| | Business Summary | | MIPS
Technologies
is
a
leading
designer
of
high-performance
and
low
power
consumption
processors,
cores
and
related
intellectual
property
for
use
in
a
wide
variety
of
increasingly
sophisticated
consumer
devices
and
networking
equipment.
The
Company's
industry
standard
designs
are
based
on
its
32-
and
64-bit
reduced
instruction
set
computing
(RISC)
architectures.
The
Company
licenses
its
designs
and
related
intellectual
property
to
semiconductor
companies
and
system
original
equipment
manufacturers.
Together
with
its
licensees,
the
Company
offers
a
broad
variety
of
high-performance
processors
in
standard,
custom,
semi-custom
and
application-specific
products.
MIPS
has
over
thirty
licensees.
The
Company's
licensees
offer
over
60
standard
processors
based
on
its
RISC
architecture,
which
have
a
cumulative
installed
base
of
about
160
million
units. | | More
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Business Description |
| | Financial Summary | | MIPS
is
a
designer
of
high-performance
processors,
cores
and
related
intellectual
property
for
use
in
a
wide
variety
of
consumer
devices
and
business
equipment.
For
the
fiscal
year
ended
6/30/01,
revenues
fell
5%
to
$84.9
million.
Net
income
before
accounting
change
fell
27%
to
$19.8
million.
Revenues
reflect
lower
royalties
from
Nintendo
64
video
products.
Earnings
also
reflect
the
additional
resources
needed
to
support
staff
and
development
projects. | | More
from
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Developments |
| | | | FY2000
Compensation | | Pay | Exer | |
| John Bourgoin, 54
CEO,
Pres, Director | $546K | $3.0M | Lavi Lev, 43
Sr.
VP - Engineering | 443K | 2.3M | Kevin Eichler, 40
VP,
CFO and Treasurer | 315K | 1.9M | Sandy Creighton, 47
VP,
Gen. Counsel, Sec. | 315K | 221K | John Knowles, 53
VP,
Marketing | -- | -- | | Dollar
amounts are as of 30-June-2000 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc.; "Exer" is the value of options excercised during the fiscal year. |
| More
from
Market Guide on Officers & Directors:
Expanded
List, Bios,
Compensation,
Options
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