"MIPS Technologies has done it again with its new multi -threading and
integrated DSP capabilities. Feature-rich FS2 tools make software debugging faster and
easier than ever before to help MIPS developers accelerate getting
their designs and applications to market.

Availability

FS2 System Navigator for MIPS cores is available now. Contact FS2
or visit http://www.fs2. (Nasdaq: MIPS), a leading provider of industry-standard
processor architectures and cores for digital consumer and business
applications, today announced two additions to its expanding line of hard
intellectual property (IP) cores. The company is based in Mountain View, Calif.

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mips. The FS2 System
Navigator Family provides a wide range of compact, feature-rich , debug
tools at affordable price points for all MIPS system developers.

There is no one necessary model or configuration for processors.

Processors that fit fully on one integrated circuit chip are usually called microprocessors, and have parts (features) measured in microns or micrometers (millionths of a meter), or in nanometers (billionths of a meter).

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FS2 Introduces System Navigator with PDtrace for MIPS32 24K Debug; Complete next generation EJTAG debug for development with MIPS 24K cores

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FS2 System Navigator tools support the complete MIPS32 and
MIPS64(R) processor core families. in the U.S.

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Visit Green
Hills Software on the web at http://www.

MIPS Technologies Expands Hard IP Core Family With High Performance Cores for Budget-Conscious SoC Designers

MIPS32(R) 24Kc(TM) and MIPS32 4KEc(R) Hard Cores Deliver Cost and
Time-to-Market Benefits

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.

About MIPS Technologies
MIPS Technologies, Inc. is a leading provider of industry-standard
processor architectures and cores for digital consumer and business
applications.

2) Middle: types or classes of processors.

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Green Hills Software is headquartered in Santa
Barbara, CA, with European headquarters in the United Kingdom.ghs.

FS2 System Navigator and MIPS Tools with GDB/Insight Provide
Powerful Debug Capability

FS2 System Navigator functions have been integrated with the
GDB/Insight debugger distributed by MIPS Technologies as part of the
GNU-based MIPS SDE toolchain. FS2 OCI based products include CLAM(R) (Configurable Logic
Analyzer Modules) based Logic Navigator(TM) and Bus Navigator(TM)
tools for IP debug, core specific System Navigator tools for processor
debug and trace, and MED(R) (Multi-core Embedded Debug) tools for SoC
debug. FS2 products enable silicon vendors and their customers to
develop and more effectively market their products, reduce development
cycles, allowing them to focus on delivering all the potential of the
system on silicon. MIPS Technologies and its licensees offer
the widest range of robust , scalable processors in standard, custom,
semi-custom and application-specific products.
With a worst-case frequency of 260 MHz in 10.7mm(2), the 24Kc hard core is
available in TSMC 180nm G process .com.

Some technical names for processors: Central Processing Unit (CPU), Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU) .

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The MIPS Technologies' PDtrace system, coupled
with the FS2 System Navigator, provides best-in-class debug
capabilities for 24K designs by allowing customers to concurrently
capture and view execution flow, load/store addresses and the
associated data. These
features allow the user to view the original GNU source code with
function names and line numbers mixed into the assembly code.
The MIPS32 24Kc hard core builds on the momentum generated over the past
year by the rapid adoption of the MIPS32 24K(R) family of synthesizable cores.5mm(2), the 4KEc hard core is an attractive solution
for a broad range of embedded applications, including high-performance
handheld and mobile consumer devices., and can be reached at
+1-650-567-5000 or http://www.

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"Developers who are trying to keep up with the insatiable demand for
higher throughput, lower system cost and lower system power by integrating
new, leading-edge technologies such as multi-threading, can do so without
compromising productivity, thanks to the MIPS Ecosystem and the support of
leading tools providers such as Green Hills Software," said Jack Browne, vice
president of marketing at MIPS Technologies. It also
supports MIPS-Based(TM) processors developed by MIPS Technologies licensees
including AMD, Broadcom, IDT, LSI Logic, NEC, PMC-Sierra, QuickLogic and
Toshiba. in the
United States and other countries.

