Editing MIPS Technologies (section)

===Company timeline===
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| 1981 || Dr. John Hennessy at Stanford University founds and leads [[Stanford MIPS]], a research program aimed at building a microprocessor using RISC principles.
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| 1984 || MIPS Computer Systems, Inc. co-founded by Dr. John Hennessy, [[Edward P. Stritter|Skip Stritter]], and Dr. John Moussouris<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://silicongenesis.stanford.edu/transcripts/hennessy.htm |title=John Hennessy<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=April 15, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120211143447/http://silicongenesis.stanford.edu/transcripts/hennessy.htm |archive-date=February 11, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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| 1986 || First product ships: [[R2000 (microprocessor)|R2000]] microprocessor, Unix workstation, and optimizing compilers
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| 1988 || [[R3000]] microprocessor
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| 1989 || First IPO in November as MIPS Computer Systems with Bob Miller as CEO
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| 1991 || [[R4000]] microprocessor
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| 1992 || [[Silicon Graphics|SGI]] acquires MIPS Computer Systems. Transforms it into internal MIPS Group, and then incorporates and renames it to MIPS Technologies, Inc. (a wholly owned subsidiary of SGI)
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| 1994 || [[R8000]] microprocessor
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| 1994 || Sony [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]] released, using an [[R3000]] CPU with custom GTE [[coprocessor]]
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| 1996 || [[R10000]] microprocessor; [[Nintendo 64]] released, incorporating a [[R4300|R4300i]] processor and coprocessor from MIPS
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| 1998 || [[Reverse IPO|Re-IPO]] as MIPS Technologies, Inc.
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| 1999 || Sony [[PlayStation 2]] released, using an [[R5900]] CPU with custom vector co-processors
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| 2002 || Acquires Algorithmics Ltd, a UK-based MIPS development hardware/software and consultancy company.
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| September 6, 2005 || Acquires First Silicon Solutions (FS2), a Lake Oswego, Oregon company as a wholly owned subsidiary. FS2 specializes in silicon IP, design services and OCI (On-Chip Instrumentation) development tools for programming, testing, debug and trace of embedded systems in SoC, SOPC, FPGA, ASSP and ASIC devices.
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| 2007 || MIPS Technologies acquires Portugal-based mixed-signal intellectual property company [[Chipidea]]
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| February 2009 || MIPS Joins [[Linux Foundation]]<ref>TheLinuxFoundation.org. "[http://www.linuxfoundation.org/news-media/announcements/2009/02/mips-technologies-joins-linux-foundation MIPS Technologies Joins Linux Foundation] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101228111414/http://www.linuxfoundation.org/news-media/announcements/2009/02/mips-technologies-joins-linux-foundation |date=December 28, 2010 }}." Retrieved August 12, 2011.</ref>
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| May 8, 2009 || [[Chipidea]] is sold to [[Synopsys]].
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| June 2009 || Android is ported to MIPS<ref>Steve Bush, ElectronicsWeekly.com. "[https://archive.today/20130123171000/http://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2010/08/13/46204/googles-android-marches-onto-mips-processors.htm Google's Android marches onto MIPS processors]." Retrieved August 12, 2011.</ref>
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| September 30, 2009 || MIPS Technologies joins the [[Open Handset Alliance]]<ref name="MIPS20090930">{{cite web|url=http://www.mips.com/news-events/newsroom/release-archive-2009/9_30_09.dot|title=MIPS Technologies Joins the Open Handset Alliance|date=September 30, 2009|publisher=MIPS Technologies, Inc.}}</ref>
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| January 2010 || Sandeep Vij appointed as CEO<ref>Peter Clarke, EE Times. "[http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4087161/MIPS-appoints-former-Cavium-exec-as-CEO MIPS Appoints Former Cavium Exec as CEO MIPS]." January 25, 2010. Retrieved August 12, 2011.</ref>
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| January 2011 || MIPS introduces the first Android-MIPS based Set top box at CES.<ref name=AndroidGuysCes2011>Raphael Savina, AndroidGuys. "[http://www.androidguys.com/2010/01/06/ces-2010-first-android-set-top-boxes/ CES 2010: First Android Set Top Boxes]." January 6, 2010. Retrieved September 21, 2011.</ref>
