MIPS Technologies - Company Timeline

Company Timeline

  • 1981: Dr. John Hennessy at Stanford University leads research in building a microprocessor using RISC principles.
  • 1984: MIPS Computer Systems, Inc. co-founded by Dr. John Hennessy, Skip Stritter, and Dr. John Moussouris
  • 1986: First product ships: R2000 microprocessor, Unix workstation, and optimizing compilers
  • 1988: R3000 microprocessor
  • 1989: First IPO in November as MIPS Computer Systems with Bob Miller as CEO
  • 1991: R4000 microprocessor
  • 1992: 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)
  • 1994 R8000 microprocessor
  • 1996 R10000 microprocessor
  • 1998: Re-IPO as MIPS Technologies, Inc
  • 2002: Acquires Algorithmics Ltd, a UK-based MIPS development hardware/software and consultancy company.
  • 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.
  • 2007: MIPS Technologies acquires Portugal-based mixed-signal intellectual property company Chipidea
  • February, 2009: MIPS Joins Linux Foundation
  • May 8, 2009: Chipidea is sold to Synopsys.
  • June, 2009: Android is ported to MIPS
  • September 30, 2009: MIPS Technologies joins the Open Handset Alliance
  • January, 2010: Sandeep Vij appointed as CEO
  • January, 2011: MIPS introduces the first Android-MIPS based Set top box at CES
  • April, 2011: MIPS Technologies ports Google’s Android 3.0, “Honeycomb”, to the MIPS’ architecture
  • Aug, 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.

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