(Nasdaq:MIPS) announced
today the availability of the FS2 System Navigator(TM), a
comprehensive suite of next generation EJTAG debug and trace tools for
the MIPS32(R) 24K(R) cores.mips.mips.

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Developers who want to take advantage of these
remarkable new cores can quickly reap the performance , power and cost benefits
by using the best development environment available for MIPS processors ," said
Mike Wolf, general manager of advanced products at Green Hills Software."
In addition to the 34K and 24KE core families, Green Hills' MULTI IDE
supports the MIPS32 24K(R), 4KE(TM), 4K (R), and 4KS(TM) core families.

NOTE: MIPS, MIPS32, MIPS64, MIPS-Based, 4K, 4KE, 4KS, 24K , 24KE, 34K and
34Kc are trademarks or registered trademarks of MIPS Technologies, Inc. "The combination of PDtrace with fully
integrated development tools is invaluable for developers using MIPS32
24K cores."
Rick Leatherman, president of FS2 added, "FS2 has worked with MIPS
Technologies to develop the highest performance debug system for MIPS
cores. MIPS Technologies and its licensees offer the widest range of robust,
scalable processors in standard, custom, semi-custom and application-specific
products.

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Application Development Environment Offers Quick Time-to-Profit for Licensees
of Revolutionary MIPS32(R) 34K(TM) and 24KE(TM) Core Families

SAN JOSE, Calif.
Other Green Hills Software development tools available for MIPS-Based
applications include the INTEGRITY (R) RTOS, a secure, royalty-free real-time
operating system for mission-critical embedded applications , which currently
supports the MIPS32 4K family. The MIPS32 24K cores are the highest
performing 400MHz to 625MHz 32-bit synthesizable processor cores in
the embedded market today with a growing range of customers in the
digital consumer, networking and office automation markets. The company licenses its
intellectual property to semiconductor companies, ASIC developers and system
OEMs .

NOTE: MIPS, MIPS32, 24K, 24Kc, 4KE, 4KEc and 4Kc are trademarks or
registered trademarks of MIPS Technologies, Inc.

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In addition, the 34K core family leverages
the high-performance 24KE microarchitecture, which includes the MIPS DSP
Application Specific Extension (ASE) for developers who want the benefits of
an integrated DSP capability. The company
licenses its intellectual property to semiconductor companies, ASIC
developers and system OEMs. With a worst-case
frequency of 233 MHz in 2.

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Green Hills Software's fully integrated, end-to-end MULTI(R) Integrated
Development Environment (IDE), which is optimized for the MIPS32 and MIPS64(R)
architectures, enables MIPS licensees and end users of 34K and 24KE core -based
systems to rapidly develop, debug, and optimize code, and significantly reduce
development costs and time-to-market.
FS2 System Navigator is available with USB 2., and can be reached at 650 -567-5000 or
http://www.

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MIPS Technologies and its licensees offer the widest range of robust,
scalable processors in standard, custom, semi-custom and application-specific
products . The MIPS32(R) 24Kc(TM) and 4KEc(R) hard
cores, which augment the company's line of synthesizable IP cores, provide an
easy, cost-effective, low-risk alternative for startups, fabless semiconductor
companies, and system OEMs that want to take advantage of MIPS Technologies'
industry-leading 32-bit architecture in a broad range of digital consumer
products.
"By leveraging the benefits of hard IP cores with the exceptional
performance of our 24K and price/performance 4KE core families , customers gain
a tremendous advantage in the rapid delivery of high-performance products to
cost -sensitive markets," said Russ Bell, vice president of marketing at MIPS
Technologies.

The term's meaning varies with context, mainly by how processors are defined or implemented.

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Support for the 24K and 24KE families is now
underway and is expected to be announced this summer.