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| April 2011 || MIPS Technologies ports Google's Android 3.0, "Honeycomb", to the MIPS architecture<ref>Mark LaPedus, EE Times. "[http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4215490/MIPS-gets-sweet-with-Honeycomb Update: MIPS gets sweet with Honeycomb]." April 26, 2011. Retrieved November 4, 2011.</ref><ref>Peter Clarke, EE Times. "[http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4214677/Android-remains-processor-neutral--says-MIPS MIPS: Android remains processor neutral]." April 1, 2011. Retrieved November 4, 2011.</ref>
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| August 2012 || MIPS Technologies ports Google's Android 4.1, "Jelly Bean". With Indian company [[Karbonn Mobiles]] announces world's second tablet running Android 4.1.<ref>{{cite web |website=[[PC World]] |url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/260181/second_tablet_with_googles_android_41_ships_for_around_125.html |title=New Google Jelly Bean 7-inch Tablet Sells for $125 Overseas  |first=Agam |last=Shah |date=1 August 2012}}</ref>
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| February 8, 2013 || MIPS Technologies is sold to Imagination Technologies for $100 million.<ref>Imagination Technologies "[http://www.imgtec.com/news/release/index.asp?NewsID=724 Acquisition of MIPS Technologies completed] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002214436/http://www.imgtec.com/news/Release/index.asp?NewsID=724 |date=October 2, 2013 }}."  February 8, 2013.  Retrieved October 25, 2013.</ref>
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| September 22, 2017 || MIPS business is sold by Imagination Technologies to Tallwood Venture Capital as Tallwood MIPS Inc. for $65 million.<ref name="bloomberg20170922">{{ cite news | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-22/imagination-technologies-agrees-to-takeover-by-canyon-bridge | title=Imagination Technologies Agrees to Takeover by Canyon Bridge | date=22 September 2017 | access-date=3 October 2017 }}</ref>
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| June 2018 || MIPS Tech Inc. is acquired by Wave Computing.<ref name="top500_mips">{{ cite web | url=https://www.top500.org/news/mips-acquired-by-ai-startup-wave-computing/ | title=MIPS Acquired by AI Startup Wave Computing | date=16 June 2018 | access-date=4 August 2019 }}</ref>
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| May 2019 || Art Swift is appointed CEO of Wave Computing.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Computing|first=Wave|date=2019-05-08|title=Wave Computing® Appoints Industry Veteran Art Swift as CEO|url=https://www.globenewswire.com/en/news-release/2019/05/08/1819603/0/en/Wave-Computing-Appoints-Industry-Veteran-Art-Swift-as-CEO.html|access-date=2021-12-31|website=GlobeNewswire News Room|language=en}}</ref>
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| September 2019 || After Swift quietly leaves Wave Computing after four months, [[Sanjai Kohli]] is appointed as the new CEO.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-10-01|title=MIPS' Future in Doubt After CEO Leaves Wave|url=https://www.eetindia.co.in/mips-future-in-doubt-after-ceo-leaves-wave/|access-date=2021-12-31|website=EE Times India|language=en}}</ref>
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| April 2020 || Wave Computing files for bankruptcy.<ref>[https://semiwiki.com/ip/284876-wave-computing-and-mips-waves-goodbye/ Wave Computing and MIPS waves goodbye] April 19, 2020. Retrieved March 11, 2021.</ref>
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| March 2021 || Wave Computing emerges from bankruptcy, renames itself as "MIPS" and joins [[RISC-V]] International. Development of the MIPS architecture ceases. All future designs are announced to be based on the [[RISC-V]] architecture.<ref>[https://www.eejournal.com/article/wait-what-mips-becomes-risc-v/ MIPS becomes RISC-V] March 8, 2021. Retrieved March 11, 2021.</ref><ref name="prnewswire20210301">{{ cite press release | url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/wave-computing-and-mips-emerge-from-chapter-11-bankruptcy-301237051.html | title=Wave Computing and MIPS emerge from chapter 11 bankruptcy | date=1 March 2021 | access-date=11 March 2021 }}</ref> Sanjai Kohli continues as MIPS CEO.<ref name="prnewswire20210301"/>
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|May 2022
|MIPS announced its first RISC-V CPU IP cores, the eVocore P8700 and I8500 multiprocessors.<ref name=":0" />
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|September 2023
|Sameer Wasson is appointed MIPS CEO.<ref name=":2" />
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|January 2024
|MIPS adds two former [[SiFive]] executives to its executive team, appointing Drew Barbier as VP of products and Brad Burgess as chief architect.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Robinson |first=Dan |title=MIPS picks up former SiFive execs in RISC-V drive |url=https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/03/mips_sifive_hires/ |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=www.theregister.com |language=en}}</ref>
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