Stream Processors, Inc. Licenses MIPS32(R) 4KEc(R) Core for Use in Breakthrough Stream Processor Architecture

MIPS Core Used in SPI's New Class of Digital Signal Processor

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Feb. 12, 2007 -- MIPS Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of industry-standard processor architectures and cores for digital consumer, networking, personal entertainment, communications and business applications, today announced that Stream Processors, Inc. (SPI) has licensed the MIPS32® 4KEc® processor core for use in its Stream Processor(TM) Architecture.

The MIPS processor manages select SoC and system level functions that support SPI's high-performance DSP co-processor. SPI's platform delivers leading price-performance advantages while simplifying parallel processing. The platform targets a range of demanding digital signal processor (DSP) applications, such as video and image processing.

"SPI's products have strict performance, quality, cost and time-to-market requirements," said Paul Filanowski, vice president of hardware engineering at SPI. "Having analyzed the alternatives, we concluded that with its industry-proven strengths in embedded processing and compelling performance and cost advantages, the 4KEc core was simply the best choice for us."

"SPI's innovative architecture is uniquely designed to maximize performance and speed time-to-market -- key elements to success in today's highly competitive, cost-driven environments," said Brad Holtzinger, vice president of worldwide sales at MIPS Technologies. "We're delighted that SPI has licensed the 4KEc as an integral part of its flagship core technology."

The synthesizable 4KEc core, a member of the MIPS32 4KE(TM) family, gives SoC designers the flexibility to optimize applications for performance, size or power consumption, reducing system costs. The 4KE core family delivers 1.5 DMIPS/MHz performance in an area as small as 1.0 mm2 in a 0.13-micron process.

About Stream Processors, Inc.

Stream Processors, Inc. (SPI) is a privately held fabless semiconductor company delivering an innovative stream processing architecture that helps consumer and industrial companies accelerate product development cycles and dramatically reduce system development costs. SPI was founded in 2004 to address the new era of compute-intensive applications requiring radically increased levels of processor performance and power efficiency. The company's technology and products improve application productivity by making parallel processing easier to program and use. Additional information can be found at http://www.streamprocessors.com/.

About MIPS Technologies

MIPS Technologies, Inc. is a leading provider of industry-standard processor architectures and cores for digital consumer, networking, personal entertainment, communications and business applications. The company drives the broadest architectural alliance that delivers 32- and 64-bit embedded RISC solutions to the embedded market, and in combination with its licensees, offers the widest range of robust, scalable processors in standard, custom, semi-custom and application-specific products worldwide. MIPS Technologies licenses its intellectual property (IP) to today's leading semiconductor companies, ASIC developers and system OEMs.

Today, MIPS-Based(TM) designs are integrated in millions of products around the world, including broadband devices from Linksys, digital cameras from Canon, DTVs and entertainment systems from Sony, DVD Recordable devices from Pioneer, digital set-top boxes from Motorola, network routers from Cisco and laser printers from Hewlett-Packard. Founded in 1998, MIPS Technologies is based in Mountain View, California, with offices worldwide. For more information, please contact (650) 567-5000 or visit http://www.mips.com.