Editing MIPS Technologies (section)

==Licensees==
MIPS Technologies had a strong customer licensee base in home electronics and [[portable media player]]s; for example, 75 percent of [[Blu-ray]] Disc players were running on MIPS Technologies processors.<ref>Owen Fletcher, PC World. "[https://www.pcworld.com/article/166014/mips_ports_android_shows_embedded_gadgets.html MIPS Ports Android, Shows Embedded Gadgets]," June 3, 2010. Retrieved September 23, 2011.</ref> In the digital home, the company's processors were predominantly found in digital TVs and set-top boxes.<ref name=Dean0105/> The [[Sony]] [[PlayStation Portable]] used two processors based on the MIPS32 4K processor.

Within the networking segment, licensees include Cavium Networks and Broadcom.<ref name=junko1005/> Cavium has used up to 48 MIPS cores for its OCTEON family network reference designs.<ref>Doug Mohney, The Inquirer. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20110121015142/http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1048558/cavium-hotrods-mips-architecture Cavium Hotrods MIPS architecture]." June 25, 2007. Retrieved September 28, 2011.</ref> Broadcom ships Linux-ready MIPS64-based XLP, XLR, and XLS multicore, multithreaded processors.<ref>Eric Brown, LinuxForDevices. "{{cite web|url=http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/Enea-and-NetLogic-Microsystems-Linux-development-build-system/ |title=Enea, NetLogic ship Linux development platform for MIPS |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130104014216/http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/Enea-and-NetLogic-Microsystems-Linux-development-build-system/ |archive-date=January 4, 2013 |url-status=dead }}." September 20, 2010. Retrieved October 5, 2011.</ref> Licensees using MIPS to build smartphones and tablets include [[Actions Semiconductor]] and [[Ingenic Semiconductor]].<ref>Brian Caufield, Forbes. "[https://blogs.forbes.com/briancaulfield/2011/01/06/ces-mips-inside/ CES: MIPS Inside]." January 6, 2011.  Retrieved October 3, 2011.</ref> Tablets based on MIPS include the Cruz tablets from Velocity Micro.<ref>Junko Yoshida, EE Times. "[http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4211852/China-link-helps-MIPS-go-mobile- China Link Helps MIPS Go Mobile]." January 4, 2011. Retrieved October 5, 2011.</ref> [[TCL Corporation]] is using MIPS processors for the development of smartphones.<ref>Mads Olholm, SemmiAccurate. "[http://semiaccurate.com/2011/06/02/tablets-to-benefit-from-3-new-chinese-mips-cores/ Tablets to Benefit from 3 New Chinese MIPS Cores]." June 2, 2011. Retrieved September 20, 2011.</ref>

Companies can also obtain an MIPS ''architectural licence'' for designing their own CPU cores using the MIPS architecture. Distinct MIPS architecture implementations by licensees include Broadcom's BRCM 5000.

Other licensees include [[Broadcom]], which has developed MIPS-based CPUs for over a decade,<ref>Linley Gwennap, EE Times. "[http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4210983/Broadcom-reveals-CPU-development Broadcom reveals CPU development]." November 23, 2010. Retrieved October 2, 2011.</ref> [[Microchip Technology]], which leverages MIPS processors for its 32-bit PIC32 microcontrollers,<ref>Jim Turley, Electronic Engineering Journal. "[http://www.eejournal.com/archives/articles/20091124-microchip/ Kicking the CAN with Microchip MIPS]." November 24, 2009. Retrieved October 1, 2011.</ref> [[Qualcomm Atheros]], [[MediaTek]] and [[Mobileye]], whose EyeQ chips are based on cores licensed from MIPS.<ref>Peter Clarke, EE Times. "[http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4218910/Mobileye-silicon-clarification Mobileye silicon: A clarification]." August 19, 2011. Retrieved September 22, 2011.</ref>

The first announced licensee for MIPS' RISC-V CPUs is [[Mobileye]], who adopted the MIPS eVocore P8700 for autonomous driving SoCs.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-09 |title=MIPS Rolls Out Its First RISC-V Processor Core – It’s a Big ‘Un |url=https://www.eejournal.com/article/mips-rolls-out-its-first-risc-v-processor-core-its-a-big-un/ |access-date=2023-08-08 |website=EEJournal |language=en-US}}</ref>