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Russian mobile processor firm uses MIPS and PowerVR cores

Russian Asic firm Elvees NeoTek has taped out a mobile computing and video analytics system on chip device which is based on a PowerVR and MIPS processors from Imagination.

By Richard Wilson - Electronics Weekly, May. 03, 2016 – 

According to King-Smith, executive vice-president, marketing, Imagination, Elvees has technological strength in "what we see as a key and growing market, and where we feel the companies' collaboration can make a significant impact."

Called Elvees Image Semantic Engine (ELISE), the chip integrates IP blocks for pre-processing and post-processing of stereo video at high resolutions.

Elvees aims to compete with mobile multimedia processors from Mediatek, Freescale and Qualcomm.

On-chip there are various processors including a mobile graphics processor and a multicore standard navigation engine.