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News Release from: MIPS Technologies
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 11 April 2007
Digital TV specialist licenses processor
core
A provider of digital TV technology for the consumer digital video marketplace, has licensed the MIPS32 24KEc Pro core for use in its next-generation consumer devices.
MIPS Technologies has announced that Trident Microsystems, a provider of digital TV technology for the consumer digital video marketplace, has licensed the MIPS32 24KEc Pro core for use in its next-generation consumer devices Additionally, the patent and trademark infringement lawsuit filed by MIPS Technologies last December has been dismissed
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 23 Feb 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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"We are pleased that Trident has selected MIPS Technologies' cores for its next-generation digital SOC designs", says John Bourgoin, President and CEO of MIPS Technologies.
"Our joint success in resolving our differences quickly avoided costs for both companies".
"MIPS and Trident are both leaders in the DTV market, and working together, we are quite optimistic about the inroads we can make".
"We are committed to the success of this new collaboration".
"Trident is delighted that both companies are focused on mutually beneficial business opportunities", says Dr Jung-Herng Chang, President of Trident".
"Our engineers are excited to upgrade our core processing to the MIPS family of high-performance microprocessors".
"As DTVs begin to access broadband media, the demands on embedded CPU computational power will increase".
"We believe the MIPS architecture and products will help us continue to provide the competitive solutions our customers need to compete effectively in the fast-changing digital era".
The MIPS32 24KE core family uses the high-performance 24K microarchitecture and the MIPS DSP Application Specific Extension (ASE).
These instructions improve signal-processing performance up to 200% over a range of embedded applications when compared to RISC implementations without the DSP ASE.
The distinguishing feature of the 24KE family is that it provides very efficient DSP capability while significantly reducing overall SoC die area, cost, and power consumption.
The 24KE core family is supported by a complete suite of software development tools, the MIPS DSP Library, and a third party DSP applications network.
This enables SoC designers to work in a single design environment and lower system costs by migrating DSP capability on to a 24KE core.
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