MIPS Joins the Open Handset Alliance

MIPS Technologies Joins the Open Handset Alliance

Enables Developers to Leverage Android(tm) on MIPS-Based(tm) Mobile Devices


SUNNYVALE, Calif. - September 30, 2009 - MIPS Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: MIPS), a leading provider
of industry-standard processor architectures and cores, announced it has joined the Open Handset
Alliance(tm), a group of more than 45 technology and mobile companies working to offer consumers a
richer, less expensive, and better mobile experience. The Open Handset Alliance developed Android,
the first complete, open and free mobile platform. As a member of the Open Handset Alliance, MIPS
Technologies will work with other members to contribute to continued development and success of the
Android platform for mobile devices.

MIPS Technologies is already an active developer and contributor to Android development, recently
making publicly available its source code optimized for the MIPS(r) architecture. As part of its
relationship with the Open Handset Alliance, MIPS will contribute the Android on MIPS code to the
Android Open Source Project.

"The Open Handset Alliance was visionary in starting Android, and we are pleased to be contributing
to that vision, helping developers quickly and easily create new and innovative internet-connected
devices and applications," said Art Swift, vice president of marketing, MIPS Technologies. "We are
excited to be enabling developers to create MIPS-Based mobile solutions around Android. This
complements the work we have already been doing with Android, and offers our customers even more
options for next-generation devices."

For more information about the Android platform and MIPS, or to access the full source code for
MIPS Technologies' port of Android to the MIPS32(r) architecture, including a reference binary and
documentation, please visit www.mips.com/android<http://www.mips.com/android> or email
android@mips.com<mailto:android@mips.com>.

For more information on the Open Handset Alliance, please visit:
www.openhandsetalliance.com<http://www.openhandsetalliance.com/>.