| MIPS | |||||||||||||
| MIPS | |||||||||||||
| "Microcomputer without interlocked pipeline stages" | |||||||||||||
| Name is pun on acronym for "millions of instructions per second" | |||||||||||||
| RISC architecture developed in middle '80's | |||||||||||||
| Extended through several versions | |||||||||||||
| current: MIPS IV | |||||||||||||
| Used in many "embedded" applications | |||||||||||||
| Game machines: Sony, Nintendo | |||||||||||||
| TV set top boxes: LSI Logic shipped 7 million in 2001 | |||||||||||||
| Routers: Cisco | |||||||||||||
| Laser printers | |||||||||||||
| PDAs | |||||||||||||
| High-performance workstations: Silicon Graphics (Lord of the Rings, other films) | |||||||||||||
| "Over 100 million sold" | |||||||||||||