The details of the MIPS licensing deal and the transactions that preceded it – revealed in US bankruptcy proceedings involving MIPS' parent company, Wave Computing Inc, and interviews with nearly two dozen people – offer a rare glimpse into how foreign firms were able to gain access to one strategically important American technology. — Reuters
SAN FRANCISCO: As the United States steps up its campaign to block China from acquiring key technological know-how, the winding journey of a pioneering Silicon Valley computer chip firm is showing just how tough a task that can be.
Co-founded over 35 years ago by Stanford University professor John Hennessy, who is currently the chairman of Alphabet Inc, MIPS Computer Systems Inc had developed a new approach to chip architectures that remains in wide use.
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