Infineon Selects 4KEc(TM) Core From MIPS Technologies for Single-Chip, ADSL2/2+ CPE Solution

Infineon Selects 4KEc(TM) Core From MIPS Technologies for
Single-Chip, ADSL2/2+ CPE Solution
MIPS32(R) 4KEc(TM) Core Powers 'Amazon' - Infineon's New Single-Chip, ADSL2/2+
CPE Solution 


MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., June 21  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MIPS Technologies,
Inc. (NASDAQ:MIPS), a leading provider of industry-standard processor
architectures and cores for digital consumer and business applications,
announced today that Infineon Technologies, a MIPS Technologies licensee since
2000 and a leading innovator within the telecommunications access market, has
taken a license for the MIPS32(R) 4KEc(TM) core.  With it, Infineon has
developed an innovative ADSL2/2+ CPE product called "Amazon" which is ideally
suited for Triple-Play applications in which voice, video, and data services
are provided through a single-box home gateway.

This agreement expands Infineon's portfolio of MIPS-Based(TM) 32- and 64-bit
solutions for the consumer and networking markets.  The MIPS32 4Kc(R) core is
utilized in Infineon's single-chip INCA-IP offering for VoIP telephones, which
is the first VoIP system chip to integrate hardware-accelerated encryption,
enabling advanced network security support. The MIPS64(R) 5Kc(R) has been
integrated into Purple, Infineon's Ethernet Switch-on-Chip, enabling execution
of management software protocols, including security, stacking, remote
management, and Quality-of-Service (QoS) policies.

The new Amazon single-chip, ADSL2/2+ CPE solution supports wire-speed data
throughput from the wide-area network (WAN) to the local area network (LAN). In
addition to the 235MHz 4KEc core, Amazon has a powerful ADSL2/2+ engine, analog
front end, line driver, and AAL5 hardware accelerator.  Amazon completes
Infineon's end-to-end ADSL2/2+ product portfolio.  Availability of Amazon is
planned for the third quarter of 2004.

The benefits of developing on an industry-standard architecture, especially one
with significant market share in the communications space and a large software
base and robust development and debugging environment, contributed to
Infineon's choice of the 4KEc core.  Improved power management techniques and
code compression, along with the vectored interrupts which speeds the response
time of the Interrupt Service Routines, were also contributing factors.

"The 4KEc core met the robust performance and power management requirements
necessary to make Amazon a high-performance, competitive, single-chip
solution," said Alessandro Norscia, director of marketing for Broadband CPE at
Infineon Technologies North America Corporation.  "With Amazon, Infineon
completes its end-to-end ADSL2/2+ product portfolio and extends its reach into
the rapidly growing Home Networking and SOHO networking markets, further
strengthening our leadership position in the telecommunications access market."

"Infineon's continued endorsement of the MIPS architecture, demonstrated by
their recent use of the 4KEc core in Amazon, speaks volumes and we are pleased
that their portfolio of innovative, MIPS-Based solutions continues to expand,"
said Jack Browne, vice president of worldwide sales at MIPS Technologies.  "By
utilizing the 4KEc core, Infineon leverages the over 100 million dollars worth
of software, development tools, and networking middleware already supporting
the MIPS architecture."

About Infineon Technologies

Infineon Technologies AG, Munich, Germany, offers semiconductor and system
solutions for the automotive and industrial sectors, for applications in the
wired communications markets, secure mobile solutions as well as memory
products. With a global presence, Infineon operates in the US from San Jose,
CA, in the Asia-Pacific region from Singapore and in Japan from Tokyo. In
fiscal year 2003 (ending September), the company achieved sales of Euro 6.15
billion with about 32,300 employees world-wide. Infineon is listed on the DAX
index of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and on the New York Stock Exchange
(ticker symbol: IFX). Further information is available at
http://www.infineon.com/.

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, MIPS64, 4Kc and 5Kc are registered trademarks in the
United States and/or other countries, and 4KEc and MIPS-Based are trademarks of
MIPS Technologies, Inc. All other trademarks referred to herein are the
property of their respective owners. 

DATASOURCE: MIPS Technologies, Inc.



CONTACT:  Lee Garvin Flanagin of MIPS Technologies, Inc.,

[phone], ; or Liora Bar of Infineon Technologies

Savan, [phone], or 



Web site:  http://www.infineon.com/ 

Web site:  http://www.mips.com/ 

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