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Holiday Wish Lists Topped with MIPS-Based Gifts

Numerous Digital Consumer Products from MIPS Technologies’ Licensees Available at Retail Outlets Worldwide for 2003 Holiday Season

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-Basedâ„¢ 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

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

Digital Set-Top Boxes

Digital Entertainment

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

Broadband Access

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.