About the MIPS32 34K Family
The MIPS32 34K core family is a revolutionary multi-threading solution for
high-performance, cost-sensitive embedded applications.
Internal benchmarks indicate that the 34Kc(TM) core running just two threads
achieved a 60-percent speed increase over a single-threaded processor with
only a 14-percent increase in area. The DSP instructions in 24KE cores improve signal processing
performance up to 3x over a range of embedded applications when compared to
RISC implementations without the DSP ASE.com. All other trademarks referred to herein are
the property of their respective owners.

"We are especially proud of the new 4KEc hard core, the first
hard core developed by our new Shanghai R+D center, which offers a small, but
high-performance solution for budget-conscious SoC designers around the
world.

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Business Editors/Technology Writers
Embedded Systems Conference San Francisco 2005

SAN FRANCISCO----First Silicon
Solutions (FS2(R)) and MIPS Technologies , Inc. This core is ideal for budget-conscious SoC
designers, including those in the Asia/Pacific region, who need the cost and
time-to-market benefits of hard cores and want more performance for set-top
boxes, residential gateways, digital TVs, and other high-end consumer
applications. The company drives the broadest architectural alliance that is
delivering 32- and 64-bit embedded RISC solutions.

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Implementing the
MIPS(R) MT ASE, it processes multiple software threads in parallel, masking
the effect of memory latency to deliver significant gains in system
performance and cost savings , with a very modest increase in die size. It connects to the MIPS
target using the standard EJTAG 14-pin connector for on-chip trace or
a 38-pin Mictor connector for off-chip trace capture. The company drives the broadest architectural alliance
that is delivering 32- and 64-bit embedded RISC solutions .

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(Nasdaq: MIPS), and Green
Hills Software, Inc. With PDtrace, users can choose either on-chip trace
capture or stream the trace data off-chip to the FS2 System Navigator. In addition to tracing code flow, the
trace can also display load/store cycles, which are useful in seeing
code and data flow as the code executes, and what conditional code and
variable values caused the changes. and other
countries.

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Our royalty-free INTEGRITY(R) RTOS,
velOSity(TM) kernel, u-velOSity(TM) microkernel , compilers, MULTI(R) and
AdaMULTI(TM) integrated development environments and TimeMachine(TM) debugger
offer a complete development solution that addresses both deeply embedded and
high-reliability applications. Both cores will be delivered with design kits composed
of complete product documentation , design data, verification and simulation
models, and include support and training.

Processors can be made in many parts or in one part (monolithic).

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About Green Hills Software
Founded in 1982, Green Hills Software, Inc. Additional information about FS2 is available at
http://www. in the United States
and other countries.
The MIPS32 4KEc hard core, available in a TSMC 130nm G process, offers a
significant price/performance advantage to SoC designers.

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"This latest development extends the long and successful
relationship we've had with FS2," said Russ Bell, vice president of
marketing, MIPS Technologies. The FS2 debug
environment is extensible to heterogeneous multi -core debugging
applications, such as integrating systems analysis of multiple MIPS
and DSP cores , or trace of OCP, AMBA or custom bus interfaces.com

About First Silicon Solutions (FS2)

FS2 specializes in custom silicon IP, design services and OCI(R)
(On-Chip Instrumentation) development tools for programming, testing
and debug of embedded systems in FPGA, SoC, SOPC, ASSP and ASIC
devices ., MIPS
Technologies, Inc. For more information, contact MIPS
Technologies at +1-650-567-5000 , or sales@mips. All other trademarks referred to herein are the property of their
respective owners .

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These tools will make it easier for our customers to get
maximum performance from their cores, while meeting their design goals
with faster time to market.0, 10/100 Ethernet
(optional) and IEEE Parallel PC interfaces.com

FS2, FS2 System Navigator, MED, and OCI are trademarks of First
Silicon Solutions, Inc.

Older processors were always in many parts, current ones are usually monolithic.

