MIPS Technologies Delivers Reference Implementation for Skype on MIPS-Based(TM) Devices

Tuesday, Jul 27, 2010

MIPS Technologies, Inc.
(Nasdaq:MIPS), a leading provider of industry-standard processor
architectures and cores for digital consumer, home networking, wireless,
communications and business applications, announced that support for the
MIPS(R) architecture is included in new SkypeKit(TM) developer tools
available now from Skype. Through the SkypeKit closed beta program, MIPS
Technologies has developed a Skype reference implementation for the MIPS(R)
architecture--the leading architecture for the digital home.

Skype is software used by individuals and businesses to make video and voice
calls, send instant messages and share files with other Skype users.
Developers now have the ability to build Skype functionality into
MIPS-Based(TM) devices such as DTVs, set-top boxes and digital media
adaptors.

According to Art Swift, vice president of marketing, MIPS Technologies, "We
are pleased to offer our licensees yet another key piece of the picture for
next-generation connected devices. By participating in the SkypeKit beta
program, our licensees and their customers can now develop Skype solutions
to enable Skype users around the globe to communicate through a range of
MIPS-Based products. The MIPS architecture offers compelling performance and
power consumption advantages. These advantages, together with the work we
are doing with platforms such as Skype, Android(TM), Adobe(R) Flash(R)
Player 10.1, Yahoo! TV Widgets and others, are enabling our customers to
quickly and easily create the next generation of innovative SoCs."

For more information on the MIPS-Based reference platform with Skype
functionality, or for MIPS licensees wishing to schedule a demonstration,
email info@mips.com.

Source: Globe Newswire