MIPS(R) Licensees Demo Solutions for Android

Open Source Platform Moves beyond Mobile Devices

SUNNYVALE, Calif. and TAIPEI, Taiwan, June 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MIPS
Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: MIPS), a leading provider of industry-standard
processor architectures and cores for home entertainment, communications,
networking and portable multimedia markets, today announced that MIPS(R)
licensees are scheduled to exhibit the revolutionary Android(TM) platform
running on its architecture at COMPUTEX TAIPEI this week. The demonstrations
by RMI Corporation and Sigma Designs are a clear indication that Android is
moving beyond mobile handsets into other digital consumer devices. Separately
today, MIPS Technologies announced availability of the Android platform on its
industry-standard MIPS architecture.

In its suite at the conference, RMI Corporation, a leading provider of
high-performance processors for communications and media, will feature a Home
Media Player(TM) (HMP) running Android. Attendees can see the power of Android
in several applications, including full internet browsing capability.

According to Mike Wodopian, vice president and general manager, RMI, "The MIPS
architecture is extremely extensive and gives us the flexibility to meet the
needs of our low-power Alchemy processor family and our new superscalar
XLP(TM) Processor with frequencies greater than 2 GHz. This focus on the
Android platform gives us closer alignment with our Alchemy-based application
solutions, enabling us to bring the most advanced processing solutions with
internet connectivity and content to numerous devices such as HMPs, MIDs,
audio/video navigation devices and other portable media players."

MIPS licensee Sigma Designs will demonstrate its recently announced SM8642
evaluation board running Android. The SM8642 SoC is designed for
cost-optimized Blu-ray players and is based on the MIPS32(R) 74K(TM) core.
Sigma's port includes the complete Android stack, including Linux-based
operating system kernel, Dalvik virtual machine, integrated Web kit browser,
and key applications.

"MIPS cores are at the heart of many of our products, including our new SM8642
and SM8652 processors -- announced separately at COMPUTEX this week," said Ken
Lowe, vice president of strategic marketing, Sigma Designs. "We are pleased
that MIPS is pushing forward to bring Android to digital home applications.
Android enables an extended range of internet-savvy applications for Sigma
Designs' target markets, including Blu-ray players, set-top boxes, and digital
televisions, bringing additional functionality to these connected devices.
Android provides a stable platform for always-on consumer products that allows
for fast and easy application development built on reusable components."

"As MIPS Technologies officially kicks off our Android initiative this week at
COMPUTEX, we are pleased that MIPS licensees Sigma Designs and RMI are already
demonstrating their solutions," said Art Swift, vice president of marketing,
MIPS Technologies. "RMI and Sigma are just two of the many visionary MIPS
licensees who are considering Android for future products. Because of our
leadership in the digital home and beyond, MIPS is well positioned to drive
Android into these new markets. Together with our licensees and ecosystem
partners, we are enabling developers to work on next-generation consumer
devices leveraging the Android platform."

For more information about the Android platform and MIPS, please visit
www.mips.com/android.

About MIPS Technologies, Inc.
MIPS Technologies, Inc. (NasdaqGS: MIPS) is a leading provider of
industry-standard processor architectures and cores that power some of the
world's most popular products for the home entertainment, communications,
networking and portable multimedia markets. These include broadband devices
from Linksys, DTVs and digital consumer devices from Sony, DVD recordable
devices from Pioneer, digital set-top boxes from Motorola, network routers
from Cisco, 32-bit microcontrollers from Microchip Technology and laser
printers from Hewlett-Packard. Founded in 1998, MIPS Technologies is
headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with offices worldwide. For more
information, contact (408) 530-5000 or visit www.mips.com.

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Jen Bernier of MIPS Technologies, Inc., +1-408-530-5178, jenb@mips.com