Key trait: all parts are treated, and work, as one processing unit during some task.

The future will bring nanoprocessors, with parts measured in a few nanometers, and made with a technology called nanotechnology .

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"Green Hills' MULTI IDE offers
developers a best-in-class environment for quickly and easily designing and
deploying their MIPS-Based products.
MIPS32 24K cores are now available with the powerful PDtrace(TM)
(Program and Data Trace) option for faster development and debug of
24K core applications .
Off-chip trace streaming saves on-chip memory resources and provides
for deeper trace depths with 128K 64-bit frames. The company is based in
Mountain View, Calif.
MIPS, MIPS32, MIPS64, 24K , and PDtrace are trademarks or
registered trademarks of MIPS Technologies, Inc.

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, Embedded Systems Conference, MIPS Technologies, Inc. is a leading provider of industry-standard
processor architectures and cores for digital consumer and business
applications.7 mm(2)
Caches: 16KB/16KB

About the 4KEc Hard IP Core
Process: TSMC 130nm G
Frequency: 233 MHz, worst case
Core Size: 2.com.

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, today announced that Green Hills Software's
comprehensive set of software development tools for embedded applications
supports the latest MIPS(R) processor cores: the MIPS32(R) 34K(TM) family, a
revolutionary multi-threading solution for embedded applications , and the
MIPS32 24KE(TM) family, which features the highest performance available in a
32-bit synthesizable core, together with an integrated DSP capability.com.

About MIPS Technologies
MIPS Technologies, Inc. The company is based in Mountain View, CA, and can be reached at
+1-650-567-5000 or http://www.

When
viewing the trace display, the executed addresses are displayed along
with assembly instructions.fs2.5 mm(2)
Caches: 8KB/8KB

Features of both hard cores include:
-- 32-entry Translation Lookaside Buffer (TLB) for Linux support
-- MIPS16e(TM) ASE for code compression
-- High-performance multiply/divide unit
-- CorExtend(TM) capability to enable customer-defined instruction
extensions
-- COP2 interface to customer-defined coprocessor
-- Instruction and data breakpoints for debug support

In addition to the new 24Kc and 4KEc cores, MIPS Technologies' hard IP
core family includes a MIPS32 4KEc core in a TSMC 180nm G process and a MIPS32
4Kc(R) core in a SMIC 180nm G process.

On this page, processors are arranged in three groups and levels: 1) Top: issues spanning multiple unrelated processors.

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is the technology leader in
real-time operating systems (RTOS) and device software optimization (DSO) for
32- and 64-bit embedded systems. The company licenses its
intellectual property to semiconductor companies, ASIC developers and system
OEMs. The seamless operation of the FS2 tools
with the GDB/Insight debugger ensures a comprehensive software
development environment with sophisticated features, ease of use, and
minimal cost to the developer.
FS2 System Navigator software includes several features designed
to fully support PDtrace and the System Navigator probes .com

About MIPS Technologies

MIPS Technologies, Inc. is a leading provider of industry -standard
processor architectures and cores for digital consumer and business
applications."

About the 24Kc Hard IP Core
Process: TSMC 180nm G
Frequency: 260 MHz, worst case
Core Size: 10.

Everything else in current computers mostly only holds information, as bits.

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MIPS Technologies' Multi-threading and DSP Solutions Supported by Green Hills Software's Development Tools

About the MIPS32 24KE Family
The MIPS32 24KE core family leverages the high -performance 24K(TM)
microarchitecture and the MIPS DSP ASE to provide a very efficient DSP
capability while significantly reducing overall SoC die area, cost, and power
consumption. The company drives the broadest architectural alliance that is
delivering 32- and 64-bit embedded RISC solutions. They also provide support for
multi-core debugging and interface to the FS2 MED(R) (Multi-core
Embedded Debug) system for more complex SoC designs.

Availability
The MIPS32 24Kc and MIPS32 4KEc hard cores are now available for licensing
from MIPS Technologies.