Date: 17/04/2011

MIPS' new embedded developer community portal at developer.mips.com

MIPS Technologies, Inc. has launched its new developer community at developer.mips.com. The new site targets the development info needs of embedded software developers working with the Android platform, Linux operating system and other applications for MIPS processor based hardware. All information and resources on the site are openly accessible.

"This new community demonstrates our ongoing commitment to the vibrant open source effort around the MIPS cores and architecture, as well as around our customers' and their customers' hardware platforms," said Art Swift, vice president of marketing and business development, MIPS Technologies. "As the MIPS architecture continues to expand into new high-volume markets such as mobile handsets and tablets, we see an increasing need for these resources among the growing MIPS developer community."

On the site, developers will find resources including:
Android on MIPS source code, porting instructions, a native development kit (NDK) for Android applications development on MIPS, and other Android resources
Linux on MIPS resources including kernel source code
Downloadable development tools including the MIPS NavigatorTM Integrated Component Suite (ICS) integrated development environment and GCC compilers for MIPS
How-to video tutorials for MIPS Navigator ICS including the "Multicore Debug Series"
Access to EJTAG debugger tools
Information about MIPS-Based development boards
Application notes and support forums for Android, Linux and developer tools
Blog postings from MIPS development engineers on developer-specific topics such as kernels, performance tuning and debug tips/tricks
Links to other MIPS community sites including mipsandroid.org and linux-mips.org
Information about other MIPS ecosystem companies and resources