MIPS CPUs continue to push boundaries from low to high end

Imagination Technologies has announced interesting new additions to its MIPS Warrior CPU product line, as its growing portfolio and novel roadmap gain momentum. The broadening range of highly-efficient MIPS CPUs enables an increasing number of licensees, both existing and new, to choose solutions ideally matched to their differentiated feature set, performance and business goals, says the company. The new additions to the MIPS family include the embedded 32-bit M-class M6200 and M6250 CPUs and high-end P-class P6600 64-bit CPU. The growing interest in and demand for MIPS cores is the driver behind Imagination creating solutions that meet a wider range of customer requirements. Imagination will continue to deliver more new cores as customers work closely with the MIPS team to create solutions that meet their exacting needs and expectations, enabling them to deliver differentiated solutions. The MIPS P6600 is the next evolution of the MIPS P-class family, building on the 32-bit P5600 CPU, and paving the way to future generations of higher performance 64-bit MIPS processors. The P6600 is the most balanced mainstream high-performance CPU choice, enabling powerful multicore 64-bit SoCs with optimal area efficiency for applications in segments including mobile, home entertainment, networking, automotive and more. Customers have already licensed the P6600 for applications including high-performance computing and advanced image and vision systems. The MIPS M6200 and M6250 are the latest additions to Imagination's popular M-class family processors for MCUs/MPUs, further broadening the M-class roadmap for high-performance deeply embedded designs in segments requiring higher performance and larger address space, including wired/wireless modems, GPU supervisor processors, flash and SSD controllers, packet processing, industrial and motor control, advanced voice processing and more. All based on the MIPS Release 6 (r6) architecture, the products extend the range of Imagination's solutions in the high-volume mainstream CPU IP market, says the company. Tony King-Smith, EVP, marketing, Imagination Technologies, said: "Customers keep telling us they want different price/performance CPU cores to what is currently on offer in the market. Responding to their needs, we're delivering an ever more comprehensive roadmap that addresses their real system needs and provides them with the choice of CPU IP cores they all tell us they really want."