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New Processor Core to Improve Performance and Efficiency for LTE and 5G

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New Processor Core to Improve Performance and Efficiency for LTE and 5G

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May 23, 2018
By Ken Briodagh
Editorial Director

According to a recent release, MIPS, processor architecture and IP core for licensing company, has made available its new I7200 multi-threaded multi-core processor, which is a new high performance licensable IP core in the 32-bit range. The I7200 reportedly delivers 50 percent higher performance with less than 20 percent area increase over the previous generation.


“MIPS CPUs are widely used in a range of LTE (News - Alert) applications for mobile broadband,” said David Lau, VP, Engineering, MIPS. “The performance gains across the board on the new I7200 deliver a leap forward in support of the transition to 5G systems, while providing a range of configurable features that enable the CPU core to be optimized for a specific application. For communications processing in LTE modems, where small size and power consumption are at a premium, and latency and deterministic responsiveness are critical to system performance, the I7200 can be tuned to optimize the characteristics for real-time embedded processing.”

Part of the MIPS 32-bit I-Class family of processor cores, the I7200 is built on MIPS’ multi-threading technology, which delivers not only these higher levels of performance efficiently, but is a key mechanism supporting very low latency response to high priority events in real-time embedded systems. Some key attributes are:

  • Simultaneous multi-threading with thread prioritization and zero cycle context switching
  •  Configurable memory management – options for full TLB-based MMU or simpler, deterministic 32 region memory protection unit (MPU)
  • Tightly coupled, fast-access, deterministic ScratchPad RAMs (SPRAMs, up to 1 MB each) for instructions, data for each core, or unified implementations

“MIPS CPUs, with their powerful multi-threading capability, offer a combination of efficiency and high throughput for LTE modems that contributes significantly to system performance,” said Dr. Kevin Jou, SVP and CTO, MediaTek (News - Alert). “The development of the I7200 was a worldwide effort led by the MIPS Shanghai design team, and the processor promises to provide key advantages for LTE Advanced/5G features including higher computing performance and faster real-time responsiveness where multiple latency-sensitive tasks are handled simultaneously.”


Ken Briodagh is a writer and editor with more than a decade of experience under his belt. He is in love with technology and if he had his druthers would beta test everything from shoe phones to flying cars.

Edited by Ken Briodagh

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