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News Release from: MIPS Technologies | Subject: MIPS32 24K
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 28 July 2004
Synthesisable cores run with Windows CE
The new 550MHz MIPS32 24K family of cores has passed Microsoft's certification testing for Windows CE.
The new 550MHz MIPS32 24K family of cores has passed Microsoft's certification testing for Windows CE The combination of Windows CE and MIPS Technologies' 24K core family gives designers powerful tool and software support for rapidly creating the next generation of smart, connected and small-footprint devices, including multimedia consumer electronics, set-top boxes (STB), gateways, and voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) phones
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 20 Jun 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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"The near decade-long relationship between Microsoft and MIPS Technologies and its licensees offers device manufacturers a high-performance solution for the rapid development and deployment of sophisticated, feature-rich devices that consumers demand", said Todd Brix, Group Product Manager of the Mobile and Embedded Devices Division at Microsoft Corp.
"MIPS architecture optimised for Windows CE will speed development time for device makers building products such as networked consumer electronics, set-top boxes, digital TVs, wireless projectors, voice over IP phones and network and storage gateways".
"Our collaboration with Microsoft ensures that Windows CE meets the expectations of OEMs who want to take advantage of the industry's highest-performance 32bit cores".
Further reading
Seamless support for synthesisable processor cores
The Mentor Graphics Seamless hardware/software coverification processor support package (PSP) is now available for the the MIPS32 24K family.
Support for top-performing cores
Green Hills Software's comprehensive set of software development tools for MIPS-based applications now supports the new MIPS32 24K core family.
"By using a 24K core, they have the headroom to create innovative and highly competitive products, using industry-standard tools and software such as Windows CE to get to market with speed, ease and efficiency", said Russ Bell, Vice President of Marketing at MIPS Technologies.
The 24K core family offers 1.44DMIPS/MHz performance in a core area of less than 3.0mm2, along with a wide range of configurable features, enabling engineers to keep costs down while adding more features and functionality to next-generation SoCs.
High-performance, programmable processors give a design more headroom so that future upgrades can be implemented in software.
For example, set-top boxes are required to perform more functions simultaneously, support ever-changing standards, and offer security features.
The 24K core family has the performance headroom to offer field-upgradability and accommodate new standards, and was designed to power through demanding applications with features such as an ultrafast multiply, floating point support and customisable CorExtend instructions.
Windows CE, Microsoft's most advanced real-time operating system, complements the 24K cores' powerful features with faster performance and real-time processing, improved security enhancements, richer multimedia and Web browsing capabilities, and greater application compatibility across Windows CE-based devices.
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