Wind River, MIPS Technologies Create Center of Excellence, Align High-Demand Embedded RISC Processors, Development Tools.Business/Hi-Tech Editors Embedded Processor Forum Multi-Year Collaborative Agreement Ensures Early, Optimized Products for Digital Consumer, Networking Markets SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 12, 2000 Wind River Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:WIND) and MIPS Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:MIPS (Million Instructions Per Second) The execution speed of a computer. For example, .5 MIPS is 500,000 instructions per second; 100 MIPS is a hundred million instructions per second. ) today announced creation of the Wind River/MIPS Center of Excellence (COE See common operating environment. ), part of a unique Wind River initiative to collaborate closely on a one-on-one basis with key embedded semiconductor partners. (See September 29, 1999 Wind River news release describing the Center of Excellence initiative.) As part of the agreement, the companies will combine engineering and marketing resources to facilitate porting, optimization and distribution of Wind River's marketshare leading software, including the Tornado(R) development platform and VxWorks(R) real time operating system A master control program that can provide immediate response to input signals and transactions. See real time system and embedded Linux. , for MIPS Technologies MIPS32(TM) and MIPS64(TM) processor architectures, as well as earlier MIPS Instruction Set Architectures. In a recent study, Gartner Group/Dataquest found that for 2000, embedded processor cores based on flexible, high-performance, high-value 32- and 64-bit MIPS-based(TM) designs have the highest perceived demand of any processor architecture, with 22 percent of all system-level integration designs. This multi-year partnership will deliver products that allow embedded developers to build networking and consumer product applications faster and more easily. "The Wind River/MIPS Technologies Center of Excellence is truly a 'win-win' situation that gives both companies a unique opportunity to define the future of embedded technology and great products for our customers," said John Bourgoin, chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of MIPS Technologies. "Our goal is to bring embedded developers best-of-breed solutions that really help the industry move faster and build more innovative applications. By working intimately with the marketshare embedded software leader Wind River, we believe that we can do that." "Wind River created the Center of Excellence initiative because there was a clear need for closer ties between leading embedded semiconductor and software providers," said Jerry Fiddler, chairman of Wind River. "MIPS Technologies was a logical choice for us to partner with because of its strong reputation and high-performance, high-value microprocessors. And because of our mutual commitment to customer needs, we believe the Wind River/MIPS Technologies Center of Excellence will be a great asset to the developer community." Fiddler will be the keynote speaker at the Embedded Processor Forum in San Jose, California San Jose (IPA: /ˌsænhoʊˈzeɪ/) is the third-largest city in California, and the tenth-largest in the United States. It is the county seat of Santa Clara County. , an event at which MIPS Technologies will be the main hosting company. Under the 3-year agreement, Wind River will continue to support the MIPS architecture as both companies develop and extend their products. The relationship is also structured to allow MIPS Technologies licensees to join the COE program to ensure that their specific processors and development boards are supported. The first MIPS licensee to sign up for the Wind River/MIPS Center of Excellence is Quantum Effect Devices Quantum Effect Devices was a company originally named Quantum Effect Design, incorporated in 1991. The three founders, Tom Riordan, Earl Killian and Ray Kunita were senior managers at MIPS Computer Systems Inc.. (QED QED abbr. Latin quod erat demonstrandum (which was to be demonstrated) QED which was to be shown or proved [Latin quod erat demonstrandum] Noun 1. ). "There is an army of design teams developing MIPS-based products with Wind River software worldwide," said Tom Riordan, president and CEO of QED. "The embedded applications space is exploding and proven leaders like Wind River and MIPS Technologies are stepping up to reduce development cycles and preserve technology investments. We are excited to be the first partner in the Wind River/MIPS Technologies Center of Excellence as optimized development tools resulting from this agreement will help design teams offer well-tailored products faster. That is exactly what the market needs." Jump Start on Development Because the collaborative effort between the two companies ensures a more integrated software offering early in the embedded microprocessor development cycle, embedded developers building networking and digital consumer applications can leverage the