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News Release from: MIPS Technologies | Subject: MIPS32 24K
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 07 November 2007
32bit cores to upgrade home
entertainment
Cores are chosen to achieve the highest possible performance in next generation SoC designs for the world's leading home entertainment product manufacturers.
Sigma Designs has licensed the MIPS32 24K family of cores to achieve the highest possible performance in the development of its next generation SoC designs for the world's leading home entertainment product manufacturers The selection of MIPS Technologies' cores offers Sigma a host of price, performance and low-power options, as well as a comprehensive ecosystem of software, hardware and tool support
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 20 Jun 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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Since 2003, Sigma Designs has licensed a wide array of other MIPS processor cores from the entry-level MIPS32 4KE series of processors to the high-performing 24K family of cores.
Sigma Designs' SoCs power millions of home entertainment products around the world.
According to Sigma Designs, a Sigma SoC is inside approximately 75% of the world's IPTV set-top boxes, the first media smart HDTVs, six of the leading Blu-ray DVD players, and dozens of digital media adapter products on the market today - markets where MIPS Technologies also holds a strong leadership position.
"In media processor design, satisfying our customers' stringent requirements for area and power efficiency is as critical as achieving superior levels of performance", says Ken Lowe, Vice President, Strategic Marketing, Sigma Designs.
"Leveraging the proven MIPS cores allows us to produce cost-effective, innovative designs that result in some of the most exceptional, high-performing SoCs on the market".
"We're delighted to provide Sigma with leading edge solutions that deliver the flexibility and high performance required for cost-sensitive, digital consumer applications", says Brad Holtzinger, Vice President of Worldwide Sales at MIPS Technologies.
"We look forward to helping Sigma extend its industry leadership as it brings new generations of ground-breaking products to market".
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