and 64-bit synthesizable and hard cores that offer high performance, low power consumption, small size, and the broadest range of capabilities.

Architectures

Licensable, highly-scalable, MIPS32® and MIPS64® architectures that enable an optimized solution for specific application requirements, while leveraging a broad range of industry-standard tools and software.

Analog/Mixed-Signal Solutions

The Chipidea IP portfolio is the industry's most comprehensive array of silicon-proven, analog and mixed-signal technology across a variety of product lines, ranging from IP to multi-function integrated circuits and complete sub-systems on leading-edge CMOS processes. Analog IP solutions.

Software Tools

Software tools that include MIPS Navigator^TM IDE, MIPS® SDE Lite, a free downloadable GNU-based toolchain, and the CodeSourcery SG++ GNU-based tool chains for MIPS available from CodeSourcery.

FS2, a division of MIPS Technologies, Inc., offers a range of System Navigator^TM JTAG probes to support debugging for any MIPS-Based design. The MIPS System Navigator^TM probes support all current MIPS32® and MIPS64® processors, ranging from the 4K® and 4KE^TM cores through the latest 74K^TM and 1004K^TM cores.