MIPS at 40
Interview with CEO Sameer Wasson at CES 2025.
By David Harold, JPR (January 24, 2025 )
MIPS is celebrating its 40th anniversary as a compute IP company this year. Known for a RISC instruction set, the company has risen and fallen, was private, then owned by SGI, was private again for a while, then Imagination Technologies owned it for several years, sold to a VC, Tallwood, in 2017, and then owned by Wave Technologies briefly before returning to the same VC hands.
In March 2021, MIPS announced that it would cease development of the MIPS architecture as was and transitioning to RISC-V designs. This move marked the end of an era for the MIPS architecture and signaled the company’s adaptation to changing market demands. Most notably, they delivered a high-performance compute with simultaneous multi-threading (SMT) licensed to Mobileye. JPR’s David Harold met with MIPS CEO Sameer Wasson to discuss the company’s progress and strategy.
To read the full article, click here
Related Semiconductor IP
- RISC-V IOPMP IP
- RISC-V Debug & Trace IP
- Gen#2 of 64-bit RISC-V core with out-of-order pipeline based complex
- 64-bit RISC-V core with in-order single issue pipeline. Tiny Linux-capable processor for IoT applications.
- Tiny, Ultra-Low-Power Embedded RISC-V Processor
Related News
- CEO interview: MIPS' Sameer Wasson on a RISC-V reboot
- CEO Interview: Sameer Wasson of MIPS -- "Have a Steady Hand, Don't be Distracted"
- New MIPS CEO Sameer Wasson to Drive Company's RISC-V Market Penetration and Innovation
- CEO interview: S3 Semi ready for custom opportunity
Latest News
- UMC Reports First Quarter 2026 Results
- Rambus Appoints Sumeet Gagneja as Chief Financial Officer
- SEMI Reports Worldwide Silicon Wafer Shipments Increase 13% Year-on-Year in Q1 2026
- POLYN Technology Announces Tapeout of Automotive Chip
- QuickLogic Establishes New Banking Relationship and Secures $10 Million Revolving Credit Facility