Product category: Intellectual Property Cores
News Release from: MIPS Technologies | Subject: MIPS32 24KT core family
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 07 April 2004
Top-performing 32bit cores released to
market
The highest performing 32bit synthesisable processor core family in the embedded market has been released for general availability and licensing by OEMs and semiconductor companies.
The highest performing 32bit synthesisable processor core family in the embedded market has been released for general availability and licensing by OEMs and semiconductor companies To date, the MIPS32 24KT core family has experienced the fastest early rate of licensing of any MIPS Technologies' core in the company's history
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 23 Feb 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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