MIPS Technologies has licensed additional cores to PMC-Sierra for its next-generation communications and storage solutions.

MIPS, a provider of industry-standard architectures, processors, and analog IP, today announced the deal with its long-time licensee PMC-Sierra that includes MIPS' highest performance single-threaded cores, multi-threaded cores, and its new multi-threaded, multiprocessor IP core, the MIPS32 1004KT Coherent Processing System.

According to MIPS, the code-compatible cores offer scalable solutions from entry-level designs to 1 GHz and beyond.

"PMC-Sierra is widely recognized as a leading provider of networking and storage infrastructure solutions," said Brad Holtzinger, VP of worldwide sales at MIPS, in a statement.

"Our relationship with PMC-Sierra as a close partner and long-time licensee continues to help them deliver innovative products across multiple markets."

"MIPS Technologies' new 1004K multi-threaded multi-core platform offers significant performance increases we can deliver through this new technology," said Robert Yung, PMC-Sierra's CTO, in the statement.

"The performance, power and cost benefits in MIPS Technologies' cores, supported by their development tools, will enable us to offer our customers clear competitive advantages."

By Suzanne Deffree, Managing Editor, News - Electronic News

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