Mavrix to Deploy MIPS-Based(TM) SoCs Running Android(TM) in
                   PMPs, MIDs and Mobile Phones

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 for digital
consumer, home networking, wireless, communications and business
applications, and Mavrix Technology, Inc., a fabless company developing
complete SoC solutions for the emerging Mobile Digital TV (MDTV) and
portable multimedia market, announced they are working together to
develop a MIPS-Based(TM) applications processor for mobile devices.
Mavrix is one of MIPS Technologies' lead customers as it expands into
the mobile phone market.

Mavrix and MIPS are working closely with companies in MIPS
Technologies' mobile ecosystem to develop a mobile SoC design that
leverages the revolutionary Android(TM) platform. Leveraging a
MIPS32(R) CPU core from MIPS, Mavrix will target mobile applications
including cell phones, portable media players (PMPs) and mobile
internet devices (MIDs). Mavrix already has design wins with major
Chinese cell phone OEMs using its MIPS-Based(TM) SoCs as co-processors
for audio/video decoding. This new relationship builds on the
companies' existing relationship and involvement in these cell phone
products.

"We have had marked success with MIPS cores, and are pleased to
announce that our next-generation MIPS-Based SoCs will run Android for
mobile devices including handsets," said Dr. Zhenyu Zhou, CEO, Mavrix.
"Our customers will benefit from the high performance and low power
consumption of MIPS Technologies' cores, and the speed and ease of
development that the Android platform can provide. Android on MIPS,
combined with our unique technology for multimedia processing, offers a
valuable solution to OEMs and ODMs."

"Android on the MIPS architecture provides a powerful platform for
companies to develop unique and differentiated connected devices," said
Art Swift, vice president of marketing, MIPS Technologies. "Mavrix
Technology is an innovative company that is on the leading edge of
development, leveraging Android on MIPS for a new generation of
high-performance, low-power SoCs for cell phones. We are pleased to
team with Mavrix and other companies in the evolving MIPS Technologies
mobile ecosystem to enable these next-generation products."

About Mavrix Technology, Inc.

Mavrix Technology provides integrated mobile digital TV (MDTV) receiver
and multimedia processor SoC solutions for the handheld market.
Tailored specifically to meet Chinese OEM and ODM requirements,
Mavrix's manufacture-ready total solutions help its customers to
quickly and cost-effectively add MDTV and movie play functions into
handheld devices. Since its establishment in February 2005, Mavrix has
raised $16 million in venture capital funding. The company currently
has 80 employees with offices in Shanghai, China and Newport Beach,
California. Visit www.mavrixtech.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.

MIPS, MIPS32 and MIPS-Based are trademarks or registered trademarks in
the United States and other countries of MIPS Technologies, Inc. All
other trademarks referred to herein are the property of their
respective owners. Android is a trademark of Google Inc. Use of this
trademark is subject to Google Permissions.


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