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News Release from: MIPS Technologies
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 25 August 2004
SiNett cites core flexibility
MIPS Technologies has licensed the MIPS32 4KEp Pro core to SiNett Corp, a developer of groundbreaking wireless local area network (WLAN) packet processing silicon and software.
MIPS Technologies has licensed the MIPS32 4KEp Pro core to SiNett Corp, a developer of groundbreaking wireless local area network (WLAN) packet processing silicon and software The 4KEp Pro core offers performance of 356 Dhrystone MIPS and gives SoC designers enormous flexibility to optimise their applications while significantly improving application performance and reducing power consumption
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 23 Feb 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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The 4KEp Pro core features the CorExtend capability, enabling designers to add user-defined instructions and maintain compatibility with the MIPS architecture.
Additionally, 4KE family cores include advanced features such as code compression, larger writeback cache memories and extensive clock gating.
"Network OEMs need new silicon devices that allow them to build more intelligence into their products through improved performance, while maintaining margins and lowering the costs of production", said Shiri Kadambi, cofounder and CEO of SiNett.
"We chose the 4KEp Pro core because it gives us the most flexibility to meet our design goals and deliver highly competitive solutions for the seamless integration of wired and wireless networks".
"Networking infrastructure products that enable wireless access to corporate resources is an important growth market.
We are pleased that SiNett has chosen the MIPS architecture to create solutions that deliver a seamless, secure, cost-effective network", said Jack Browne, Vice President of Worldwide Sales at MIPS Technologies.
"The performance and CorExtend capabilities of the 4KEp Pro core will allow SiNett's design team to innovate with ease and get to market fast using an industry-standard architecture".
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