Holiday Wish Lists Topped with MIPS-Based Gifts

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., December 22, 2003 - MIPS Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: MIPS), a leading provider of industry-standard processor architectures and cores for digital consumer and business applications, announced today that consumers worldwide have access to innovative MIPS-Based™ digital consumer devices for the 2003 holiday season. The availability of these products are enabled by a growing list of MIPS Technologies' licensees that are using the high-performance MIPS® architecture to develop unique products, such as digital televisions, digital set-top boxes and mobile devices.

Over the years, innovative and highly competitive processors from OEM and semiconductor partners have driven the MIPS® architecture into a diverse range of embedded applications, such as ultra-low power mobile applications like smart cards, PDAs and digital cameras. Visit MIPS Technologies' Website for a listing of MIPS-Based design wins.

Mobile Devices

• AMX's MVP 7500 and 8400 wireless touch screen panels
  
• Casio's Cassiopeia Pocket Manage
  
• Macsense's HomePod Wireless Audio Player
  
• Roku's HD1000 digital media player
  
• Sony's AIBO Entertainment Robot
  
• STi's VR3 Linux PDA
  
• VideoChip's Digital Wallet

MIPS-Based processors are being used to develop SOCs for set-top boxes, integrated digital televisions, DVD recordable devices and other entertainment products that meet a wide range of price points and performance demands in markets around the world.

Digital Televisions

• Sony's KDP-51WS550 high definition TV
  
• Sony's KDP-57WS550 high definition TV
  
• Sony's KDP-65WS550 high definition TV
  
• Sony's VEGA KDE-P42HZ1 plasma TV
  
• Sony's VEGA KDE-P50HZ1 plasma TV

Digital Set-Top Boxes

• Echostar's DISH 322 satellite set-top box
  
• Echostar's DISH DVR 522 satellite set-top box
  
• Galaxis' LinuxTV model
  
• Hughes Network Systems' HDVR2 DirecTV DVR with TiVo
  
• Motorola's DCT 2500, DCT 2600 and DCT-5100 series
  
• Pace's 500 series, used by Time Warner Cable
  
• Pioneer's Voyager 3000 cable set-top box
  
• RCA's RW2100 Internet receiver
  
• Scientific Atlanta's 3250HD and 4200HD models
  
• Sony's CoCoon PVR
  
• TiVo's Series 2

Digital Entertainment

• PRISMIQ's Entertainment Media Gateway
  
• Sony's PlayStation® 2

Recent MIPS-Based innovations in the high-growth broadband access market includes products that use 802.11 technologies.

Broadband Access

• Ambit Microsystems' Standalone Media Terminal Adapter
  
• iCable System's ICS-G101 Internet Terminal Adapter
  
• iPricot's IPR-S500 and Sc wireless broadband access devices
  
• Linksys' WAP51AB wireless access point
  
• Atheros' wireless adapter for the Xbox
  
• Motorola's SURFboard® SB4200 cable modem
  
• Netgear's FWAG114 wireless VPN Firewall
  
• Sumitomo Electric's MegaBit Gear TE46xxC CPE series ADSL modem
  
• Westell's WireSpeed™ ADSL modem 2000 and Dual Connect Bridge 2110 ADSL modem

About MIPS Technologies
MIPS Technologies, Inc. is a leading provider of industry-standard processor architectures and cores for digital consumer and business applications. The company drives the broadest architectural alliance that is delivering 32- and 64-bit embedded RISC solutions. The company licenses its intellectual property to semiconductor companies, ASIC developers and system OEMs. MIPS Technologies and its licensees offer the widest range of robust, scalable processors in standard, custom, semi-custom and application-specific products. The company is based in Mountain View, Calif., and can be reached at +1 (650) 567-5000 or www.mips.com.