MIPS Technologies Names Vice President of Engineering

MIPS Technologies Names Vice President of Engineering 


MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Nov. 30  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MIPS Technologies,
Inc. (NASDAQ:MIPSNASDAQ:MIPSB), a leading provider of industry- standard
processor architectures and cores for digital consumer and business
applications, today announced it appointed Pat Hays as its new vice president
of engineering.

Dr. Hays has long been a leading architect of real-time processors and brings
over 20 years of semiconductor experience to MIPS Technologies, including
engineering management roles at AT&T Bell Laboratories, PictureTel (Polycom)
and Lexra, Inc. He co-founded Lexra and, as chief technology officer, directed
the development of fully synthesizable 32-bit RISC semiconductor IP and
innovative DSP and network processor extensions to its RISC architecture.

Dr. Hays' career highlights include his work as principal architect of Bell
Labs' DSP32, the first DSP with floating point arithmetic, and his management
of Bell Labs' DSP16, for years the world's fastest DSP. Millions of units of
these DSPs have been shipped, and Hays won an ISSCC Best Paper Award for the
DSP32 announcement. As director of hardware engineering, he managed
PictureTel's second-generation video conferencing system, which established
PictureTel as the industry leader. As director of VLSI at TranSwitch, he
pioneered the application of programmable architectures to telecommunications.

Dr. Hays holds A.B. and Ph.D. degrees in physics from Harvard and M.I.T.,
respectively, and an M.S.E.E. from Virginia Polytechnic Institute. He holds
seven patents and another three are pending.

"Pat Hays not only has considerable experience with the MIPS architecture and
embedded processor engineering, but also brings with him entrepreneurial
experience and the kind of 'outside-the-box' thinking that moves technology
forward and provides innovative solutions to increasingly complex
applications," said John Bourgoin, president and CEO of MIPS Technologies.
"Pat's knowledge and expertise will help tremendously in the ongoing
development of our technology, and I am delighted to welcome him to the MIPS
team."

"MIPS Technologies has emerged from the industry downturn firmly positioned to
dominate 32-bit processor IP with the new MIPS32 24K product family," said Pat
Hays. "It's a fantastic time to be joining MIPS. The future opportunity is
spectacular."

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, Calif., and can be reached at [phone] or
http://www.mips.com/.

NOTE:  MIPS, MIPS32 and 24K are trademarks or registered trademark of MIPS
Technologies, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other
trademarks referred to herein are the property of their respective owners. 

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