Companies to Demo Optimized Solution at Mobile World Congres

BARCELONA, Spain, Feb. 10, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mobile World
Congress -- MIPS Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:MIPS), a leading provider
of industry-standard processor architectures and cores, and Intrinsyc
Software International, Inc. (TSX:ICS), a leading provider of software
solutions for mobile devices, today announced they are working together
to bring 3.5G functionality to the MIPS(R) architecture. The companies
are porting Intrinsyc's RapidRIL software to the MIPS architecture in
order to accelerate mobile SoC development for MIPS licensees around
the globe. At the upcoming Mobile World Congress being held February
15-18 in Barcelona, the companies plan to demonstrate 3.5G voice calls
with audio and video playback on a MIPS-Based(TM) Android(TM) platform.

"Intrinsyc is widely known as a key mobile software solutions provider,
and we are pleased to work with them to make 3.5G telephony on MIPS a
reality," said Art Swift, vice president of marketing, MIPS
Technologies. "Developing these software stacks is key to enabling our
customers to bring mobile products to market fast. Thanks to our
'Android on MIPS' initiative and MIPS Technologies' compelling
performance/power consumption advantages, a wide range of companies
will now be able to quickly and cost-effectively build enhanced 3G
mobile functionality into their devices."

"We are delighted to join the MIPS Alliance Program and work closely
with MIPS Technologies to develop optimized mobile solutions for MIPS,"
said David Manuel, vice president and general manager, Device
Development Solutions at Intrinsyc. "With the combination of the
Android platform and MIPS Technologies' strength in consumer
electronics, this relationship has far reaching promise. The optimized
solution has the potential to bring 3.5G functionality to a number of
devices such as ebook readers, personal and automotive navigation
devices, portable media players, mobile internet devices (MIDs),
digital photo frames and smartphones."

MIPS Technologies has long been known as the embedded processor leader
in digital home products. The company is now leveraging its leadership
position in high-performance processing for multimedia and networking
applications, as well as its 'Android on MIPS' initiative, to expand
into other high-growth markets such as mobile products. MIPS
Technologies already has a number of wins in the mobile infrastructure
market including femtocells, cellular basestations, WiMAX and upcoming
LTE client and basestation designs. The company's processors are also
used as co-processors in 3G cellphones.

About Intrinsyc Software International, Inc.

Intrinsyc enables device makers, mobile operators, and silicon vendors
to accelerate delivery of innovative, mobile devices. We help our
customers deliver compelling products using our unmatched expertise
with the leading OS platforms including Android, Apple, Blackberry,
Linux, Symbian, Windows CE and Windows Mobile. Intrinsyc delivers
Destinator, the most feature rich navigation application with the best
integration for leading smartphones, including from OEMs like Motorola
and LG Electronics. Destinator is also available through leading
application stores and Intrinsyc's own navigation store
www.destinatornavstore.com. Intrinsyc is publicly traded (TSX:ICS) and
headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, with offices in China, Israel,
Taiwan, U.K. and the United States. www.intrinsyc.com

About MIPS Technologies, Inc.

MIPS Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:MIPS) is a leading provider of
industry-standard processor architectures and cores that power some of
the world's most popular products for the home entertainment,
communications, networking and portable multimedia markets. These
include broadband devices from Linksys, DTVs and digital consumer
devices from Sony, DVD recordable devices from Pioneer, digital set-top
boxes from Motorola, network routers from Cisco, 32-bit
microcontrollers from Microchip Technology and laser printers from
Hewlett-Packard. Founded in 1998, MIPS Technologies is headquartered in
Sunnyvale, California, with offices worldwide. For more information,
contact (408) 530-5000 or visit www.mips.com.



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