results of the Wind River/MIPS Technologies Center of Excellence and accelerate their time-to-market, giving them a competitive edge. -- Developers gain a complete hardware and software solution early in the product life cycle, enabling early prototyping and application development. -- The collaboration ensures that the software makes the most of new processor architectural features, providing highly optimized hardware and software solutions. -- Coordinated product roadmaps will preserve current and future investments in technology; for example, software is optimized to take advantage of future MIPS Technologies processor IP (intellectual property). -- Leading embedded software and hardware technologies will be fully compatible, simplifying the development process, reducing development costs, and fostering cutting-edge applications with more functionality. -- Both companies have a strong commitment to meeting the unique needs of the digital consumer and networking markets. About MIPS Technologies, Inc. MIPS Technologies, Inc. is one of the world's primary architects of embedded 32- and 64-bit RISC processors. The company drives the broadest architectural alliance that is delivering 32- and 64-bit embedded RISC RISC in full Reduced Instruction Set Computing Computer architecture that uses a limited number of instructions. RISC became popular in microprocessors in the 1980s. solutions. The company licenses its intellectual property to semiconductor companies, ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) Pronounced "a-sick." A chip that is custom designed for a specific application rather than a general-purpose chip such as a microprocessor. developers, and system OEMs. MIPS Technologies, Inc. and its licensees offer the widest range of robust, scalable processors in standard, custom, semi-custom and application-specific products. Licensees currently include: Alchemy Microprocessor Design Group (Cadence); ATI Technologies, Inc.; Broadcom Corporation; Centillium Communications, Inc.; Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing SGX: C27 NASDAQ: CHRT (abbreviated CSM) is the world's fourth largest dedicated independent semiconductor foundry, with its headquarters and main operations located in the Woodlands Industrial Park, Kranji Singapore. ; CommQuest (IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) ); ESS Technology, Inc.; Excess Bandwidth; General Instrument Corporation; Integrated Device Technology IDT (NASDAQ: IDTI) was founded in 1980 as a semiconductor vendor. Employing approximately 2500 people worldwide, headquartered in San Jose, California and operating a fab in Hillsboro, Oregon, the company both designs and fabricates semiconductor components. , Inc. (IDT IDT Integrated Device Technology, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA, USA) IDT I Don't Think IDT Identity Theft IDT Interrupt Descriptor Table IDT Integrated DNA Technologies IDT Inactive Duty Training IDT Instructional Design & Technology ); Lara Networks, Inc.; LSI LSI: see integrated circuit. (Large Scale Integration) Between 3,000 and 100,000 transistors on a chip. See SSI, MSI, VLSI and ULSI. Logic Corporation; Macronix; Metalink Ltd.; NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. Corporation; NKK NKK Nippon Kaiji Kyokai NKK Norwegian Kennel Klub NKK Nordisk Kemiteknolog Konferens (conference for engineering students from Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland) NKK Navta Kriejtiv Kru Corporation; Philips Semiconductors; Quantum Effect Devices, Inc. (QED); QuickLogic Corporation, Sandcraft, Inc.; SiByte, Inc.; Sony Corporation; Synova; Texas Instruments Incorporated; Toshiba Corporation; and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company. Numerous companies utilize MIPS-based(TM)intellectual property. MIPS Technologies, Inc. is based in Mountain View, California For the census-designated place, see Mountain View, Contra Costa County, California. For other places called "Mountain View", see . Mountain View is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. The city gets its name from the views of the Santa Cruz Mountains. , and can be reached at 650/567-5000 or http://www.mips.com. About Wind River Systems, Inc. Wind River Systems, Inc., http://www.windriver.com, is the worldwide leader in embedded software. Wind River provides software development tools, real-time operating systems, and advanced connectivity for use in products throughout the Internet, telecommunications and data communications, digital imaging, networking, medical, computer peripherals, automotive, and aerospace/defense markets. Wind River is how smart things think. Founded in 1983, Wind River is headquartered in Alameda, California, with operations in 15 countries worldwide. Wind River Systems, the Wind River Systems logo, Tornado and VxWorks are registered trademarks of Wind River Systems, Inc. MIPS is a registered trademark and MIPS-based, MIPS32 and MIPS64 are trademarks of MIPS Technologies, Inc. |
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