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Express Logic, Inc., the worldwide leader in
royalty-free real-time operating systems (RTOS), and MIPS
Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:MIPS), a leading provider of
industry-standard processor architectures and cores for digital
consumer and business applications, today announced the availability
of Express Logic's ThreadX RTOS for the MIPS32(R) 24K(R) and 4KE(TM)
processor core families. ThreadX, an already popular RTOS in the
consumer devices market with over 200 million electronic product
deployments, is a natural fit for the high-performance 24K processor
core, which has strong appeal in computationally demanding
applications such as consumer devices and networking.
The MIPS32 4KE family, gives licensees the flexibility to optimize
applications for performance, size or power consumption, thereby
reducing overall system costs. In addition, the MIPS32 24K and 4KE
core families offer the broadest industry support of middleware,
algorithms and tools for a variety of embedded applications.
To provide additional assistance for consumer product developers
in bringing their products to market faster, Express Logic ported its
NetX(TM) TCP/IP stack and its FileX(TM) MS-DOS compatible embedded
file system to the MIPS32 Architecture.
ThreadX is a small-footprint, highly efficient RTOS used by
developers to manage the multiple operations of today's sophisticated
consumer electronics devices. ThreadX is 100% royalty-free, making it
ideal for high-volume consumer products where minimum manufacturing
cost is a must. In fact, in a recent (June, 2005) CMP survey, ThreadX
was shown to be one of the most widely-preferred royalty-free RTOS
among embedded developers worldwide. Coupled with the outstanding
performance of the MIPS32 24K and 4KE processor core families, this
combination makes an ideal platform for development of
high-performance, low-cost, high-volume, consumer electronics products
that must reach the market quickly.
"We were thrilled to hear that existing MIPS architecture
licensees and new consumer device design-win customers made a strong
demand for ThreadX on the 24K and 4KE cores," noted William E. Lamie,
president of Express Logic. "We are happy to work with MIPS
Technologies to port our popular ThreadX RTOS, our NetX TCP/IP stack
and our FileX file system to the MIPS32 Architecture for these
customers. Our mutual consumer device development customers now have
an ideal combination of high performance and low cost on which to base
their latest products."
MIPS Technologies' 24K core family takes advantage of the highest
performance 32-bit cores in the embedded industry while minimizing
design time and reducing product costs. Designed to power through
graphics, Java and demanding code and with features like an ultrafast
multiply, intelligent caches, floating point support and the
CorExtend(TM) capability -- which allows users to supercharge
application performance by defining and adding their own instructions
-- the 24K family is the ideal solution for digital and interactive
television, set-top boxes, DVD and other performance-driven
applications.
"The MIPS32 24K core family was designed to give application
developers greater performance and resources for their embedded
applications. We are pleased that these resources now include support
from the ThreadX RTOS," said Russ Bell, vice president of marketing at
MIPS Technologies. "With the ThreadX RTOS support, licensees of the
24K who are designing advanced systems for the consumer market can now
benefit from its efficient management of multiple operations."
ThreadX development for the MIPS32 24K and 4KE core families is
supported by the MIPS(R) SDE development tools, and the First Silicon
Solutions (FS2) System Navigator family of JTAG debug probes with
advanced features such as PDTrace and now supporting the ThreadX
kernel-aware debugger. ThreadX is fully compatible with these tools,
and prepackaged with makefiles for quick out-of-the-box development,
leading to faster time to market.
"We worked closely with the Express Logic team to match the System
Navigator probe features to the ThreadX RTOS. The integration of the
FS2 System Navigator tool with the ThreadX debugger will provide a
robust set of tools with kernel-aware debugging for developers
building ThreadX applications on the MIPS32 24K and 4KE processor
cores," noted Rick Leatherman, president of FS2.
Shipping and Availability
ThreadX, NetX and FileX are available immediately for the MIPS32
24K and 4KE core families. Royalty-free licenses start at $12,500.
About MIPS Technologies
MIPS Technologies, Inc. is a leading provider of industry-standard
processor architectures and cores for digital consumer and business
applications. The company drives the broadest architectural alliance
that is delivering 32- and 64-bit embedded RISC solutions. The company
licenses its intellectual property to semiconductor companies, ASIC
developers and system OEMs. MIPS Technologies and its licensees offer
the widest range of robust, scalable processors in standard, custom,
semi-custom and application-specific products. The company is based in
Mountain View, CA, and can be reached at +1 (650) 567-5000 or
www.mips.com.
About Express Logic
Headquartered in San Diego, CA, Express Logic offers the most
advanced run-time solution for deeply embedded applications, including
the popular ThreadX(R) RTOS, the high-performance NetX(TM) TCP/IP
stack, the FileX(TM) embedded MS-DOS compatible file system, and the
USBX(TM) Host/Device USB protocol stack. All products from Express
Logic include full source-code and have no run-time royalties. For
more information about Express Logic solutions, please visit
www.expresslogic.com, call 1-888-THREADX, or email inquires to
sales@expresslogic.com.
ThreadX and FileX are registered trademarks, and NetX, CANX, USBX,
preemption-threshold, picokernel, and UDP fast path technology, are
trademarks of Express Logic, Inc. All other brands or product names
are the property of their respective holders.