Real-time in no time: how multithreading and intelligent scheduling can work...
Fresh from ECN we have an article by Paul Evans on Real-time apps using multi-threads describing how hardware multithreading proves to be a more effective solution to traditional CPUs by delivering...
View ArticleThe brand new Ingenic JZ4780 SoC with PowerVR Series5 graphics makes an...
This is an exciting time for us here at Imagination. Over the past few months there have been a series of announcements from our silicon and OEM partners who have released multiple computing platforms...
View ArticleA barnstorming year for Imagination at CES 2013
[View the story "A barnstorming year for Imagination at CES 2013" on Storify] A barnstorming year for Imagination at CES 2013 With over a billion devices already shipped using our technologies,...
View ArticleSimultaneous multithreading in CPUs and its importance for network processing
The Linley Tech Processor two-day conference has grown to feature 25 technical presentations, together with panel discussions, exhibits, and other networking opportunities. It was the best place for...
View ArticleA preview of what’s to come at MWC 2013 from Imagination
Having just wrapped up our biggest CES shows so far, we are now getting ready for another yearly highlight for Imagination: MWC 2013. Mobile World Congress is an annual conference and trade show...
View ArticleEarly access to Android releases: the magic of the PDK
At Google I/O 2012 in June, developers from the Android group spent a good amount of time describing the latest move forward for OEMs/silicon vendors: the Partner Development Kit (PDK). Prior to the...
View ArticleMIPS gets the gold in the Jelly Bean olympics
Two weeks ago, MIPS and our partner, Karbonn, announced the commercial availability of an Android 4.1 Jelly Bean tablet. It was in fact the first 3rd party Jelly Bean tablet offered for sale in the...
View ArticleAndroid APKs slim down – big is out, small is in!
When Google launched Android, it had a very apparent goal of portability. Starting with the underlying Linux kernel, all layers of Android are designed and implemented to be portable. Android runs on...
View ArticleThe continuing evolution of the MIPS Instruction Set Architecture
Originally created in the early 1980s, the MIPS instruction set architecture is one of the earliest RISC architectures, and is one of the few CPU architectures in wide usage today. To maintain that...
View ArticleImagination’s MIPS architecture is coming to the universities in Russia and...
Imagination Technologies is working with our partner and licensee Microchip Technology, a leading microcontroller company, to further promote the use of the MIPS® architecture to universities in Russia...
View ArticleThe World’s First Android 4.0 Set Top Box certified with Google Mobile...
At the recent 2013 International CES, Broadcom and Samsung announced the world’s first Android 4.0 set top box with Google Mobile Services (GMS). This first-of-its-kind device is based on—you guessed...
View ArticleThe chipKIT from Microchip with a MIPS-based PIC32 32-bit CPU provides...
How many times have you started an embedded project, then looked at all the kits available and felt you had to compromise due to software tools, community support or hardware characteristics? That ends...
View ArticleMIPS-based Microchip PIC32 MCUs rank first among 32-bit embedded solutions in...
A few days ago, David Blaza, VP of electronics at UBM Tech, and Alex Wolfe, editor-in-chief of EE Times, presented the results of the eagerly awaited Embedded Market Study 2013 to embedded electronics...
View ArticleArchitectures and ISAs: what really matters in mobile processing
I’ve recently returned from the Linley Tech Mobile Conference, an exciting event held yearly in Silicon Valley that features a two day, single track marathon of technical presentations related to...
View ArticleWhat’s the Heterogeneous Point? The HSA Foundation provides an answer
Our industry is littered with over-used terms whose meaning becomes ever more jaded as more people use them. We’re in danger of “heterogeneous” being another of them. But I sincerely hope we can live...
View ArticleLantiq’s new high-performance XWAY VRX300 chipset with multi-threaded MIPS...
Earlier this month, Lantiq introduced the new XWAY™ VRX300™ chipset that incorporates a multi-threaded MIPS CPU. The XWAY VRX300 joins the existing MIPS-based members of Lantiq’s AnyWAN™ system...
View ArticleThe incredible evolution of the MIPS architecture
MIPS is the shining star of the highly efficient, low power CPU design principles that have shaped the mobile and embedded industry for nearly three decades. In this article, I will try to offer you a...
View ArticleMIPS64: the past, present and future of 64-bit computing
The launch of our brand new MIPS I6400 64-bit CPU marks the beginning of a fresh chapter for 64-bit MIPS processors. This article aims to offer you an introduction to the latest version of our MIPS64...
View ArticleGet that smartphone chip out of my wearable!
The interest surrounding wearables has never been higher. IDC says that over 19 million wearable devices will ship by the end of 2014, a threefold increase over last year’s figure. Wearable shipments...
View ArticleWearable SoCs for fitness bands and activity trackers
Fitness bands and activity trackers are helping millions of consumers monitor their exercise habits and improve their overall health. IHS Technology is projecting that fitness trackers will be worth...
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