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Hays takes charge of engineering
MIPS Technologies has appointed Pat Hays as its new Vice President of Engineering.
MIPS Technologies has appointed Pat Hays as its new Vice President of Engineering Dr Hays has long been a leading architect of real-time processors and brings over 20 years of semiconductor experience to MIPS Technologies, including engineering management roles at AT and T Bell Laboratories, PictureTel (Polycom) and Lexra
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 23 Feb 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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He cofounded Lexra and, as Chief Technology Officer, directed the development of fully synthesisable 32bit RISC semiconductor IP and innovative DSP and network processor extensions to its RISC architecture.
Dr Hays' career highlights include his work as principal architect of Bell Labs' DSP32, the first DSP with floating point arithmetic, and his management of Bell Labs' DSP16, for years the world's fastest DSP.
Millions of units of these DSPs have been shipped, and Hays won an ISSCC Best Paper Award for the DSP32 announcement.
As Director of Hardware Engineering, he managed PictureTel's second-generation video conferencing system, which established PictureTel as the industry leader.
As Director of VLSI at TranSwitch, he pioneered the application of programmable architectures to telecommunications.
Dr Hays holds AB and PhD degrees in physics from Harvard and MIT, respectively, and an MSEE from Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
He holds seven patents and another three are pending.
"Pat Hays not only has considerable experience with the MIPS architecture and embedded processor engineering, but also brings with him entrepreneurial experience and the kind of 'outside-the-box' thinking that moves technology forward and provides innovative solutions to increasingly complex applications", said John Bourgoin, President and CEO of MIPS Technologies.
"Pat's knowledge and expertise will help tremendously in the ongoing development of our technology, and I am delighted to welcome him to the MIPS team".
"MIPS Technologies has emerged from the industry downturn firmly positioned to dominate 32bit processor IP with the new MIPS32 24K product family", said Hays.
"It's a fantastic time to be joining MIPS".
"The future opportunity is spectacular".
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